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Best Coilovers For R34 25Gt Na?

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Id probably go with tein, pretty decent for their price. Then again, i dont think it will matter when it comes to N/A skylines. You wont be having a huge amount of power to push high end coilovers to their limit, nor do i think you will be doing track days with a n/a. Id probably just go with cheapy coilovers, provided they dont bottom out and that they do their jobs on the streets, which is basically all you need (im also guessing its more of a cosmetic mod without the compromise of handling/comfort). And good on ya for not dumping them on king springs, at least someone does something right.

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How is buying cheap coilovers better than a set of Kings low and some B6s?

"provided they dont bottom out and do their jobs on the streets" "assuming its for a cosmetic look without the compromise of handling/comfort"

I thought i implied that it still needed to do their job on the streets. It doesnt have to be over the top expensive is what im trying to say, even 2k is pushing it. Second hand HKS could even be considered cheap. And im pretty sure you and i both know that King springs on stock shocks is a pretty stupid idea, any set of coilovers would do a better job than factory worn out shocks on cheap king springs.

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Who said anything about stock dampers? Not I. I specifically said Bilsteins (B6). I would guarantee you that I could get any R32 from one place in Australia to another faster and more comfortably on ~4kg/mm Kings springs and a set of Bilsteins than you could on a set of 6/4 kg/mm (or worse, the typical 8/6 kg/mm) coilovers with crappy damping. Same car, just change the suspension units.

The fact is, a set of Kings lows will drop an R32 to pretty much exactly the legal height, are the right spring rate to work well on our crappy road surfaces, are comfortable and will last a long time. Mine have been in the car for all of this century so far, and they are as good as the day they went in. The Bilstein front dampers are still going strong, about the same age. The KYBs at the rear are dying. Most of the coilover bros around here would have been through 2 or three sets in the same time if they'd kept the same car.

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Tyres are stock external diameter (235/45 on 17s). So the gap you see is what you get at lowest legal height. Car went through Regency last year and was pretty close to spot on for height.\

That's more luck than good management. Sydneykid's grooved (modified) Bilsteins might be required to get an arbitrary other car to the exact right height.

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