I just put on some nakayama 17in rims and i was looking to lower the car by like 2-3 inches.
Eibach is sellings springs for like $200, then I see some others like Tein selling for much cheaper on ebay for like $100. All the local dealers are trying to sell them to me for $250.
What have you guys installed (if you have) and who do you recommend?
Eibach spring are no good for b14s, the sportlines are to low and bouncy and pro kits are very soft and make the front look like it sits higher than the rear, dont lower more than 1.5 inches b14s dont have enough wheel travel to go anything pass that.
Teins are good, I have H&R springs with agx's and koni bumpstops. They're very nice.
If you just looked in the section for suspension, you would have seen a sticky that answered all of your questions about dropping our cars. Look around, its really easy.
then your post is as worthless as mine.. say something useful or don't say anything at all.
I bought some 2 arospeeds for a nice price, they lower the car 1.6 inches. I'll install them next week when they arrive, the struts don't arrive for another 2 weeks. so I can post isolated feedback on those springs.
I thought telling you to search was helpful. I didn't call you a stupid nood or anything, but I mean really, there are like seven stickies over in the suspension section dealing with exactly what you asked! But since you flamed me for not spoonfeeding you...
The springs you ordered are very likely too soft. They need to be in the 300 lb range in the front and something like 200 lb in the rear at a minimum to prevent bottoming out. What struts are you using? KYB AGX? They are the only real option without going to coilovers. A simple glance at the suspension section would have illustrated this.
this is what i've heard, still looking around for some good struts
Looking as in for the right price or as in which struts to buy? If so check the suspension forum. There are plenty of posts documenting good setups for the B14. The Arospeed springs suck BTW, they do not disclose the spring rate.... I would replace them with something worthwhile.
i've had sportlines and tein s-techs before getting the ground controls. the sportlines are ok but the tein's are bouncy as hell..probably how your arospeed ones are going to be. there is a night and day difference in the lowering spring and coilovers
so the arospeeds are installed, the handling is nice. not the least bit bouncy.
however, seems i get a clunking sound when i turn the wheel and it messes with the alignment. I'm not exactly sure why, the alignment shop says it could be the rubber inbetween the spring and the strut mounts. The problem would be that it is not holding the spring in place.
still doing some research on the boards, i found some thread where some guy installed the springs upside down -- so flipping them back fixed the problem. Thing is, the arospeed fronts look identical on either side.
When i lowered my SE-R on Intrax springs they were 1.9" drop in the front, and thats to low for a b14 but they would "ping and pop" when id cut to wheel and back out of my driveway. You MAY have installed them upside down like you said, and you could need to replace the rubber under the spring, they are 13$/each from Nissan.
i've had sportlines and tein s-techs before getting the ground controls. the sportlines are ok but the tein's are bouncy as hell..probably how your arospeed ones are going to be. there is a night and day difference in the lowering spring and coilovers
Sportlines are too low for a b14. Anything lower then 1.5" is to low due to wheel travel.. the rear is even worse that why people get b13 front struts for about an inch more travel and motivational engineering rear mounts and koni bumpstops, My setup as of right now is Agx's, H&R springs, koni bumpstops, and motivational engineering rear mounts. Its very stiff and just low enough.
OMG you should get some (should have gotten?)Tein Basics! Those are the only reason I envy the B14s. If you're gonna get (were gonna get?)new struts anyways the Teins are reasonably priced. I'm a B13 guy and I always wished Tein made those for our cars. If you ever decide to change it up again you should look into those. Nice GXE BTW.
99 sentra lowering springs
Linear Mode
