Lowered The Stagea S2 Rs Four S

[EGA41T]

I lowered our S2 RS Four S a few weeks back and i thought i might post up some pics and part numbers to save you guys the troubles if you are looking for some lowered springs.

I used lowered springs with the standard shocks and the car now looks as you see it below. it has actually settled just a little lower on the front than in that pic.

the King Spring part numbers i used were;

Front - KDFL-101SL

Rear - KDRL-102

Hope someone finds this useful

...Cheers Andy

BEFORE Sorry about the Blurry pic

AFTER

[SHIZNT]

Looks good man... only thing its crying for is some bolt on wheel spacers to give you a more agressive offset then it would be mint!!

[EGA41T]

  SHIZNT said:

Looks good man... only thing its crying for is some bolt on wheel spacers to give you a more agressive offset then it would be mint!!

yeah spewing about the offset, but the wheels came with the car and my wife drives it most of the time anyway so a higher offset = less chance of gutter rash.

if spacers were legal i'd think about it.

[darrinspencer]

Front - KDFL-101SL are R33/r34

Rear - KDRL-102 are R32

Might help for further cross referencing

[ステージア]

What are the spring rates?

[CL11QE]

Yeah Andy looks hot!

  ステージ said:

What are the spring rates?

Yeh also interested, how's it feel and how's the ride, seeing as they

are skyline springs....

Also how much???

[EGA41T]

dont know the spring rates but i am very happy with them, not too stiff, doesnt hit the bump stops, a comfortable ride, the car is daily driven by my wife and is planned to carry our kids when they come along, and it will be fine for that.

for the supply and fitting of three full sets of springs ( took them a while to get it right, ...fussy customers lol ) and a 4 wheel alignment set me back $600

All work was done at;

Wholesale Suspension

129 Coreen Ave Penrith

02 47212112

couldnt recommend them more highly, they spent days sourcing and trying different springs until they got it to the height i was after, and still only charged me the normal price. They also fitted the rear camber arms i supplied them with for $240 on a separate occasion.

[Mickya]

does anyone know if these same springs would suit a 98 series 1 rs4?

[GoldZilla]

The fronts should be the same, Michael, but the rears may be different because Andy's car is a factory manual.

[M I K E]

  GoldZilla said:

The fronts should be the same, Michael, but the rears may be different because Andy's car is a factory manual.

i would assume they would be the same, only thing different between them is the auto having eye bottoms and the manuals having forks. other than that, same same

[kidafa]

keeping in mind this is suspension thread and not wheels (where mike is the SAU specialist)

Also herd on the grape vein he's a specialist in picking up men, but thats a different story HAH!

[KiwiRS4T]

Using different springs is a low cost way of improving the look with a lower stance but it will have minimal effect on the handling. If this is taken into account a slightly more expensive option is to use Bilsteins (recond to save money) to lower the car on the standard springs while significantly improving handling.

[rx7gt]

  ステージ said:

What are the spring rates?

Have these springs in front of my s1 stag well the kDFL-101 (low) ones anyway because they have a higher spring rate than the super lows.

This may help people

standard stag front spring rate is 165lbs

standard rear springs rate 170lbs linear (not progressive like kings)

kings KDFL-101 front 180lbs super low fronts only have a spring rate of 140lbs this is to allow fore more compression as the super lows and lows spring lengh is exactly the same and the springs that are any shorter cant be used as they are not caged in the strut and will float around (not safe)

not 100% sure on those rear spring rates but I would presume they would be around 180lbs to 200lbs

another option for the rear may well be KDRL-87 200lbs spring rate (z32/300zx) tapered spring (88mm-77mm)

the king springs are available from auto pro for $150 per pair

summing up they do work but not 100% ideal because when lowering a 20 to 30% increase is more ideal stag front springs would actually be an upgrade for an a

R33/34

My question is ?? those R32 rear springs that were used are they tapered??? they must be otherwise they would rub! any idea of the taper??

[darrinspencer]

  rx7gt said:

My question is ?? those R32 rear springs that were used are they tapered??? they must be otherwise they would rub! any idea of the taper??

I recently bought a set of Sydneykids bilsteins for the stagea. He no longer has any of the custom made springs he was selling and told me to buy the kings as they where the next best/closet match

I will be removing my rear r32 gtr kings springs tomorrow, so I can measure them for you.

[M I K E]

  darrinspencer said:

I recently bought a set of Sydneykids bilsteins for the stagea. He no longer has any of the custom made springs he was selling and told me to buy the kings as they where the next best/closet match

I will be removing my rear r32 gtr kings springs tomorrow, so I can measure them for you.

did you end up selling your old pair? could always swap the springs over if you haven't

[darrinspencer]

  M I K E said:

did you end up selling your old pair? could always swap the springs over if you haven't

I have someone lined up for the old shocks. New ones are on order with SK

I am keeping the springs for the new shocks

[CL11QE]

  EGA41T said:

dont know the spring rates but i am very happy with them, not too stiff, doesnt hit the bump stops, a comfortable ride, the car is daily driven by my wife and is planned to carry our kids when they come along, and it will be fine for that.

for the supply and fitting of three full sets of springs ( took them a while to get it right, ...fussy customers lol ) and a 4 wheel alignment set me back $600

All work was done at;

Wholesale Suspension

129 Coreen Ave Penrith

02 47212112

couldnt recommend them more highly, they spent days sourcing and trying different springs until they got it to the height i was after, and still only charged me the normal price. They also fitted the rear camber arms i supplied them with for $240 on a separate occasion.

You'll have to come past and let me feel the ride, but sounds the goods....

But now i think i know what i want from santa this year teehehe!

[Unbalanced]

I also just finally lowered my RS4-S - Went to BC Coilovers in the end

(I also have 1inch bolt-on spacers front and back)

BEFORE

AFTER

[EGA41T]

  Unbalanced said:

I also just finally lowered my RS4-S - Went to BC Coilovers in the end

(I also have 1inch bolt-on spacers front and back)

BEFORE

AFTER

what is your wheel widths and offsets?

any scrubbing with the spacers fitted?

[EGA41T]

just gave the old girl a bath, and thought i might post a recent pic