S14 Suspension Components

[duderiffic]

What are some of the better suspension components.  I'm looking to maximize corning performance, and at the same time still be comfortable for daily driving.  What should I rock for springs, sway bars, strut bars, and shocks..  Right now I was thinking Eibach/Tokico and Suspenion Tech... (for sway bars)  I don't know of any other brands that make Sway bars, and I dunno how good suspenion tech is?

Care to provide input? *all knowing message board*

Jeff

[AceInHole]

Right now I'm on Eibach Sportlines and KYB GR2's, with the stock swaybars.  It's not a bad setup, and pretty stiff/ flat, especially with low profile tires.
For swaybars, I've heard the best comments about Whiteline.
I have Koni adjustable struts, but haven't put them in... I'll probably wait untill spring.

[DSC]

I haven't used ST sways but from what i've heard at 240sx.org they don't fit quite right, something about a bushing being too big. I have whiteline adjustable front and rear sways from PDMRacing.com (http://www.pdm-racing.com) $125each +about $30-50(don't remember exactly) S&H. I also have their generic front STB and I recommend that highly as well. I don't have a rear STB yet but I think cusco is the only readily available one. None of those will really stiffen up your ride. I hear the eibach prokit with the tokico blues are supposed to work very well together and give you better cornering and less movement in hard breaking/accererating without makeing your ride much stiffer. I haven't ever used these myself though so thats just hearsay.

Hey ace, did you say you HAVE or HAVE NOT had trouble with your sportlines being too soft under extremely hard cornering? I rode in an s13 tonight with that setup (sportline/kyb agx) and it felt really nice. I wasn't driving though so I couldn't tell for sure.

(Edited by DSC at 10:19 pm on Jan. 20, 2002)

[tnord]

well well......if you're looking at Eibach Pro-Kit's and Tokico Blues i'm the man to talk to because i have them both and did the install myself.  The springs don't affect ride at all really, it's the tokico's that really stiffen it up.  If you live in a place with nice smooth roads the ride is absolutely excellent.  If you don't like i don't (minnesota and kansas for some reason doesn't have good roads either) this is about as stiff as a ride as i want in a daily driver.  But it is definitely bearable.  As far as performance goes i only had the setup for about a month before i took the dunlop's off and had to put the junk all seasons on.  I can tell you i haven't come anywhere near the handling limits of this setup.  I STRONGLY recommend a good tire if you upgrade you're suspension or else you will find yourself spun around quite easily.  I expect the spring/shock upgrade to cut about 1.5-2 seconds off of my lap times.  I do have one small issue with either the spring not being long enough or the strut being too long because when driving over sharp dips (read:manholes) the shock does it's job and keeps the tire in contact with the road, but the spring actually becomes separated from the shock seat and on the rebound they clang back together and make some not so good noises.  Outa curiosity does anyone else have this problem?  It's strange because it only does it on the back right unit.  I think it's just a manufacturing defect, and i would highly recommend this setup despite my minor problem.

dude if you have any other questions i'll be happy to answer

[duderiffic]

Can I please see a picture of your car?  I'm very concerned with how low my S14 will look.  I want the perfect look performance and ride.  I'm sure that's not possible.  So Whiteline rocks for Sway Bars?  And Susp Tech isn't as good?  I'd also like to know about those Sportlines.  I don't wanna lower my car and wish it was lower.

Jeff

[tnord]

well, i would love to show you some pictures of my car, but i don't have a scanner nor a digital camera so i can't, i'm not going to lie, there is still some fender gap, about as much as the BMW 330ci has, i think the look is just about perfect, also keep in mind that if you put on springs that lower the car more than the pro-kits do you will have allignment issues that can only be corrected with camber plates and rear adjustable ?control arms? this of course translates into more money, i would think that someone else on here has a picture of their car with pro-kits they could share, i'll try and get a camera from one of my friends and post a picture up as soon as i can