Looking for springs/shock combo with 2.5-3' drop

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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 01:58 AM
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Looking for springs/shock combo with 2.5-3' drop

I have a 04 coupe on 19's , and i am looking for a spring shock combo, or a way to get a 2.5-3 inch drop, without getting coilovers. I'm not planning on doing track so i don't think coilovers are suitable for my situation, i just want to get rid of the wheel gap. thanks in advance for any input.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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it will be pretty much undoable. Most spring shocks will lower at most inch and a half. The only way to get it slammed is w/ coilovers.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Do u know anything about skunk2 lowering springs, they claim 2.5'' drop, but also 1'' drop?
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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the car would be virtually undriveable with a 2.5-3.0" drop. Good luck
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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actually i drive my car with more than a 3 inch drop
and its a daily driver.
just don't go up driveways or anywhere with speed bumps =)
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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u can get "350z Spring By Sprint" srpings which drops the 350z 1.75 all around and add .5 inch and u will be right around 2.25 inch all around. With koni shocks.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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Do you have this combination on? How are the sprint springs? CAn u pair the sprints with Tokico D-specs?
 
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Old Aug 2, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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^no i dont, just did a quick search and thats what i came up with. Yes the D-specs should work with the springs.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by GunMetal126
I have a 04 coupe on 19's , and i am looking for a spring shock combo, or a way to get a 2.5-3 inch drop, without getting coilovers. I'm not planning on doing track so i don't think coilovers are suitable for my situation, i just want to get rid of the wheel gap. thanks in advance for any input.
I cannot express how much of a bad idiea it is to try and run shocks with that much drop. At a drop equal to 3/4" on a 350Z, special Jic bumpstops that are lower then even cut down oem bump stops, I only had 1.5" of suspension travel from the top of the shock to the bottom of the bump stop. Insuffecient for anything but nice smooth slow driving. Any faster and I got issues because the bump stops were hammering the tops of the shocks. Oh and that's with much stiffer springs, 450lbs to be exact and I have Koni's which have shorter bodies then G35 shocks, still doesn't give enough travel.

If you want that much drop, find a coilover product with adjustable height dampners that say's it has that kind of height range.
 
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