some info on dropping the car

[flight1001]

well guys, i came across this read today from b15sentra forums and although this is for the b15s, i think this particular info is pretty good for people considering lowering their cars with springs

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original thread: http://www.b15sentra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=113874

"lowering your car

When it comes to lowering your car, you either do it the right way, meaning using quality parts and making sure you install them correctly, or you don't do it at all. As a general rule, no aftermarket spring alone is really designed to work well with stock shock absorbers (or dampers) over an extended period of time. Dampers are a wearable part like brake pads and tires...eventually you have to switch them out after using them with stock springs anyway. The design of our suspension does not allow a lot of drop on stock dampers, and even modest lowering will cause premature wear. How soon your dampers go depends on things like what springs you use, but also your driving style or what the road surfaces are like in your area.

The main reason stock dampers should not be paired with almost all lowering springs is wheel travel. Anytime you drop your b15 on stock dampers you will lose wheel travel and bottom out more often. A really bad example is using 2" lowering springs with stock dampers. Because the stock dampers are too long for the shorter springs, the car at rest has the shock piston almost completely compressed...to the point where you can't even push down on the car because there is no shock travel. Not only will this kill your dampers in no time, it may also cause damage to other suspension components.

It is popular to only use lowering springs because it's cheap and looks so damn good. But you cannot escape the fact that our factory shock absorbers are tuned by Nissan engineers to work specifically with the factory springs, switch only one piece out, and the car just won't work right after a while. It's like using tires that are way too small for your rims, technically they may fit, but you might damage the rims and other suspension pieces and experience ride quality issues. "
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i was thinking about lowering with eibachs, but kinda considering coils now lol
what are your opinions?

[DJ_B_Easy]

Somewhat common knowledge...

coils > springs
coil price > spring price

If you have the money, coils FTW.