suspension..low on cash

[HS13KLS]

i got a 89 s13 coupe.i bought 3 weeks ago.bone stock.but i want to lower the car with not a lot of money.around 2 inches would make it look good.
again iam low on cash and i dont wnat to cut springs.

any ideas?

[94cc0rd]

i got a good idea... try a search.

there have been at least 2-3 threads on this very subject in the last week.

[EchoOfSilence]

actually, you should wait until you aren't low on cash.
OR, you should come up on some.

[chmercer]

just roll around with spring compressors

[hellion240sx]

hahaa. sigh. wait till you come up with some cash. get some eibach springs. or if you don't want to wait .... sigh ebay. but there is a special on springs in the group buy section,,,

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=115964

its over but you can still get a discount thru his site!

[sideview_180sx]

here's a tip. save up. don't half ass it. you will end up spending more cash in the long run. just sit and be impatient and wait until you can afford the good shit. the handling and things you learn will be much better.

[ThatGuy]

Yep, if you don't have the cash, you don't need to lower the car. Do it right.

[HS13KLS]

haha thanks everyone it sounds A LOT smarter to do that i guess.
i just wnat the look for the moment not the performance.but when i think about it it sounds smarter

[OptionZero]

then maybe you should grow up a bit and realize that having the look but doing a piss poor job in the process makes you a tool

[trybal]

lol ^ he called you a tool. i laugh everytime i hear someone say that

[ManoNegra]

i just wnat the look for the moment not the performance.

You're making the baby jesus cry. Stop it.... seriously, just stop.

[wilfonzo]

little baby jesus wraped in his golden fleece blanket wants you to sell your 240 and get a hyudai or something other than nissan

[killdie]

You're making the baby jesus cry. Stop it.... seriously, just stop.


if HS13KLS wants to lower the car for the look, then thats his prerogative, if you cant help him then a reply is unnecessary.

i dont necessarily agree with lowering the car just for looks, but its not my car.

and the cheapest way that i would reccomend lowering your car is with Tein S-Tech springs, which commonly go for around $150

[ramblux]

Yeah, if it's just for looks who gives a rat's ass? Get something like Swift or Tein springs and be done with it. Not everyone is into tracking their cars.

[punxva]

cut your springs if u want that super tyte jdm lowered look, it'll handle like shit, but who cares its lowered for cheap :) :sarcasm: dude theres no point to skimping out on cheap shit, just save up and get a decent setup, or later down the road you'll be looking for another setup and will have wasted your money on this one. Do it right the first time.

[napoleon]

here is what i have done. I bought a set of eBay coilovers, a set of konis, and a set of 10 inch springs from any circle track vendor. I then machined a spacer to fint my sleeves onto my konis and keep them from wandering around the perch.

coilovers-45
konis-700
spacer-15
springs-100

[hellion240sx]

konis - 700

i think you already went over his budget....

lowering your car gives, so to speak, performance because it will handle better. it gives you both if done right. so you'll get both regardless... AGAIN IF DONE RIGHT.


and ias soon as i saw ur making baby jesus cry i thought about talladega nights. LOL!

[OptionZero]

simply lowering a car does not make it "handle better" if it blows the stock shocks and fucks up damping.

cutting springs or installing POS springs on stock shocks is informing the world that you know nothing about cars but want to seem like you do.

if u want to false adulation tell some middle school kids you have an SR and watch them get in line to kiss your ass

otherwise be fuckin glad you got a car and leave it be until you have some knowledge and cash to apply it

[hellion240sx]

thats why i say, if done right! :D

basically what everyone is saying, save up, do research on lowering and suspension, do it right!

have a great day!

[HS13KLS]

thanks for the input. also thanks optionzero.
sorry you think that i dotn know anything about cars. iam 17 and learning about them everyday.
not gonna lie i dont know as much as i should but i know a good amout.and iam not putting lowering springs on stock struts. i want good suspension with low cost. i was thinkin like kyb shocks and some tein springs a good set up. iam not gonna be drifting everday. i live in illinois. there is nothign here. but for the moment i want to get some good suspension.for the look and the ride.the engine will come later. again iam 17.still in school. just trying to get a nice ride.

[Maeda]

thanks for the input. also thanks optionzero.
sorry you think that i dotn know anything about cars. iam 17 and learning about them everyday.
not gonna lie i dont know as much as i should but i know a good amout.and iam not putting lowering springs on stock struts. i want good suspension with low cost. i was thinkin like kyb shocks and some tein springs a good set up. iam not gonna be drifting everday. i live in illinois. there is nothign here. but for the moment i want to get some good suspension.for the look and the ride.the engine will come later. again iam 17.still in school. just trying to get a nice ride.

Bravo for being 17 and not a dickhead. Seriously.

My tip for you is just drive you're car a LOT. I wrecked my first 3 cars and THEN when i learned to drive I got a car I wanted to fix.