Originally Posted by Kwame@z1

You mention that you want to lower the car some more, the HKS coilovers are capable of SLAMMING your car. They are able to literally bring the car down as low as anyone would want to drive a daily driver ANYWHERE.

Your second reason for wanting to switch your coils is because you are looking for a more "aggressive set-up." You are going to have to further explain what you mean by this statement

Originally Posted by Z1 Performance

means nothing - it's all relative to the damper that is working with the spring. The only truly meaningful comparison is different spring rates on the same damper

I too am lost by what you refer to as an aggressive setup - you still have not mentioned what exactly about your current setup that you don't like, nor have you had it in an environment where "aggressive" would even be advantageous. Aggressive in terms of what? Drop? Harshness over bumps (not something one shoots for on a street car..plus it will wreck the coilovers in short order, not to mention bushings (ehem...Blasian )?

We get this same exact PM probably 10 times a week - don't talk yourself into something you don't need, especially when you can't define what it is you actually want. You gotta be honest with yourself when modding the car. The point is to make it better than stock, not worse, and to fulfill a certain want or need that you have that the stock setup does not fulfill. No one can honestly tell me they want a car that rides worse than stock - you might want a setup that is not as floaty as stock, but you still want it to absorb bumps and not toss you around in the seat over ever crevace in the road. If you want a setup that is firmer, you can do many things...increase dampening, play with tire pressure, increase spring preload.

Originally Posted by 05 PPW Z33

Anyone have any info on HKS Hipermax 3 non-sport ride height. Yes, I've already checked HKS web site but they only display spring rate #s

Originally Posted by Redrobin350

Searched my350 and found this


HKS III Sport (Monotube conscrution, adjustable damping, sport valving, full length height adjustment separate from spring preload
Spring rates 616/672
Min and Max ride height Front: 0 to -1.7” Rear: 0 to -1.4”

Originally Posted by ohSIXz

im lookin to do the same thing, but im UPGRADING from tein basics. ive been looking at the stance gr+ pro, so the 12/10 setup, the rear is OEM style like the tein basics and runs a progressive spring in the rear. the 12/5 setup is a true coilover in the rear and runs linear springs all around, also the front has the addition of the helper spring.

intense is making me an offer i cant refuse for the gr+ pro. my only problem is that they may drop my car too much?! since im running 10.5 +18 in the rear and have plans on doing an 11" with an even more aggressive offset... will these be right for me? the fenders have been rolled.

the 19s are for the street, but im loookin at 18x10 +22 all around for some track time.

any input on my situation?

ive been lookin at the cusco zero2, and tein superdrift units also. but the stance price im getting is 600-900 less than the two mentioned above.