so,i want to go low,on my last car we did a strut and spring combo,it worked out great,but i want to try something adjustable. que coilovers,now people are telling me i dont want coil overs,why is this? and if i do decide to go with a spring/strut combo what will get me the lowest(97 maxima)?
thanks in advance.

 

any lower than 1.5" and your handling will suck, tires will scrub (i.e not last long), and bump steer will increase.

Go with any spring/strut OR coilover combo that will keep you no more than 1.5" lower than stock.

Eibachs are always a good choice.

 

I've been told 40mm (1.5") lowering springs will be okay? yes/no? Is it only OVER 1.5" that camber becomes a problem or should I just stick with the 35mm (1.38")

 

It's not that static camber becomes a problem, it's that your camber CURVE becomes a problem. Over 1.5" or so and you'll gain positive camber on the outside front wheel (the one doing 85% of the turning) when you take a corner hard.

 

to everything said so far....

 

Seems like you care more about being low than great handling. If that's the case, coilovers are the way to go because you can crank em down to the ground. The lowest springs for the 5th gens are Tein Stechs, not sure about for 4th gens though.

 

same as the stechs....

but you might as well go with tein basics since you're gonna have to go with new struts.

 

S-techs have a slightly mixed but for the most part pretty crappy reputation on the org; you've been warned.

 

well the reason i went with coilovers was to get the drop i wanted. i was looking at s-techs at first but 2.2'' wasn't going to get rid of my 4x4 stance because of the wheels i have. i decided to go with tein basics and have no regrets. for having big and heavy wheels my car performs really well imo.

 

well i guess im one of the few with positive things to say. the s techs (at least for the 5th gens) were awesome (my opinion blah blah). probably the main reason i say that is because the roads around here are pretty good. so when i make a hard turn (not autocross hard) it keeps the body from rollin. but they do bottom out if you hit a dip or big bump. that was kind of annoying. oh yeah and the drop look real good.

 

Bag it, cant get any lower than scraping

 

moving to general discussion. There have been enough of these threads, and none of them belong in here.

 

i wonder how many threads there are on this??? hmmmm

 

Wow, redmax its been ages since Ive seen you post in here. Good to see you still come around to visit.

 

figured i come back and harrass some peeps..

 

well over 100 threads on "coilovers" since February 2007 alone

http://forums.maxima.org/search.php?...3&pp=25&page=4

 

i remember when it was just cattman.. THAT WAS ALL!!