I am looking to lower my R, I want a close to stock ride but only want to go
1" to 2" down. I do not want to go so low that I would need a camber kit, just an alignment. Thanks.

 

While I realize it is your car and you are probably not into doing lapping sessions and the like, I highly recommend leaving the suspension stock until you can outdrive it.

If you are lowering your car for strictly aesthetic purposes, get any springs it really does not matter.

 

since the search feature ran away from you, get H & R sports

 

Thanks for the info. and the remark.


[Modified by VELOCITY R, 7:59 PM 2/10/2003]

 

kg/mm

http://www.ipsracing.com/suspension/...21springs.html

 

Just curious - what are some symptoms of being able to outdrive your suspension?

Chris - who is most certainly not at the point of being able to use the stock suspension to its' full potential, but closer now than a year ago....

 

It's hard to put into words.

As you do more events, you get more comfortable with your car. After a while there comes a point where it seems as though your improvement slows down.

That is the point at which I'd consider changing the suspension.

It's really sad how a lot of people assume the ITR suspension is garbage and needs to be altered.

 

i dont know if they say its garbage, i think its more of not knowing how good it is and just ''slamming their ride"

 

Exactly.

 

why would a woman with wonderful juggernauts want surgery?

 

By no means am I insisting that the R SUSP.is Garbage. I just want less wheel gap without straying too far from the stock setup.

 

It is foolish for anybody to think that the R suspension is garbage... but it is also foolish to think that it cannot be greatly improved (if you know what you are doing, of course)...


[Modified by Flux, 2:35 PM 2/10/2003]

 

ill be selling a set of neuspeed "sport" springs,as soon as my mugen goodies arive

here's a pic of how my 97 R looks with them on it.




[Modified by ArmyGreen EG, 3:36 PM 2/10/2003]

 

Spoon springs is another choice.

 

Get bigger tires.

 

I don't want a 4x4.

 

1" is ALL you need

 

that car looks great. The drop looks perfect.

 

ive always woundered this:

say you have the same driver. and we will say he has average driving skills.
if you put him on a track and had him race with the stock suspension and then again with a properly modded suspension wouldnt he run faster times?

yes true he is essentially wasting money b/c he cant fully utilize even his stock setup but its not like his time wont improve correct?

just a thought

 

aerospeed and apc can meet your modificational needs at Pepboys......

Andy: who thinks that is the funniest shat ever!

 

he'd run a faster time only because the car would be better and therefore essentially "handicap" the driver -- he would, in no way, using the car to it's full potential. i don't understand exactly what point you're trying to make...

-tony

 

I think of it this way:

One experienced driver in a stock car running circles around an inexperienced driver in a modified car makes the driver of the modified car look silly.

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In the above scenario, the driver would be equally craptastic on both suspensions.

I'd say it would not make a tangible difference.

 

I don't think anyone that feels uncomfortable taking the stock suspension to the limits should get anything stiffer. You really have to learn the characteristics of the suspension slowly and be able to anticipate what is going to happen. A stiffer suspension allows you much less room for mistakes.

 

I have kg/mm springs and the drop height is nice and the ride is even better. When you turn it feels like the car is on rails and when you go through dips the springs are stiff but forgiving. There is no "bunny hopping cut spring ricer mode" feeling with these springs.

kg/mm