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Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:52 pm
No, they are NOT THE SAME!!!! Do not buy Megan Coil overs as they are made only for the non-touring car. I know you have a 2001 which has the electronic suspension. There are a few guys on the board that recommend the rebuilding of these stockers, some use KYB SR Specials which are very hard to find. I am going to put BC Coilovers onto my 97' Q45 actually tomorrow so I will post up a review shortly. I bought them locally from a company that is going to do the install after my usual local mechanic started to do an install with Megan's and we found out the hard way that the spindle opening on the Megan's was 12MM and the Touring model has 14MM.
I actually talked to the guy at BC Coilovers and they suspect that Infiniti changed over to 14MM openings for brakes at some point from 97 to 01 but they know for sure their coilovers fit. Since I wasted my mechanics time and some of my money (he was very cool about it offered to do it for free but I gave hime $200) I am having the same shop source and install this time.
The BC's are suppose to be very good. I have heard from a few people on the BMW side they like BC better than Megan even though BC makes Megan's (to Megan's specs not BC's). They are made in USA but are expensive, it is costing me $1700 installed and aligned...I know kids putting that kind of money into an old car is crazy, but I plan to drive her for 2-3 more years at least. I just did a radio upgrade to a nice Pioneer streaming radio and Bluetooth hand-free.