Hey all I am looking at dropping car my on its guts. now I know I have a couple if opions. from pedders to whiteline. pedders from what I have heard are ok and whiteline is one of the best but the whiteline kit is pretty excy. someone suggested gettin a set of king springs. if you are looking to improve handling and lower the car what would you all suggest.
Thanx

Pedders are good but i havn't seen or heard anyone really wrapped with pedders springs. Pedders are a bit of a rip off when it comes to installation.

Whiteline arn't exactly cheap anyway, but they are more focused with handling and performance than looks and often won't touch cars when thier owners just want to lower thier car for an agressive stance.

I've used king springs and they are fantastic. Very sharp and crisp and really tightens up handling and stops body roll. Ride quality is pretty much exactly the same and they are not harsh at all for heavy duty springs. Shop around for this one.

What type of shocks are you using Blake? Which ones do you all reckon I use.

hey man,

yeah whiteline are expensive - but that is what i will be getting when the time and money comes - but I am the kinda person who wants to be able to throw it at any corner at max speed and still keep her on the road - so yeah performance is the main reason i am going whiteline.

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Ive heard that most of pedders stuff is made in taiwan or mexico and isnt of the greatest quality , at the summernats they had a deal $800 for springs and suspension. i was gonna get it but i had to check with my insurance company first so i had to wait untill money ( which was about 12 hours later ) so i went to a pedders shop and said look i want that $800 deal for the suspension they said sorry that was for the show only. I understand that but if they could afford to do it 12 hours earlier then really they are paying less then $800 in parts for it and could afford it now they just didnt want to. so now if im gonna get suspension im getting Whiteline they are very good quality, i would prefer a really good name like Tein or somthing but they dont make anything for the magna now do they :roll:

I wouldnt just get lowering springs on stock dampers because eventually you will stuff the suspenion you should always get springs and dampers that are meant for each other you will have a much better setup

hey widowmaker

i wanted tein as well - funny how they don't have setups for magnas!!

i just liked the sweet green colour they make there suspension and also the performance of it is unreal - i have mate with a 180sx with full tein kit and it is sik!!

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Im using stock shocks with just lowered springs atm. I know its not the best idea to do this but my front shocks are ****ed anyway. Driven the car for 6 months and no probs at all.

Mine is just a temporary solution until the bodykit and rims are fitted. Then im going full koni. I really like koni. After taking the ralliart for a spin i was so impressed. Able to take sharp corners at 80km/h was insane.

But yeah when you replace the springs its allways a good idea to get shocks to match the geomotry of the springs.

have you got an idea on price for the koni's ? are they hight adjustable ?

Yeah i think Tein also makes a computer controlled unit for there fully adjustable shocks so you can adjust the hardness of the shocks inside the car and have 3 settings , for like racing , road and FUN :P so you can drive around town comfy then goto the track with some Proper suspension settings bah pitty they dont make it for the magna, guess they couldnt make money not many people would buy it

Apparently Tien gear can be made to fit very easily. But very very expensive gear.

As for the koni's. Wouldn't have a clue

Blake how low do the king springs lower your car. How far is it from ya guard to the centre of ya axle??