Coilovers

[R34~neo6~turbo]

sorry to jump in guys but im a noob in this forum and still trying to learn i read the whole thread and im still confused.. so whats the best setting for the coil overs?

i bought my car with the coilovers on it already i dunno the measurement and all that cauz im still learning to do it up right... so whats the best setting for street? i dunno if this is a dumb question lol

cheers.

[__PhaseShiftDown]

Best setting (front/rear) for street is about 6/5, 6/4 or 5/4 . Anything stiffer will most likely be too harsh, especially for jap spec coi0lovers.

[Rolls]

sorry to jump in guys but im a noob in this forum and still trying to learn i read the whole thread and im still confused.. so whats the best setting for the coil overs?

i bought my car with the coilovers on it already i dunno the measurement and all that cauz im still learning to do it up right... so whats the best setting for street? i dunno if this is a dumb question lol

cheers.

The settings will only adjust the shocks, if the springs are simply too stiff you will need to change them. Go measure the springs and post in sydneykids thread and he can work out roughly what your stiffness is. You can then go from there and adjust or replace as necessary.

[R34~neo6~turbo]

Best setting (front/rear) for street is about 6/5, 6/4 or 5/4 . Anything stiffer will most likely be too harsh, especially for jap spec coi0lovers.

c0ol stuff tnx mate.. but how do i adjust them tho? and how will i know the measurements? or should i just take it to the local mech?

[__PhaseShiftDown]

Adjust what? You CAN NOT adjust the spring rate as that is the actual stiffness of the spring that came with the shocks.

What you CAN adjust is the damping rate, if you got one of those shocks with the adjustable damping rate dail on top of the shock.

If you have really stiff springs, say 10kg spring, no amount of damping is going to be able to compensate for the harshness.

To find out what spring rate your current coilovers have, go to

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sp...Are-t79157.html

and follow the instructions.

Btw, when I said 6/5...etc. I mean 6KG spring for the front coilovers and 5KG spring for the rear. Not the damping adjustment dail on your coilovers, if you got those.

Edited October 1, 2008 by __PhaseShiftDown

[Kaido_RR]

Adjust what? You CAN NOT adjust the spring rate as that is the actual stiffness of the spring that came with the shocks.

What you CAN adjust is the damping rate, if you got one of those shocks with the adjustable damping rate dail on top of the shock.

If you have really stiff springs, say 10kg spring, no amount of damping is going to be able to compensate for the harshness.

To find out what spring rate your current coilovers have, go to

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sp...Are-t79157.html

and follow the instructions.

Btw, when I said 6/5...etc. I mean 6KG spring for the front coilovers and 5KG spring for the rear. Not the damping adjustment dail on your coilovers, if you got those.

lol!

i run 10/10 and they are far from hard

Best setting (front/rear) for street is about 6/5, 6/4 or 5/4 . Anything stiffer will most likely be too harsh, especially for jap spec coi0lovers.

I found 10/10 to be perfect for what i use my r33 for

[nisskid]

I found 10/10 to be perfect for what i use my r33 for

lol, what other setups have u tried in ur R33?

[Kaido_RR]

lol, what other setups have u tried in ur R33?

afew other different coilovers (different spring rates) and other suspension bits. I use my car for drifting, and the current setup is great the car is extremely easy to drift. BUT also can drive a grip level too (if i was to do more time-events i would drop the rear spring rate down to maybe 8kg as it would better suit those events)

[nisskid]

can u give us specs and brand names of the different setups?

also when it comes to drift, i think a lot of people find it "better" to drift on worse setups as they offer less grip and make it easier to drift. but in reality grip is a massive part of competitive drift, if u dont have it u wont go far.

[full house]

I also think its better to show pictures together with the specs so that we can see all of it.

[Kaido_RR]

can u give us specs and brand names of the different setups?

also when it comes to drift, i think a lot of people find it "better" to drift on worse setups as they offer less grip and make it easier to drift. but in reality grip is a massive part of competitive drift, if u dont have it u wont go far.

i am very aware that you need grip to drift. as the track in Perth is a high speed track.

I have run entry level coilovers (d2) with non-adjustable suspension bits (sway bars, controls arms etc), then i have run the d2 with adjustable suspensions bits.

i have almost run some shock and spring setup (cant remember brand was years ago)

I think you will find that my car is setup for my driving style so it suits me perfectly. When it was driven by the suspension specialist that setup my car, he found the front to be perfect but the rear to be alittle too hard for him and he advice me to drop the spring rate down to 6 or 8 but said it was only worth it if i was really doing to spend alot of time at the track.

Also just to add i run nismo non-adjustable arms, which may people have told me are unless and do nothing for my setup but again i found them to work perfectly and do everything i wanted and i am able to get all the things i want from my setup when i go for a wheel alignment

Edited October 6, 2008 by [Michael]

[nisskid]

firstly, D2 is not a great base to go off as they are terrible coilovers, there isnt much worse out there.

2ndly, ur suspension engineer was saying its only worth dropping the spring rates for the track? so he thinks the higher spring rate suits the street? i dunno, that's kinda the opposite of what any sane person would say. i dunno, maybe he was just saying its minor enough to not really notice until u use it at the track, but really, for a car that is mostly used on the road, it is probably more important to drop the spring rates to a more suitable rate.

[full house]

what rate is more ideal? I still can't figure out the best specs for this one.

[ANG32]

Way too high, why would you want high spring rates in what is mainly a daily driver? Look into normal lowered springs, upgraded shocks and some swaybars to control the roll. Dont try and control roll with springs, especially not in a daily driver!

I am after to change my R34 GTT suspension. What is the best setting and which brand shocker & springs would you recommend? I prefer fast cornering.

I'm thinking of Bilstein + Kings springs + whileline rear sway bars.

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many tks.

Alder