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orangeNblue
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The ride in my car has become really "bouncy" and I've been looking into getting a new suspension that would offer a better (smoother) ride. Its really bad on the highway which is the problem I want to fix. I also want to lower the car slightly but not enough to where I would have to do anything with the camber.

I've seen the HKS Hipermax LS+ coils which are for the "luxury-sport vehicles" and then I read that the Nismo S-tune suspension doesn't involve changing the camber....I don't really have a budget for something that would work perfect but it would be nice to stay around 2000

The car won't be tracked, or atleast it would be extremely rare if so, and this upgrade would really only be for aggressive stance and ride comfort. Any help would be greatly appreciated....


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any aftermarket suspension will stiffent he ride, so take you pick, you want smoother or lower? if you do get a coil over set, ask abotu the spring rates, you can get spring rates the same or softer than stock to keep the ride the same or soften it a bit but most aftermarket struts are going to bestiffer than stock, GR2's are about the closes thing to stock valving you'll get in a shock

and any amoutn of lowering will add negetive camber, it's a metter of how much you can live with, 1.5 degrees is pretty streetable, less will improve your tire weak, more will shread your tires

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okay thanks for the info...

have any recommendations on a suspension setup....i want a really comfortable ride so I guess I'm looking for something stiffer.

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evildky wrote:any aftermarket suspension will stiffent he ride, so take you pick, you want smoother or lower?
Oh really? Don't forget about airbag suspensions...

That would be so anti-hetero on a Z.


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