Suspension Set-Up Help (For Rough Roads)

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Pento240sx
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Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX SE, 1981 Datsun 210 Deluxe, 1981 Datsun 810 Maxima Deluxe and 1999 Infiniti Q45t.
Location: Central, CA

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Hello, Niconauts. So I moved to Mexico and going to live here for a while and wanted to upgrade my suspension, but the streets here are full of pot holes and bumps, so I can't lower it a lot, and was wondering what suspension set-up can you guys recommend for this type of roads. I just want it to handle well and not scrape in every bump.
BTW: I'm doing this because there are some ok tracks, that I would like to take my car to.
Thanks.


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kouki munster
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Car: 97 base 240
Location: Anderson, SC

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Your best bet will be a shock spring setup, most will drop it about 2 inches and and firm up the ride without making it overly harsh. Another option would be to get in contact with stance and order a set of coilovers with softer springs that are re-valved to match the softer spring rates.

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Pento240sx
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Car: 1995 Nissan 240SX SE, 1981 Datsun 210 Deluxe, 1981 Datsun 810 Maxima Deluxe and 1999 Infiniti Q45t.
Location: Central, CA

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I want to stay away from coilovers. But witch make of shocks and springs do you recommend?

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kouki munster
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I don't have a clue of what to recommend as I have never run a shock spring combo, but hopefully someone that knows more about it will chime in soon.

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Philipio
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Koni Yellow/Ground Control combo. So much better than any ~$1000 coilovers. I don't know why people ever buy Stance, Megan, PBM, etc.


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