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Griffon2k · 04-11-2002, 11:12 AM

Fellow drifters,

I just purchased my s13 240sx coupe last month, and I have already begun tweeking it. It has been my idea to begin tuning the engine first (expose the KA's full potential), then move to the hardest and maybe most expensive part, upgrading the suspension. Some of the fellas on my racing team, have suggested that I lower the car now with the OE shocks. I am throughly against that b/c 1. the OE struts were not made for that kind of drop. 2. I want to have the option of adjusting my ride height (in case my car gives one day, and I need the assistance of a tow truck) and 3. I think that it would be better for my car and my wallet to do springs, shocks and coil overs at the same damn time. I have repeated these opinions to my boys many times now, but they suggest that lowering the car now shouldn't be a big deal. Should I tell them to go to hell or is it okay to lower the car with the OE shocks?

04-11-2002, 11:12 AM	#1
Griffon2k BANNED Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Fellow drifters, I just purchased my s13 240sx coupe last month, and I have already begun tweeking it. It has been my idea to begin tuning the engine first (expose the KA's full potential), then move to the hardest and maybe most expensive part, upgrading the suspension. Some of the fellas on my racing team, have suggested that I lower the car now with the OE shocks. I am throughly against that b/c 1. the OE struts were not made for that kind of drop. 2. I want to have the option of adjusting my ride height (in case my car gives one day, and I need the assistance of a tow truck) and 3. I think that it would be better for my car and my wallet to do springs, shocks and coil overs at the same damn time. I have repeated these opinions to my boys many times now, but they suggest that lowering the car now shouldn't be a big deal. Should I tell them to go to hell or is it okay to lower the car with the OE shocks?