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I snapped these images of my front and rear suspension. These were fitted before my R33 arrived from Japan.

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The rear says NISMO on the spring, but can't see it on front. These are coilovers right? I thought they are but i need a second opinion, and if someone knows anything about this model too.

Also can you tell if they are adjustable? The ride is very firm and bumps around a lot on uneven roads. It's great on smooth, high speed corners though. It's also been lowered a little.

Any advice is great. Cheers ;)

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Yawn Mentor

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Yes, all Skylines use coilover suspension from factory.

To see if they are adjustable, look for little knobs either at the bottom of the shock, or in your engine bay at the strut tops.

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yawn: skylines dont use coilovers from factory?

Yes, they do. A "coilover" is a suspension setup where the coil sits "over" (or, more accurately, around) the strut. Whether they're adjustable or not is irrelevant.

The V35 Skylines don't use a coilover arrangement in the rear, as the strut and spring are separated.

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I'll jack up the car with the wheel off and take a looksy. I don't know what 'adjustable' looks like though, i'll take another pic?

I wanted to get my suspension adjusted anyways cause the ride is too firm for Sydney roads. Any advice on who to go see about that and relative costs?

ssshonky Grand Master

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sounds to me like you need your spring rates looked at.

or if you really want to be able to adjust your dampening and rebound then yes your going to have to go for a set of fully adjustable coil overs.

I'll jack up the car with the wheel off and take a looksy. I don't know what 'adjustable' looks like though, i'll take another pic?

I wanted to get my suspension adjusted anyways cause the ride is too firm for Sydney roads. Any advice on who to go see about that and relative costs?

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If I remember the marketing guff correctly, they said that its to provide better geometry or something.

All I know is that I do get plenty of rear end grip in my Z33 (which shares the same platform), and its a right pain in the arse to adjust my ride height in the rear because you need to adjust the strut's mounting point as well as the cradle for the spring.

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Not the spring rate (not likely). I would suspect the shocks are "dead". A nice set of Bilsteins, or even KYBs, would solve your ride problems.

I doubt they're dead. When there's people in the back the rear doesn't bounce around much. The ride is more comfortable and the shocks dampen bumps more. I want the suspension to absorb bumps all the time though! :)

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drop your wheel and take some better pics of it. also check from the top of the strut if there's any notches etc where you can adjust the dampening.

nismo sells stiffer aftermarket springs to sit on stock struts too, so could just be stock struts with springs.

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