Lower Spring, what your pick, (show picture your ride)

[pl'ss13]

Whats your pick on the lower spring you have on you 240sx?
show picture would be great.

i am just not sure what brand of lower srping i should go with? Tein, tenzo R, Magan.......etc...

My ride is usr for daily and weekend touge run.

[s13rookie]

If you want only springs, you cant go wrong with tein. You should go for coilovers though if you are going to be doing weekend runs. drive it at standard height( or a bit lower) during the week, and drop it on the weekends.

you can pick up a pair or C/O's for a couple hundred more than springs, but it will be money well spent. do it once, do it right

[noturS14]

i've got a set of megans comin in wednesday ,when i get em on i'll post a pic for ya

[5t341tH]

i have eibach sportlines with kyb agx shocks. but, like they said, do it once-do it right.
heres a pic

[ZX88]

dont waste your money on springs and shock combos i had sportlines and there was almost no performance gain ( body roll was still bad as well) and thats the lowest spring out there i now have coilovers and i will never go back. Just get some coilovers with dampening adjustment so you can run them soft for daily driving and hard for the track.

[street240]

Originally Posted by ZX88

dont waste your money on springs and shock combos i had sportlines and there was almost no performance gain ( body roll was still bad as well)

RSR race springs with koni yellows is awesome and cost effective.

[ZX88]

yeah i forgot about rsr springs i also heard they were good but after you buy a combo your almost to the price of some entry level coilovers.

[Ian]

Rsr race springs are still soft as shit. they're just stiffer than any other lowerin gsprings


Get coilovers. Do it once, do it right


Don't listen to s13rookie.


You adjust height, get it aligned and leave it that way. You mess w/ height and your alignment will suck

[s13rookie]

Originally Posted by mainevent212

Don't listen to s13rookie.


You adjust height, get it aligned and leave it that way. You mess w/ height and your alignment will suck

yeah, please disregard my height comment, its been a long week. im sure i was thinking to myself stiffness adjust instead of height adjust.


Even so, I dont see why lowering the car a bit would throw the alignment off,
as long as the fronts and the backs are kept the same. What I mean is: if you have a car that is aligned, and drop each corner by 1 inch, what would make the car pull? your camber may be off, but it would be equal on each side.

Im a true newb with suspensions, any help would be appreciated

[Ian]

Originally Posted by s13rookie

yeah, please disregard my height comment, its been a long week. im sure i was thinking to myself stiffness adjust instead of height adjust.


Even so, I dont see why lowering the car a bit would throw the alignment off,
as long as the fronts and the backs are kept the same. What I mean is: if you have a car that is aligned, and drop each corner by 1 inch, what would make the car pull? your camber may be off, but it would be equal on each side.

Im a true newb with suspensions, any help would be appreciated

Toe changes with height. Suspension geometry is all about triangles....I know it's hard to understand, and likewise it's hard for me to explain.

But yeah, on a daily driver, you're gonna get toe out as you lower it. If you raise it 2 inches, your toe is going to change drastically, making the tires wear badly. You could align it at half way I guess, which would make it compromised in both of the ride heights actually used...That would be pretty gay though

[Jung918]

My vote goes to swift springs. They have a lot of R&D behind their products.

[chmercer]

buying swift springs for a drop would be totally retarded

if you are doing drop springs only get whatever goes the lowest off ebay (drop zone? i dunno? some shit?) cause your car will handle like crap anyway

[Jung918]

^^ Most of the swift sport mach springs are not aggressively lowered. They make the springs specific to each vehicle. They also have in mind that the end user will be using the stock shocks.

[Ian]

swift=overpriced IMO

get Tanabe springs if you really want lowering springs...they have 3 kinds to suit your needs

[pl'ss13]

I know the owner of Phase 2 Motortrend, so i just ordered a Tein S lower spring from him. Also, a street drifter friend in Japan, he also told me to go with Tein S... and later on, after swap the SR then must have the Coilover.
Rite now i have the cut spring and KYB shocks.. my aligment suck... and thats why im going for the Lowerspring... NOT cheap ass CUT SPRING any more.....stupid me...

But also i got another question, i felt that my KA24e doesnt have that much power at all... the car has 160xxx on the motor, and the condition are in good shape... but just dont feel the power at the low end tourqe... does anyone know what might cause this problem? or i should take it to the shop let them look at it.. or... just the N/A KA24e like that...

Sorry guys... im new to 240sx... but as far as now.. i love them so much.. but really just wanna get more information on the 240sx and some helps.

[articdragon192]

Not the question to ask in this thread, lol.

[FinalDrive]

megan springs, kyb struts
they were on there when i bought the car
it handled like shit and the rear struts blew after a week... the rear end started humping up and down uncontrollably

[S13SilviaGirl]

Apexi Tmax shocks and Kg/mm springs...which ones I have no clue, Tein pillow ball mounts and I think HKS on the front. I haven't seen my baby in three years hence the reason I can't remember shit.




Also, not to be mean or out of place...


Try researching these questions you have first. There are thousands of threads on this site alone that will be more than help full. It is almost like that old saying just modified to zilvia...

"Zilvians help those that help themselves".

[drew935]

Swifts FTW. I have them on my Cusco's.

[koukikat180sx]

i was running tanabes on agxs... i'd just save up for coilovers.

[SimpleSexy180]

If you must go for springs, Espelir springs!

everything else is whack.

[CA18_S13]

Coilovers ftw.

[Kuzumi]

eibachs did good while i had them. make sure you don't have blown shocks.

[UfoZ8myCow]

Im on Tein S Techs, they arent bad. Handling is fine for a daily driver on stock shocks. I just wish they were lower. Regardless, Im going to get coilovers anyway, they were just a temporary solution to getting the car a little lower.

[Yoshi]

Originally Posted by 5t341tH

i have eibach sportlines with kyb agx shocks. but, like they said, do it once-do it right.
heres a pic

Sorry man, but wrong.
You've done it WRONG and you WILL have to do it again, probably sooner than later.

Sportlines are for the look, not much, if any, of a performance gain. Additionally, AGX are NOT intended for quite that much of a drop... at some point your dampers are gonna blow. In fact FinalDrive related that fact in this very thread. If you SEARCH you'll find a dozen or so others who have experienced the same thing. Much lower than 2.0" below stock and you should be looking for some short stroke dampers that are intended for a drop like that... but hey, at least you're not on OEM or GR-2 dampers.

AGX are fairly hearty, so hopefully (depending on how you drive) you'll be ok for a while, but PLEASE don't spread misinformation. The wrong suspension setup can be a very expensive mistake, and none of us want to look like those ricer kids on cut springs,bouncing like mad over every bump and pothole.

[s13rookie]

i think 5t meant he has springs, But the other guy should do it right and go with coilovers.

[Yoshi]

Originally Posted by s13rookie

i think 5t meant he has springs, But the other guy should do it right and go with coilovers.

Let's hope so...
if not, you just gave him an out LOL!

[bamaboy]

another fucking show us your drop thread.....this should be locked

[ZenkiKid]

as what has been said many times on zilvia

if youre gonna do it once, do it right the first time.

coilovers.

[staygold24]

stance ftw on coilovers.

I have sportlines and fucking hate them. Get coilovers. If you do get springs though get rsr or swift.