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Im thinking of removing my Teins and putting in stock GTR shocks and springs

Do i need a sprng compressor to get the tein springs onto the shox or can i just do the whole job at home

From what i have read on here, fitting suspension is supposedly fairly easy

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If you need the spring compressor really depends on how long the springs are. If they're lowered by at least 2", there shouldn't be any need for a compressor, but you should get one just in case. It's not that expensive, I think I purchased mine for about $50.

Compressing the springs where a bitch to do because you had to get it in the perfect position on the spring otherwise it won't fit (into the car). Things just get into the way. Can't remember the details, but when I was replacing my rear shocks, I just recall being pissed off about the compressors. hahah.

Fitting new springs and shocks isn't too difficult. As long as you've got the right tools, it's fairly easy.

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i figured i just put springs on the shocks and thats pretty much it for that

they are tein springs, lowered by about an inch i think

stock shocks

Yeah, it was like that for other car's I've worked on as well, but for the skyline, you had to install the springs and shock as two separate things. You had to get the springs compressed so that you can screw the shock's top nut (to the car) while the spring had to sit on the seats in the right position.

Most of the time the compressors would get in the way and make the springs sit in the wrong position on the seats.

But yeah, I've always thought that there was some top for the springs and shocks to go in as once piece just like any other 'normal' after market kit. Mine didn't, it's a GTS-4, but it has the same suspension as GTR's so.... :banana:

(OO)SKYLINE(OO) Grand Master

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my coilovers are too hard

just want stockies

and maybe tein springs or somethin

LOL! A softer / smoother ride is a lot better. My Cuscos are pretty much on the softest setting and I still get a hard ass ride!

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im gona be attempting to remove my stock suspension and put in nismo s tune coil overs

had a look under the car, doesnt seem that hard to remove/replace, unscrew the 2 bolts on the strut tops and the big sigle bolt on the bottom of the shock

im going to buy a spring compressor just incase !

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won't the Tein spring rate not be matched to the factory GT-R dampers?

Exactly right. I just went through this whole process of taking out stiff coilovers.

My process was:

stock suspension both springs and shocks are too high.

Stock shocks and lowered springs will wear out the shocks very quickly, plus the handling will be poor in the meantime as the shocks cant control the lowered springs properly

I ended up doing the following:

Bilstein shocks with lowered king springs

End result great handling and comfort. You literally dont feel smaller bumps and the larger bumps feel like small bumps. The car is also faster on any imperfect road and i honestly cant tell the difference in handling even on a smooth road.

The big thing is that you know its going to last. Would be a shame to go to all this effort for poor handling and then have to swap the shocks again.

I had to obtain some strut tops as the coilovers replace them, thats on an R34 GTT so it might be different on the GTR.

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