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i have recently purchased a r32 gts-t, now i dont know to much about them or any car for that matter.

i want to set up my suspension for drift with a few hill runs. thats ok because i can get to a wheel alignment machine when i need it.

i dont care how rough the ride is, as long as the chasis and mounts can handle it, and as long as it handles well.

1st of all i want to upgrade to coilovers, which would you recommend? and what rates? anything inparticular i need to know before i go out and buy some? what should i look for, and what should be adjustable in them.

i plan on rehauling all(most) my suspension components. what else should i look at changing. sawy bars, strut brace, castor rods... anything else im missing feel free to add, im just drawing up ideas atm, i plan on getting these parts in about 2 weeks when i have some cash, and im back at home.

cheers, issa.

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I suppose it comes down to how good you want it to handle and how you want to go about it.

There's a hell of a lot of info floating around in this section but in general:

Don't buy a $1300 set of coilovers, no matter how pretty they look. Don't get silly hard spring rates. 7/5 would be the sensible upper limit (and i'm sure some people will say thats to hard as well)

Get some form of adjustable caster rod (I'm not going to go into the benefits of poly over rose joints here)

Get some form of adjustable upper arm for the front

Get some form of adjustable upper arm for the rear

Get some swaybars

Lock the hicas

Get something to tighten up the rear subframe (either re bush, alloy collars or poly pinapples)

Get some good tyres or you've wasted a lot of money on the other bits

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I suppose it comes down to how good you want it to handle and how you want to go about it.

There's a hell of a lot of info floating around in this section but in general:

Don't buy a $1300 set of coilovers, no matter how pretty they look. Don't get silly hard spring rates. 7/5 would be the sensible upper limit (and i'm sure some people will say thats to hard as well)

Get some form of adjustable caster rod (I'm not going to go into the benefits of poly over rose joints here)

Get some form of adjustable upper arm for the front

Get some form of adjustable upper arm for the rear

Get some swaybars

Lock the hicas

Get something to tighten up the rear subframe (either re bush, alloy collars or poly pinapples)

Get some good tyres or you've wasted a lot of money on the other bits

thanks so much for the help mate, appreciate it.

what do you mean by the upper arm's. as in adjustable camber tops?

or

strut braces?

im gona get hicas taken care of as well.

thanks alot, issa.

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r32's dont use camber tops. You have to get an adjustable upper control arm, whether by adjustable bushes, or a whole replacement arm that has some form of adjustment.

The rear is the same, though much easier to get as it's common to the s13 as well so plenty of options.

Front strut brace definately, rear strut brace if you have a spare 150 dollars

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