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GTSBoy Grand Master

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Some or all of you may know that Whiteline discontinued their spring lines some time ago, pretty much leaving Kings as one of the very few alternatives for the non-coilover set.

I've just found out that the springmakers that used to supply Whiteline with some of their springs (at least for the grey import market like our cars) are still able to make all the springs that they used to. Company by the name of Dobinsons, located up in Rockhampton. They don't list the Skyline stuff on their site, but according to my mechanic they still make them.

hardsteppa Grand Master

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have you tried the King springs? i had them on my ST185 and they were rubbish, but they had made the same spring for ST184 and just listed it as applicable for both models (one is n/a fwd, other is turbo awd). When I used the King low springs on my R33, i was pleasantly surprised....

GTSBoy Grand Master

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Yeah, I have Kings Springs in my car now. But I have recently gotten some new Bilsteins from SK. Those dampers are set up for the Whiteline springs, now sadly discontinued. SK says that the R32&3 Kings Springs are almost exact duplicates of the Whiteline design. But that doesn't hep me with the Kings that I have in the car now. When I put the current suspension into the car, which was about 14 years ago, Kings didn't actually make springs for R32 GTSts. Only for GTRs and for S13s. So I ended up with a mishmash of GTR fronts on GTR dampers and S13 rears on R32 dampers. They worked, but they've never been awesome. Worse, as far as I can tell, they don't match the new dampers I've bought. So, we were going to buy Kings Springs, but a little research showed that the Whiteline designs are still available from the original manufacturer. Possible win.

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GTSBoy Grand Master

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Eibach springs...

KMAC...

leaving Kings as one of the very few alternatives

Yuh, aware of those. This is more about providing info for peeps who might want the springs that belong with SK's Bilsteins. Either KMAC or Eibach might suit the dampers equally well, but we do KNOW that the Whiteline ones did/do.

niZmO_Man Grand Master

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*edited*

I suppose my 1am post was pretty shit.

It's good to know that someone out there has the specs for the springs. If you knew the specs of the Whiteline springs, you could alternatively get your own ones made up with similar specs.

For Sydney siders, K-MAC is ideal as they can pick up the springs from them in Rockdale.

I thought SK's kit used King springs.

R32Abuser Mentor

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SK's kit used Whiteline springs.

FWIW...These were about 1" lower than standard and for my car left the eyebrow height sitting at about 330mm F, 340mm R at the standard cir clip height. I soon raised the cir clips to the highest (current) setting which gave me 345mm F (drivers), 350 F(passenger) and 350 R.

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