Suspension Options

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:14 am

Been wondering about suspension options as this is the next planned thing for the car (will start saving up once i've settled my bill with The Calibrator

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Now there are various options out there

* D2

* K-Sport - exact same stuff as D2 just branded differently as K-Sport in the US

* Stance - GR+ What i'm currently looking at, rated better than K-Sport http://www.stance-usa.com/

* Tein - Flex / Super Drift

* Tanabe - Got a new affordable Sustec Pro 5 looks good, would love to have a pair of Sustec Pro 7's

* Silkroad

* Megan Racing

* Cusco

* JIC

* Nex

* Kei Office - My first choice - but very expensive

* Buddy Club

* Apexi

* HKS Hipermax D

* Greddy

* GAB

* D-Max

* MF-R

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:17 am

i dig those white springs on the D-max, but thats obviously not a deciding factor.

1. costs are all important

2. servicing is also important. what is available in SA i.t.o. servicing. isnt it D2 (rezlo) and Tein (jerry)?

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:23 am

basically those are your options on servicing...

But when I was looking into the Stance ones, guys haven't complained about blown shocks only when they were developing the stuff, unlike D2 and K-Sport who has regular blow outs (I'm just mentioning what I've read on nicoclub.com)

So yeah I'll rather put in a $100 or two into a thing if I know it will last

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:25 am

What are the prices of those kits??

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:29 am

Will get to that soon they start from $700 to $1700

Gary57 · Post by **Gary57** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:36 am

PM me if you want it cheaper

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Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:51 am

Came across this rather interesting bit outdated but still worthy

http://driftkat.com/Nissan240SXCoilovers.php

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:40 pm

interesting spinoff from that site :
http://www.nissan-auto-parts-dealer.com
http://www.nissanpartscheap.com

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:58 am

Vlade wrote:basically those are your options on servicing...

But when I was looking into the Stance ones, guys haven't complained about blown shocks only when they were developing the stuff, unlike D2 and K-Sport who has regular blow outs (I'm just mentioning what I've read on nicoclub.com)

So yeah I'll rather put in a $100 or two into a thing if I know it will last

I use D2! I am a dealer for them in SA along with Rezlo! I'll be honest - difficult to setup but once there, the car is awesome and damn strong. Obviously Tein is a good choice but I still think its cheaper for me to run on D2's and have the extended cover than run on almost twice the price Tein's!

ps:- I put this on the following cars already with more to come

Mazda Rx7 series 4 x 2
Mazda RX-7 series 4 left hand drive
Nissan 200sx S14 x1

These guys have had a huge improvement on drifting, please, next time you see there cars have a look at the kits and decide for yourself - ask them questions

jap spec · Post by **jap spec** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:33 pm

Most of those suspensions are good options, problem is, being here in SA what you need is to find one that can get serviced and parts are pretty easy to get your hands on....I got Type HE Tein coilovers, which i have just now replaced with Superdrift and EDFC....anything is available, price is relative to all the others....with D2, they tend to give real shit apparently....dont buy cheap, just buy once

Ero_sennin · Post by **Ero_sennin** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:14 pm

jap spec wrote:Most of those suspensions are good options, problem is, being here in SA what you need is to find one that can get serviced and parts are pretty easy to get your hands on....I got Type HE Tein coilovers, which i have just now replaced with Superdrift and EDFC....anything is available, price is relative to all the others....with D2, they tend to give real shit apparently....dont buy cheap, just buy once

makes sense

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:30 pm

Ja I'm thinking of Tanabe... will see what going for what next year in JPN

veecee · Post by **veecee** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:34 pm

jap spec wrote:Most of those suspensions are good options, problem is, being here in SA what you need is to find one that can get serviced and parts are pretty easy to get your hands on....I got Type HE Tein coilovers, which i have just now replaced with Superdrift and EDFC....anything is available, price is relative to all the others....with D2, they tend to give real shit apparently....dont buy cheap, just buy once

does that mean that you might have the HE's available to sell to one of us poverty stricken s13 owners???

cos i might be interested!

jap spec · Post by **jap spec** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:50 pm

Sold teh HE's to a buddy here....Got 8k for them... I know everyone has there ideas on suspension, but the bottom line is, anything for drifting is better than stock....even cutting the springs.......When i changed to the HE's, it was night and day....entry speeds change, angle and traction

Vlade · Post by **Vlade** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:23 am

Agreed... but you don't want to spend R6K on coil overs only to end up blowing them 5000km later

Especially with our wonderful roads that we have here....

So yeah I'd say rather go big go named brand or go home, keep the stock stuff for now till one can afford the decent stuff...