Which Springs for R33

[DentonR33]

Hey guys,

Which springs should I get for the R33... I pick it up tomorrow YAY! It has spanking new 18" rims with stock suspension, 4 W D hehehehe..

So just wanna chuck on some springs to lower it a little, not too much, dont want to have to "plan my driving" but want it to look nice

King springs quoted $450 fitted with wheel alignment

Pedders $610 fitted with wheel alignment

Whiteline springs? $295 a set on UAS + fitting?

What do you guys recommend!!

And also how long do they take to fit? is it hard to do it yourself *shivers*

[Zer0]

Springs are easy to fit. Just make sure that you have some spring compressors (pretty cheap at kmart, supercheap etc) or someone really strong to compress the spring for you

http://www.horsepowerinabox.com have king springs for R33 at a pretty good price and a wheel alignment from Pedders or somewhere afterwards would be cheap.

Install the springs yourself and save some money. Should take you around 1-2 hours tops to change all four springs.

[Greg]

rather than start a new thread asking exactly the same thing as Denton did, i thought i'd bring this thread up from the dead

can anyone provide some more detailed instructions or opinions on changing springs yourself?

and yeah which is better: kings, whiteline or pedders?

denton what springs did u get in the end?

Thanks!

Greg

[G0DF4Th3R]

TEIN are getting cheap too

[Zoix]

where? at the docks they arent, because i work there... might ahve to "FIND" some in some of the imports that come in ;P

[G0DF4Th3R]

well theres a shop here that do TEINs for 500 installed

compare that so some quotes i got for King Springs which were 400ish...

seems reasonable

ok so its not cheap, but its reasonable

[SLY33]

i wouldnt consider pedders for a skyline... I used to use them on my old cars -Toranas. Kings are great.

[Sydneykid]

Hi Greg, have a look here

http://www.whiteline.com.au/

Menu selection..............

Project Cars

R33 GTST

Then try.......

Reviews & Articles

6Cyl & V8's

R33 GTST

This is how you get your car to handle properly. Springs is but one of the necessary ingredients.

Hope that helps

[2rismo]

that project car looks awfully familliar?

rofl...

whiteline springs are great stuff... my mate at pedders said not to buy springs off of him for anything...

[C_DawG]

Tein's are dodge for road driving, waaayy too firm. Feels like your spine is shattering when you go over the smallest pot hole.

[SLY33]

tein make springs in various rates. not all of them are firm- you can get whatever rate you specify. Just that 99% of Tein coilovers come over with rock hard springs.

[Zoix]

i need suspension so i can raise my car a bit, some guys are getting defected for being under 125mm not under 100mm so i have to raise my car, i have 18" on and my car is on 100, and the muffler is at 80

i got stock shocks but i dont know about springs.

[hippy]

hey sly .. so did u ever get ur teins or did u go with the whiteline stuff?

[SLY33]

hi hippy, im actually sticking with the teins. I can order genuine Tein springs for the coilovers or have them made by industrial springs. As my dad knows the boss there that will be the cheaper option. (genuine Tein springs made to my specified spring rate are about 300 a pair!)

so my kings lows are for sale again i guess! Did you get your suspension sorted yet?

[hippy]

yeah i got a set of teins too LOL .. they're just sitting around .. i'm too lazy to put them on

[SLY33]

What model are they? HA's?