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himilefrontier · Feb 25th, 2003, 12:53 AM

I'd get a set of ground control coilovers,and use B13 Sentra ones up front since they allow more downward travel.The improtant thing to remember is not to have the thing hitting the bumpstops or bottoming the struts around corners since this will cause unstable handling.It is important to match the dampners(shocks and struts) and springs too,or you could end up making it ride like a truck! If I lower mine,this is the approach I am planning to use. Search the forum for more information,or go to some of the links on the NPM homepage to do some research to see if this is something you want to do.**Sentra.net has an excellent article on suspension,start there!

PS: Make sure that when you are having your parts painted that the shop uses an Acrylic Urethane paint,and whatever you do DO NOT let them use a synthetic enamel since it will fade very quickly- especially in silver!Synthetic enamel is the cheapest paint you can buy and is usually what the Earl Shcieb type places use for their $99 specials.(i can paint a whole car with this crap for $40!) I suggest PPG's Omni acrylic Urethane as a good cheap paint(I've painted a whole car for $120 in materials)

Feb 25th, 2003, 12:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
himilefrontier 265k miles and counting.. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tampa Bay Area Posts: 2,656	I'd get a set of ground control coilovers,and use B13 Sentra ones up front since they allow more downward travel.The improtant thing to remember is not to have the thing hitting the bumpstops or bottoming the struts around corners since this will cause unstable handling.It is important to match the dampners(shocks and struts) and springs too,or you could end up making it ride like a truck! If I lower mine,this is the approach I am planning to use. Search the forum for more information,or go to some of the links on the NPM homepage to do some research to see if this is something you want to do.*Sentra.net has an excellent article on suspension,start there! PS: Make sure that when you are having your parts painted that the shop uses an Acrylic Urethane paint,and whatever you do DO NOT let them use a synthetic enamel since it will fade very quickly- especially in silver!Synthetic enamel is the cheapest paint you can buy and is usually what the Earl Shcieb type places use for their $99 specials.(i can paint a whole car with this crap for $40!) I suggest PPG's Omni acrylic Urethane as a good cheap paint(I've painted a whole car for $120 in materials) __________________ 1998 Nissan Frontier XE/2wd/5spd 1 owner, 264k miles 1985 Olds Cutlass, 350 Chevy, owned for 14 years WANTED: 1968-1973 Datsun 510 or 1991-1994 Sentra SE-R http://www.myspace.com/junkyardengineer Last edited by himilefrontier : Feb 25th, 2003 at 03:31 AM.*