A spring close to OE?

Dev · Post by **Dev** » April 14th, 2003, 11:50 am

Im looking for a spring that will keep me close to factory ride height, fit a Koni Yellow, and give me the same to better performance. Im not looking for a total coil over system.

Thanks

kabob · Post by **kabob** » April 14th, 2003, 5:14 pm

You might look into Tein springs (not the coilovers). They offer a variety of spring rates and ride heights. We are installing them (and KYB AGX struts and shocks) into a buddy's SR20DET-powered 240sx sometime soon so we can give you a review of them then

H.I.D's · Post by **H.I.D's** » April 14th, 2003, 5:34 pm

The H&R sport springs are a perfect drop and aren't a highly stiff spring at all. I had them on my car before i bought coilovers. Honestly if you have an R buy coilovers you won't believe how good your car will handle.
Anyways another good spring out are the new tein S-tech's. Good luck with whatever you do.
later
-Jon

Aj · Post by Aj » April 14th, 2003, 9:06 pm

Yeah, the H&R OE sport is pretty close to stock, and will fit a koni yellow. I happen to preffer the sport, which is a little lower, but looks that much better...

Later,
Aj

Dev · Post by **Dev** » April 15th, 2003, 10:22 am

Nice, those HR sports, what do they leave you with for camber. And, any ideas on the right Tein for the R...I really would like to go no lower than .25" below factory r/h. I am not 100% on the spring weights..do you work in ratio af front to back when figuring the right fit, or does someone have a recomended weight for front and back..Im looking for a good performance combonation, not a concoction for the track.

any science appreciated

H.I.D's · Post by **H.I.D's** » April 15th, 2003, 4:05 pm

Then if i were you get a tein coilover kit. The Tein RA's or even the RE's is a pretty nice coilover. the spring rates i believe are 14/745 in the front and 10/523 in the rear. As far as camber goes..whenever you lower the car its gonna have negative camber. As far as camber kits go.. the Skunk2 camber plate replaces the upper control arm and and adjustable settings. Another good one i saw is the one http://www.kingmotorsports.com came up with.. Anyway good luck
later
-Jon

Aj · Post by Aj » April 15th, 2003, 5:35 pm

get the OE sport springs from H&R, it's a tad more drop than you're looking for, but on the same hand, you won't find a spring that only drops it a quarter inch. The OE sport doesn't give you enough negative camber to worry about camber kits, and they should work fine for what you want.

Good Luck,
Aj

heavydman99 · Post by **heavydman99** » April 23rd, 2003, 12:55 am

I have sprint springs (1 1/2) inch drop. Great ride, but it looks exaclty stock...cant tell the difference. If you want a stock height, i would recommend them, but im very disappointed.

ADAM

Aj · Post by Aj » April 23rd, 2003, 1:32 am

You sure you got teh correct springs??? Mine had a 1.5 inch drop in teh front and 1.3 in teh rear, and it was a lot lower. The tires almost touch the fenders, about a finger from them acutally, compared to 2 fingers stock, that's a pretty substancial drop.....

Later,
Aj

Dev · Post by **Dev** » April 24th, 2003, 12:27 pm

So no major geometry issues and will fit the Koni yellow...I think I predicts some HR for the future. What shock are your springs matched to Aj? Is there a better match for the HR sport than the Koni yellow (in the same price range...?

Dev

Aj · Post by Aj » April 24th, 2003, 4:38 pm

Well, I actually sold my H&R sport springs for a set of Ohlins coilovers about a year ago or so, but I would recomend Billsteins over the Konis, especially as H&R uses Billstein sports that are painted or rebadged on most of their coilovers and cup kits. If you ever look at a coilover kit for an E36 M3, the rears ever still say bilstein.

Koni's are nice, they're just a little rough as far as dampning goes for the street. The bilstein is a nice compromise.....I've tried at some point almost everything out there, and I'd say for struts, go with bilstein.

Just my opinion....

Later,
Aj