Shock+springs combo
I hope not everything made in China is bad. Otherwise God save us because wherever I turn I read "Made in China"
Those products are not "bad" per se. They are made to a price point and are a good product at that price. But the shock component of the "coil over" kit is nowhere near as good as a set of Koni Sports or Tokico D-Specs.
The main problem with "Made in China" is us, the consumer. We don't want to pay for quality.
The main problem with "Made in China" is us, the consumer. We don't want to pay for quality.
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I have seen people run on BC-Racing and other such type coilovers. Their lnog term costs are well over their initial costs and their original value. Coilovers like BC-Racing are cheap to purchase, but their pillowball eventually wear out to cause clunking noises. Their dampers will also need replacements after a year or so of daily use.
The dampers found on coilovers like BC-Racing or megan Racing are universal, meaning that they can sometimes be overdamped or underdamped for certain vehicles. They may feel good when new at full stiffness to match the hard springs for our 350Z applications, but as they wear out, they would become bouncy. This is because the same dampers for the 350Z may also be found on the Honda Fit and Miata, for example, which require softer dampers.
Unfortunately, that is also the design philosophy of Stance as well. I know that they generally get good reviews from drifters and many 350Z owners. They are a notch better than the BC-Racing and Megan Racing coilovers. But I would not consider them high quality. I still read a lot of these shocks losing damping very quickly after one year of use.
I personally only use high quality coilovers from HKS, Bilsteins. In my case with the G35, I choose to go with a set of quality lowering springs and Bilstein B6, with new hardware. All cost under $1000. This setup will outlast any cheap coilover setup and offer the best ride comfort/performance ratio available. Any quality springs and shocks is a great alternative to cheap coilovers setup.
If you don't have the money to spend, just save up for something like the Buddy Club. If you can spare the money, get Bilsteins or HKS.
The dampers found on coilovers like BC-Racing or megan Racing are universal, meaning that they can sometimes be overdamped or underdamped for certain vehicles. They may feel good when new at full stiffness to match the hard springs for our 350Z applications, but as they wear out, they would become bouncy. This is because the same dampers for the 350Z may also be found on the Honda Fit and Miata, for example, which require softer dampers.
Unfortunately, that is also the design philosophy of Stance as well. I know that they generally get good reviews from drifters and many 350Z owners. They are a notch better than the BC-Racing and Megan Racing coilovers. But I would not consider them high quality. I still read a lot of these shocks losing damping very quickly after one year of use.
I personally only use high quality coilovers from HKS, Bilsteins. In my case with the G35, I choose to go with a set of quality lowering springs and Bilstein B6, with new hardware. All cost under $1000. This setup will outlast any cheap coilover setup and offer the best ride comfort/performance ratio available. Any quality springs and shocks is a great alternative to cheap coilovers setup.
If you don't have the money to spend, just save up for something like the Buddy Club. If you can spare the money, get Bilsteins or HKS.
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thanks guys for the input and it seems mostly everyone is leaning towards the D-Spec shocks(Tokico) as primarily the 1st thing to change under a suspension setting, I also forgot to mention that I will b upgrading my rims to 20" if you can look at the pic I bought the car with a set of Ruff Racing(18")225/48/18[F]+265/40/18[R], so that is the other consideration I'm taking and how about Eibach springs for those shocks?, cause my friend who still has a RX7 has that on his car and I consider that setup pretty nice a lil' stiff but not losing much of the enjoyment of daily driving the car back and forth; again thanks for your input and I'm planning to purchase the rims hopefully february/march with my taxes 
thanks guys for the input and it seems mostly everyone is leaning towards the D-Spec shocks(Tokico) as primarily the 1st thing to change under a suspension setting, I also forgot to mention that I will b upgrading my rims to 20" if you can look at the pic I bought the car with a set of Ruff Racing(18")225/48/18[F]+265/40/18[R], so that is the other consideration I'm taking and how about Eibach springs for those shocks?, cause my friend who still has a RX7 has that on his car and I consider that setup pretty nice a lil' stiff but not losing much of the enjoyment of daily driving the car back and forth; again thanks for your input and I'm planning to purchase the rims hopefully february/march with my taxes
I have a set of TCKline/Nismo combo bought from a forum member sitting in my garage waiting to be installed. It drops about 1" all around. After reading all kinds of review here I decided to either go with that or a RS-R/Koni yellow combo. A set of new RS-R/Yellow combo should cost less than 1000.
i got that combo on my car and it handles very well. i like the gf210 cuz of the drop and how stiff they are. the D-spec are a great shock and are fully adjustable. i have never installed coilover on my car but i bet it handles just as well while saving a couple $100 dollars.
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Decided to go with the Dspec[shocks+springs] any idea on to set up the damping on the shocks, stiff yet comfortable and not bouncy yet moderate rebound, I have drop a couple of my previous cars before and it was always recommended to trim the bump stops the same amount of inches as the car was drop(1"drop = 1" taken off from the bum stop) does that apply here as well or leave it alone, thanks for input guys
I am not familiar with the D Specs, but I always thought it comes with bump stops in the kit.
If you are going to use the stock bumpstops, you cannot really trim it. It is a part of the boot.
If you are going to use the stock bumpstops, you cannot really trim it. It is a part of the boot.
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As i have mine already installed and I also have 20" lexani on the car atm for me it is working as 3.5 turns on the front I might go to 3 but i only get rub on the front fenders when doing turns and hit a mid-size pothole and keeping the back ones on 4 and I think I'm gonna keep that one since I got no issues in the back it is stiff enough but not annoyable for a daily driver so give it a try hope that helps
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Got my Dspecs installed in the car and loving it and of course I still hve to wait the 500miles break in for the shocks but so far so good I got 3.5 turns in the front I might go to 3 but the back it is on 4 turns and gonna keep them so and considering I live in New England with so many potholes atm due to our blazing winter it is still very comfortable ride with some stiffness got a couple of friends riding with me to get real time second opinion and they are both happy on how the ride is considering the mild stiffness hope this helps everyone who wants to go this route which I'm very very please 
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no they dont come with the bumpstops u have to use the factory ones just the shocks the springs and the instructions manual with the adjuster key for the shocks
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