...dropped it!

I've been meaning to get a drop since December. Things have fallen through for me on several occassions due to bad decisions. Well this time I finally came through and got a drop. I really wanted BC racing coil overs, but I settled for a spring-shock set-up.

I picked up Tein S-techs from a member on here last week. They were used for 2 months, and I saved a substantial amount over buying them new.
Everything else I purchased new. KYB AGX shocks, dust boots, and mounts with bearings from ImportRP.

Thanks to Nilesh (djfrestyl) for doing my suspension. Good work, fair prices, and a good location in NJ which also is close to NYC and eastern PA.

The goods:






Red shocks + green springs = Christmas in June lol

Before leaving my house:

OEM suspension; front-passenger shock blown and leaking.



My Max sits as high as a Pathfinder!


After swap:





The ride home was 100x different, and better. My car has 130k miles, and the front passenger OEM shock was totally blown. It rode like crap and I got many weird noises from my OEM suspension. I now feel stable at higher speeds, and when I hit a bump, my car doesn't feel like its going to snap.

The S-techs are nice. The front is nice and low, but I wish the rear was a bit lower, like 2" instead of 1.8. After Nilesh was done with the swap, I scraped backing out of his driveway lol.

Didn't have a soda can for the first pic, so I grabbed a 20 ounce bottle and my front bumper cleared it

Before:



After drop:

Looks much better, congrats.

Pathfinder.... Wait, that's what mine looks like right now. Suspension is next on my mod list though; i might be sold on the tein s-techs after looking at these. Looks great!

Damn man your so lucky. Your a step ahead of me my dude. Well congrats man. Hopefully when I get my graduation money I'll be looking for the same set-up as you. How much did it run you?

Looks good. Very clean 4th Gen.....

Thanks for the comments guys!



springs were used, but everything else was new. setup ran me about $700 total. car basically rides like new because i also changed my spark plugs recently.
i would have some money left over from graduation, but my car is misfiring and i'm pretty sure its a coilpack. could have used that money for another mod, but oh well.

Damn man I hope I can get close to that much. If I do I'm gonna grab some NEX coilovers off eBay for $720 shipped.

i still wish i would have got the BCR COs, but i'm happy enough with my setup, especially with AGX being adjustable. if I had COs, i probably would keep it at one height and never tune them, so the spring-strut setup was more practical, and less maintenance.

if you need a budget setup, get GR2s ($300 new) and progress ($175 new). thats about $475-ish and than you should get new front mounts w/bearings and all 4 boots which is about $100. importRP has the best price on all that stuff, except they don't have progress springs, but you can get them in the GD section. its hard to get a quality drop for under $600, but its possible in this case.

I just found this:
http://forums.maxima.org/members-rides/...

i'd offer him $300 + installation. he said $50 for install which is pretty decent

Thats exactly that I'm gonna do as soon as I get the funds.

you could even offer less because he needs your stock assembly. i just actually read into it lol

**** your right. Ima hit him up right now and see what's good.

He said he wants $350 installed + my stock suspension. Not bad.

looks good...I was a bit disappointed with the S-Tech rear drop when I put mine on back in 2006....then I got Tokico HPs in 2008 and I swear the rear got higher lol

same here. i LOVE how the front is dropped. i can stick 1 finger between the fender and the wheel, but the rear isn't as low as I'd like it to be. the only springs for 4th gens where the rear is lower than the front is megan racing, but i heard they suck

actually coilovers are lower. LOL

KYB strut mounts

hmmmmm, that driveway seems familiar.........

what's wrong with them?
if anything, the boots were harder to work with. they had to be trimmed a little bit to fit

oem fitment and kyb's arent rated too well. i know a bunch of people who used them and said they didnt last. i put on oem strut plates and no problems.

Hey look, the installer found your thread!

Pictures came out well, glad you like it.

Good job Nilesh.

looks good!

im loving the new look..&..the mudflaps makes it sooo hott.Congrats...looking good.

thanks man!
and i agree on the mudflaps! i got them back in december and for some reason i really like the look. a stillen front lip + mudflaps =

haha i was thinkin the same thing... looks good dood!