No kidding, I would pay that kind of labor rates just because it is so cheap. Lucky for you though, even better of an excuse for more mods!

Alright good, I've been waiting for a test dummy to come along with a F.I. exhaust and the Stech springs to make sure there are no issues :tup:

I guess I know what my next mod is!

Oh btw, on the topic of installation costs... I paid $60 to get my F.I. test pipes and exhaust installed :)

exhaust is easy. springs and shocks are a bitch. i would have charged ya $50;)

any update on the alignment? do you rub any on the fronts? i see now a 10mm wil fit in the back, just not sure about the front.

thx

Aren't Teins spring rates almost identical to the stock nismo rates?

they feel completely dif., not sure how they could be the same.

Fuct - are you going to post some pics of yours? I'm looking to get some as well.


Nevermind as I just saw your profile pics. It looks pretty good. Are you liking them?

i will make a large first 2500 miles post explaining all the things in my album. im at 2010 now.:tup:

do i like them.... for $220 shipped YES!!! if it was an expensive coilover setup then NO.

since i used my nismo shocks i cant comment on what a touring feels like, but i have almost zero body roll now. the car is MUCH tighter. buuuut now the car rattles a bit more and i hear a few squeeks and such. (i have the car 60% dynamated too)

would i buy them to use on factory shocks till the shocks go YES! then switch to KW3's....

also about the drop. in the rear with factory nismo suspension i had a 2-1/2 finger gap. measuring the width of my 2-1/2 fingers thats about 2" or so. after 4 days i now have half a finger in the back. i could go as far as saying it is even right at the top of the tire! soooo if my math is correct and we just say now theres a 1/4" gap my rear dropped down 1-3/4"!!!! hmmmmm

Fuct, who'd you buy them through? I got quoted $225 before taxes and shipping through a local Tein dealer in Albuquerque, NM.

TEIN S Tech Lowering Springs [SKK04-AUB00] - $214.00 : ECS Motorsports, Automotive Performance Parts and Accessories

good luck!

Dang!! that's cheap! I wish we have something like that here at ATL!

you can get em for $198 shipped on eBay thats where i got em

Johnny, but are they authentic? There was a thread about the fakes. Sometimes, I'd rather pay 30 bucks more to know that they're a reliable source with an authentic product.

im sure they are real. i just cant view ebay stuff here at work where i ordered them...... save some loot, buy from ebay.

bought mine on ebay with microsoft cashback, came out to like $170 in the end. gonna install em this week!

According to their site, they are a tad stiffer:

NISMO S-TUNE:

F:79.0 N/mm (8.1 kgf/mm) (451 lbs/in)
R:89.0 N/mm (9.1 kgf/mm) (508 lbs/in)

TEIN DRESS MASTER S-TECH:

F:8.5 kgf/mm 480 lbs/in
R:9.4 kgf/mm 530 lbs/in


So the question is, how can these feel better and less harsh???

they can feel better by feeling more planted than the nismo springs. less harsh they DEF are NOT! they are MORE harsh. i now have a rattle in my hatch that only came up AFTER the springs went in.

its a compromise. im happy for the money i spent. im sure ill be rolling on coilovers in a year.

Got these installed yesterday and even while installing you can see how much softer these are than the stock springs. Drop is perfect, bumps feel nice and body roll is completely gone! love it!

Or...purchase from proven vendors who pay to support this site :)

We have these in stock, btw :D

they are softer than the stock springs???? the teins are stiffer than the factory nismo springs. and those are stiffer than the tourning springs.:confused:

bump for update

feel wise, yes they feel softer to me. even when we were installing them, the stock springs were very stiff when compressing them, where is the tein springs compressed a lot easier.

thats great johhny!

lil update on mine. went in for an alignment and the NTB said they didnt have the software for 2010 nissans??? wtf its August? anyways i tiold them to do it to the 2009 nismo specs..... dur.

well before the alignment i was eating up so much tire that i had LAYERS of black tire residue on my back bumber, sides, even coming out of the rear vents in the back bumper.

after the alignmnet which now has my front camber out of factory spec (which i figured) and my rears pretty much maxed out on the rears. (they couldnt get my passenger rear backt to spec...? ill go to another NTB soon since i think the teins settled even more.

note::: i have no spacers or camber kit as of yet, just the springs.

Just an observaion for the OP. I just installed a Nismo S-Tune suspension (from a Nismo Z) and I am sitting right above 28" front and rear. From the look of your Nismo on the before pics, it's sitting lower than mine. I even have Nismo edition wheels. (The cars should not be that different where they would be differend IMHO, but I could be wrong) And from your pics, the drop does not look 1.5-1.7" lower, so the 4.3" to 6" lower splitter (from another Nismo owner) is not a good indication of how low you went. I think you are at about an inch lower.. I don't know why I'm sitting so high.

Can you measure the ground to the wheel well arches front and back?

well i also stated that i have different size tires now with less of a sidewall... which also drop me more than just with springs... therefore how I arrived to 1.5" lower than stock setup... and you just told me i was only dropped an inch by looking at comparison picks??? I can tell you I'm definitely sitting more than an inch lower than before in the front.. i drive and see the car everyday. As to your problem with your Nismo springs I'm not really sure doesn't make sense you should definitely be sitting lower. I can measure later today and let you know the measurements on the wheel arches. Just order the teins!

Are you capable of making it over speed bumps with the new springs and tires?

I haven't had issues with speed bumps or backing out of my driveway... Now Ive seen some speed bumps that I probably wouldn't f with so it depends on what kinda speed bump your talking about..

Check out this link:

Chicago speed bumps vs. the Corvette Grand Sport - Drive, She Said

Chicago mostly has those speed bumps.

Then the alley ways have a ton of the smaller "destroy my side fenders" type of speed bumps.

ha yea thats awful i feel bad for ya

I want to lower my car a little more but I am afraid that I will not make it pass those speed bumps.

I should go take pics right next to a speed bump to see how much room I have to lower the car. But the problem is all speed bumps are made differently lol.

Some of them are mountains. I have no idea why Chicago would waste so much money on these when it is only causing more damage then good.

i will measure my car today from the ground up to the top of the wheel arch. i assume thats where yall are taking measurements from.

No, I was referring to the lowest point on the front bumper. That would be the part that would scratch first before anything else.

Great look, I've ordered my Tein springs :tup:

I'll have to do the camber kit later, or when I find a good group buy.

Yes. Please do that, as that is the defacto standard for measuring the car.

I just measured my Nismo with stock suspension....

Front Wheel Arches - 27-3/4"
Rear Wheel Arches - 27-1/2"
(I have ZEnclosure & Sub in the trunk, so this might be fractionally lower than stock)

Front Lip - 6-1/2"
(although the shroud under the lip/engine is MUCH lower)

measurements on my nismo are

Front: 26 3/8"
Rear: 26 7/8"

So how does it handle differently on the track? Better or worse?

Is there any way you can post your alignment specs with the front/rear spc kit? I'm mainly interested in your camber.

Also are the spacers / camber kit installed in all of the pictures shown in the first post?

any issues using a car jack once you've lowered on springs..??

How does this overall shorter diameter of the tire effect your speedo? According to my rough calculations the front is about 10 mm shorter and rear 15 mm shorter in overall diameter based on OEM Advan on Nismo model, size: 245/40-19 (98 mm side wall height) to 265/35-19 (93 mm) and 285/35-19 (100 mm) to 305/30-19 (92 mm).