koni or billstein with nismo springs on base 08
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koni or billstein with nismo springs on base 08
Wondering how this set up would handle the daily life? Would it be too stiff? I have searched everybody seems to junk the nismo springs when they upgrade shocks b/c gotta go lower. so there is no info I can find. I don't want to lower my car any its low enough or should I just stick with stock base springs?
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Either damper would work well with whatever spring you've got in mind. As for NISMO springs- there are the Nissan Comp ones that are quite stiff (in the 700# range), there are the ones off the NISMO 350Z that will offer only a slight bump in stiffness and the aftermarket NISMO springs offered through dealers (slight drop and change in stiffness). Depends on what's most important to you- ride, fender gap or handling?
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I would pay a little extra and get Koni and have them valved for the springs you plan to use.
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I ran "off the shelf" Koni's with RSR springs for years. Now, I'm running a set of custom-valved single adjustable Koni's with custom spring rates.
I love the Koni's for performance driving, however, I would go with Bilstein shocks for DD duty.
I have put a set on our Magnum RT and my Father-in-laws C6 Vette.
In both cases, the Bilstein's improved ride AND handling.
The Koni "yellow's" improved handling on my Z more than the Bilstein's improved handling on the other two cars, but ride quality suffers with the Koni's.
I love the Koni's for performance driving, however, I would go with Bilstein shocks for DD duty.
I have put a set on our Magnum RT and my Father-in-laws C6 Vette.
In both cases, the Bilstein's improved ride AND handling.
The Koni "yellow's" improved handling on my Z more than the Bilstein's improved handling on the other two cars, but ride quality suffers with the Koni's.
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thanks for the input I went through both set ups koni and bilstein on my camaro and everything rode horrible prob more of a platform thing roads here. I ended up with the hfp kit on my si and it was great. but rwd is sort of a different beast.
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Wondering how this set up would handle the daily life? Would it be too stiff? I have searched everybody seems to junk the nismo springs when they upgrade shocks b/c gotta go lower. so there is no info I can find. I don't want to lower my car any its low enough or should I just stick with stock base springs?
I can tell you that Bilstein B8 shocks work very well with springs that drop .06-0.8 inches. They also work with stock springs and Nismo springs.
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