Well the recent hype over the UDP that went for oh-so-cheap on Ebay had me looking around to see what other kind of deals I could find...when I came across coilovers for an 89-94 max. Seeing typo's like this many times before, I was pretty skeptical...so I decided to contact the seller about them. His reply indicated that they ARE for an 89-94, and that they have been tested by himself and the other developers who made them. They have a few different applications out, but he knew that he was the only company who produces them for our cars. He was actually pretty knowlegable about the 3rd gen market! He also said that they track test the coilovers, and also daily drive with them. They have a 400# front spring rate and 350# rear spring rate, which is similar to a normal spring setup. I recently bought my springs, but someone should try these out for $130. What's your thoughts?

89-94 Nissan Maxima Adjust. Coilovers lowering

 

ok, so he figured out which sleeve overs fit on our struts.
I figured it out 2 years ago.

 

hmm, if anyone tried these let me know.

 

Why would he carry a no name item? Then be partially liable.

For all you know they are probably are the junk accord spring and sleeves.

EDIT: Got ya before you edited

 

worse

 

i saw those the day he put them on ebay. i left him a message which he quickly responded to. he had a pic of a 3rd gen, but his listing was using the same pic of the actual coilovers in all of his auctions. he said he was just lazy and didn't want to post a different pic for every listing. i was heavily tempted to buy them just to try out, but was able to resist. especially after doing a little research...

 

There is a reason why coilovers cost 1k-2k for proper applications.

 

im thinking about trying

 

look up coilovers for all other applications and note cost..

with that said i'd be far on the skeptical side of the spectrum

 

Yeah, after I looked at the merchandise again and re-read what I posted I decided it wasn't appropriate, thanks for posting it for me anyway :-p lol

 

these are not coil overs!
these are sleeve overs! a cheap substitute that provides the height adjustment of a real coil over setup, but no adjustability.

 

Think about what happens to the strut piston when you lower the jikity jack out of the 3-gen w/ these sleeves.

Think about what your control arm angle is going to be.

Think about what your camber is going to be

Think about how you are going to control camber once you think about it.

Then look at this auction again and see if it's a good deal or not.

 

lol...well I didn't say that I would buy them...never heard of sleeve overs though. Then again...I never did any research on coil overs because I've never had a car that I'd spend the money to put them on. Don't coilovers normally have the spring/strut integrated into one unit?

 

Yes 456789

 

How are the sleeves attached to the struts? I just don't see how theres a good connection.

I am kinda interested just because they are adjustable. I basically want to drop the rear only about half and inch, and drop the front down a bout an inch just to level it out, and Im not sure if drop springs will give me the level ride height I want.

Now If I can possibly secure them better and order better springs if they are a standard size I really don't see an issue (dont think they are similar metals so thats out), as they would be just mounting hardware. Im looking at getting some Koni's next spring and these with some nice springs would go nicely together.

~Alex

 

PAY off some people before you spend more on your car.

 

ricer sleeves. stay away at all costs.

and those springs aren't long enough to give you the suspension travel the Max needs for street driving.
been there, done that. $1000 in blown Konis later, I finally threw away the design I paid good money for and built a proper set myself.



and no, I'm not telling any more stuff about it, what I did, or where I got the parts.

 

HA! good to know....maybe I'll look into it some day. As of right now I've already lost 3 teeth because my konis, set to medium stiffness, are knocking me out when I go over train tracks and small objects on the road.

 

sounds like you don't have bumpstops, or are riding around on them.... the konis have almost nothing for compression damping. if you have harsh compression, then your car is too low and you have no real suspension travel.