I am going to have to agree with everyone else that praises the illumina/hr setup. I have only had it on my car for a week and only had a chance to drive the car about twice in the last week but I will say this. It feels like I got a new car. I now feel connected with the road without having a harsh ride. The ability to adjust the shocks is awesome. Just click whatever flavor you like. I know that this setup is old news on the org but I just had to share my joy with my suspension. I had my setup installed by njmaxseltd. He is a great person to deal with and he takes pride in his work. Def. an model orger. Thanks Tom!

 

im gonna do this setup most likely. Did you find out why it was sagging in the rear, i dont want none of that sagging stuff. How much of a drop did you get ?

 

well, I slapped it on the day before I went away on vacation last week. I came home today and noticed that there seemed to be a bit of a sag. Nothing aweful, but I am an **** bastard. If you look at the cars wheel base in realtion to the ground, and forget about the wheel gap, the car does indeed look even, but I think on the fourth gen the wheel wells are not the symetrical front and back and it kinda throws off your perception. I noticed that the fender lip sticks out a bit more in the rear which might give the appearence of the wheel being more "swallowed" BTW. I have stock SE rims

 

i guess i'd have to see a picture, im a perfectionist myself. and if it is 50 pound sub i guess its not hard to believe, these are comfortable springs right? I like a comfortable ride. I read its 1.3 inch in back and 1.4 in front. What measurements are you getting? Just curious about the drop adverage

 

It has always looked dead even to me. If you're doing this for looks, no one but another Maxima owner will be able to tell unless you're parked next to a stock 4th gen. The drop ends up about what a stock BMW looks like.

 

I appreciate ur advice to those of us who aren't lowered yet. I had to get some bodywork done to my car, so i figured i would go ahead and get a M-bumper. I wanted to get s-techs, but after driving on stock susp...i didn't think i wanted lower 2". So I have been debating whether to pair my illuminas w/ either h&Rs or H-techs. I haven't really heard that much about the H-techs, so I guess its +1 for H&Rs.

 

**** yes! H&R and illumina is by far the best suspension setup for the 4th gen Maxima. I have had it on for approx 4 months now.

The amazing part is that while it handles 100000000x better, I honestly cannot tell the difference in stiffness between this setup and the stock SE one.

Adjusting the shocks is even more amazing. Takes only a couple seconds to turn the Max from a Sunday car to a real race car like feel.

Many have claimed that the drop isn't low enough. I disagree. The drop of 1.5 front and 1.3 rear is the most perfect drop of all. Anything lower of a drop is too low and makes the Max look unproportional IMO. Anything higher makes it a 4x4...need I say more?

Congrats on your setup....you'll like it even more with time.

 

My plan is still to someday change out my AGX's for some Illuminas. Whenever I feel that finally I am getting used to them, there is always a bad road that reminds me otherwise .

 

Well as "best" is always subjective, I've been looking at the illumina/ eibach setup. I've been under the impression that eibach is the best for a solid race feel. Does anyone know how they combine together? Not sure if anyone has that setup.

 

I don t know what height I was at before, but i will measure various points on the car and then we can take it from there. I guess we will just have to take the average height of a stock SE max for the control.

 

question....is this the Tokico Illumina suspension kit I see around(and reviewed on the site)?...or did you buy the Illuminas and springs separately?Also,I've always wondered,is the adjustment on the Illuminas via a screw at the top of the shock?Thanks.

 

i have the illumina kit and it is fantastic, the drop is perfect and probably a comparable ride and drop to the h&r's (similar spring rates from what ive heard, correct me if im wrong) (they say 1.25 but i measured about 1.5-1.6 and 1.4ish in the rear. yes they adjust from the top via a flathead screw, its really easy

 

Well, the peeps with 5 speed trannys, prefer the H-Techs. They give a little lower drop in the front due to the lighter 5 speed over the auto tranny. I have a 5 speed and many have suggested going with the H-Techs over the H&Rs. Just my .02.

 

Is the drop even on 5spd Maximas with the Illumina Suspention kit?

 

ok this is the noobest question i kno.. i deserve to get flamed.. but what exactly are the h&r's? are they coilovers or springs? and how does it go along with the illuminas? also maybe a link to where i cna look at them? i was lookin at ground control coilovers but you guys make me wanna think otherwise

 

http://maxmods.dyndns.org/

 

oh ok but lets say i get the illumina shocks.. i'd have to get the springs right? yes i kno more noob questions

 

its up to you

usually its the opposite, the springs is what determines the lowness of the drop, while the struts are for comfort

 

if i dont buy the springs does that mean id be using stock springs?

 

why would u do that?

 

I'm planning to do a drop soon as well... I'm set upon the illuminas but I can't decide between the s-tech, h-tech, and h&r's. Anyone have reason why one of these springs is better than the others?

 

Oh btw, how often does everyone change the settings on the illuminas?

 

I'm so confused about whether I should go for k sport coilovers or the illuminar/hr set up. Do you really bottom out that much with the illuminas?

 

hey are the blues the same as illuminas permanently set to one of the 5 settings? lookin to save some bux!

 

the hp's are very much like stock, slightly firmer (15%?) they will blow out very quickly wih lowering springs. not sure how they compare to any one of the Illuminas settings.

 

i would say maybe setting 2 out of5 on the stiffness? maybe even 1... i found that in between 1 and 2 is the "stock" like feel

 

How comfortable is this ride? Better then stock? With my 17'" rims I feel every nook and cranny on the road and I wanna get away from that and Im running stock rims.

If I drop and I was thinking about the hr's and illuminas, I just want a comfortable ride. I know I have to atleast increase my tire size a little :P

Proph

 

the illuminas + tokico springs is very comfortable and well worth the 520 bucks you can get them for on ebay