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Anyone make Linear lowering springs?

As the title says, I'm looking for linear lowering springs for my car. My opinion is that I think the Nismo handles great out of the box, but I don't

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Old 01-30-2015, 04:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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As the title says, I'm looking for linear lowering springs for my car. My opinion is that I think the Nismo handles great out of the box, but I don't like the boat look the stock suspension has. I'm apprehensive about adding progressive springs as they compromise what I don't want to change; handling and predictability. I'm only looking for a minor drop. An inch at most up front, 1/2" in the back.

If there is no out of the box option, what options do I have outside of coils? Don't even recommend cutting...
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Old 01-30-2015, 04:49 AM   #2 (permalink)
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sounds like what you want you are stuck getting coils
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Or cut the springs, lol
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Old 01-30-2015, 06:43 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Or cut the springs, lol
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Old 01-30-2015, 03:22 PM   #5 (permalink)
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there is a reason why your car has the boat look though...for front clearance.

id leave it alone if you like the handling.
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Think your only option is going to be coil-overs.
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I think I found something. This a Japanese company that's relatively new to the US. The springs might do exactly what I want. What do you guys think? They're listing for around $180 on RHD Japan. Not sure what else I'd have to pay going that route.

Part#: N134D

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Chassis code: Z34


Specifications:

Approximate Drop:

Front -10mm to -15mm (-0.4inch to -0.6inch)
Rear -10mm to -15mm (-0.4inch to -0.6inch)


Spring Rates:

Front 8.15kg/mm
Rear 8.87kg/mm

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Just saw they make titanium springs?! Not sure what to think on that.

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Downgrade. Factory nismo spring rates are 8.6kg/mm front and 9.1kg/mm rear what we need is for swift to make a linear vers of their lowering springs with everything else thevsame. Id buy that. hell i just got the reg ones and well see how they do on track this weekend when my wife reports back.
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there is not a lot of spring preload in the rear or our cars at full droop, put too much shorter of a spring in there and it might fall out or become cockeyed if you get a wheel off the ground lol. I think thats one of the reasons they seem to make lowering springs dual rate/progressive. They let part of the spring compress more at ride height so you can put a spring in there thats shorter at ride height but still has the ability to expand to oem height.
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