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djmonkee
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finally sitting on stance gr+ pro coilovers so what do you guys think? i might lower the front more once i get used to taking longer routes around bad streets.


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looks great!! whats your spring rate front and rear?

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I take it that isnt your daily driver?GR+ pros on a daily wont be the most comfortable of experiences, atleast they aint PBMs.

Lower the front slightly and your stance will be mean.

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Sweet, those are my dream coilovers, a little expensive though.It looks like you're parked on an incline the stance might look a little different on flat ground.

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whats your brake setup?

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LOVERboy wrote:whats your brake setup?
looks like 350/g35 brembo's

those Veilsides?whats your wheel specs?

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looks good bro, it's always a great feeling to get the car lowed

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Nali wrote:I take it that isnt your daily driver?GR+ pros on a daily wont be the most comfortable of experiences, atleast they aint PBMs.

Lower the front slightly and your stance will be mean.
who drives a 240 for comfort?

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jeff420 wrote:
who drives a 240 for comfort?
true, i drives my's essFO-TEEN, cos its tight foooo ! .. hahaha jk ..

its his daily .. everyone wants to be comfy in a dd .. well atleast me ..

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Dire91 wrote:Sweet, those are my dream coilovers, a little expensive though.It looks like you're parked on an incline the stance might look a little different on flat ground.
i'm sorry but huh??? the gr +pros are like 1200 iirc. some of the cheapest coils out there. there isnt much cheaper for coils that i'd take a 2nd look at; pbm and maybe dmax. idk i'm unemployed and i still think stances are cheap

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JDM Sil4ty wrote:
true, i drives my's essFO-TEEN, cos its tight foooo ! .. hahaha jk ..

its his daily .. everyone wants to be comfy in a dd .. well atleast me ..
its not comfy unless your bouncin around everywhere, pissin blood caz you kidneys take a beating lol, and have a headache from the obnoxious 3" apexi. but thats just me. i drive my "comfy" cars when im tired of cop attention.

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White Comet wrote:i'm sorry but huh??? the gr +pros are like 1200 iirc. some of the cheapest coils out there. there isnt much cheaper for coils that i'd take a 2nd look at; pbm and maybe dmax. idk i'm unemployed and i still think stances are cheap
megans are like 800-900. and i heard some good things about their tracks and street's

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in general the people that like megans haven't tried anything else and compared to 20 year old worn suspension megans feel amazing, but its relative

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I don't want to make this another Megan vs. other coilover thread but honestly They can't be that different at all. You can't tell me you can "feel the difference" between Stance and Megan.

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Dire91 wrote:I don't want to make this another Megan vs. other coilover thread but honestly They can't be that different at all. You can't tell me you can "feel the difference" between Stance and Megan.
so youre saying theres no difference in coils due to the smaller price gap?

like my ksports ($800) that i had that blew up in 3 months of normal DDing, and rode like complete a**.

and my PSM ($1000), that ride SO much better, are valved decently, and have yet to blow... going on 2 years now almost.

you CAN FEEL A DIFFERENCE.... if you dont, you are out of your gourd homie...

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Dire91 wrote:"feel the difference" between Stance and Megan.
I wasn't talking about some 'ksports' you destroyed. Megan has become a very respectable company in my eyes in the past year or so, more and more people are buying their coilovers. Do you think you could pick out if it was Megan or Stance coilovers if you were to ride in the same exact car but the coilovers were switched?

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im glad every one likes it. i think the ride is a little stiff for a daily but i make my way around, i have a back up car for places that have real steep drive ways. the wheels are vielside, cant remember the specs right off my head. brakes are brembos off a 04 sentra se-r spec v. but does anyone know if rear brembos off a 350/g35 will bolt right up or how the parking brake setup is on them?

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Looks good!

Don't go much lower, it won't do you any good performance-wise. Get a kit if you want the lowered look.

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I dig
mrgreeneyes wrote:
PSM
mrgreeneyes wrote:SO much better
mrgreeneyes wrote:you CAN FEEL A DIFFERENCE
Hellz yeah!!!

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One of the BEST choices you could have made!

Enjoy the ride!

This is coming from a guy who rides on megans, there is a huge difference! If you cant tell, either you lack senses or have not ridden on both. I would love to be rocking stances, the only reason i have megans is because i got them for 600 new.
Modified by Persona at 1:04 PM 10/5/2009

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djmonkee wrote:brakes are brembos off a 04 sentra se-r spec v.
Never thought of using those before. Got a write up?

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Dire91 wrote:I don't want to make this another Megan vs. other coilover thread but honestly They can't be that different at all. You can't tell me you can "feel the difference" between Stance and Megan.
you absolutely can. megan may be decent but the difference is still there. its less noticeable then the difference would be between megan and zeal but every little bit helps

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Nice ride! my opinion as square as it sounds would be to leave it as it is!Its a nice height!

Nice wheels too!

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Trigga wrote:Nice ride! my opinion as square as it sounds would be to leave it as it is!Its a nice height!

Nice wheels too!
What he said, if you like cracked front bumpers and scraping more than it is now, go for it. It looks pretty healthy right now

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sikk brakes!

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Your set-up is tasteful, how much did you score the brakes for?

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djmonkee
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my friend found the brakes in a salvage yard and i got him to go talk them down to 200. they had us go back and take them off, one had the nismo rim crushed around it which we took back and just stuck a floor jack in to get it out. as far as install everything bolted right up including the brake lines.

thanks for all the comments too


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