Ok, it's a 93 s13 coupe,
And I'm about to do my first round of major suspension upgrades. All I have so far are strut bars. I got my Sportlines today, and my AGX's should be here this week.

So, my question is, which bushings should I replace when I install these new parts to get the most out of them? Also, what type do you reccomend as far as material and manufacturer. I think I can press some or all of the bushings in and out with a vise in my garage??? I'm pretty sure the tension rod bushings need to be replaced anyway, because they look all cracked and dried, but no leakage that I can see yet.

By the way, do I need aftermarket camber adjuster plates with sprotlines, or will an alignment with the stock adjusters suffice??



Thanks ahead for your input. next one's on me.

 

TC is your main one. No bushings really need to be changed unless they rotted out and there is nothing in there. just go in the back and with all the arms give a quick tug to see if there is any play. If there is you should probably change those bushings. Also check your steering rack boot, arms and your LCA on the front. with sportlines you should be fine with a regular alignment. Unless you try to drop the Tein HE's to the lowest setting (-4 camber) you wont need camber plates. Good luck with progressive springs!

 

Your rear camber will suck with -2" drop. You might want to look into the various rear camber correction methods.

 

Yes i have a bad camber problem on the rear of my S14 with the sportlines.Also those springs arent the best for drifting as ive found out the hard way.

 

So, I may need aftermarket rear camber plates to correct the alignment?

Why do you say the sportlines are not good for drifting? They are pretty stiff and real low.

 

i had sportlines...and i wasn't satisfied. i sold those on ebay, and bought some prolines...better, but now im still not satisfied...so now im moving on to coilovers. if you plan on drifting or driving agressively in any way...u gotta have coilovers for the best results. thats my experience

 

Hahaha. Wherever you bought them from obviously had them in stock and needed to get rid of them

Sportlines are not much stiffer than stock! They are horrible for drifting, autocross, any sort of spirited / performance driving.

They are good for being low, and looking the part, but not actually doing it.

You spent, what $250.00 on springs, $380-430 on AGX, and it would be another $170-200 for camber correction in the front for pillow ball mount camber plates. That's what, $825 right there. For just a little bit more you could have had the real deal coilovers!

Good luck to you.

 

I, too, don't want to run coilover on my street car simply because the spring rates tend to run very high. The stock springs on a 240sx are 2kg/mm (1kg/mm ~= 56 lb/in). The most lax coilovers that I can find are the Tein Flex, which are 5k/4k. Those, of course, cost $1300+ dollars. Yeah, HE's cost a little less, but 8k springs are a little over the top for the streeet.

I've heard that people don't like the Tein s-tech springs, but they're 3.7k/3.2k springs. Also, you can get RSR race springs that are 5k/4.5k, which is probably the highest I, personally, would go on a daily driven car. These would probably be the best compromise on a dual use car, especially with AGXs.

By the way, rear strut tops don't control the rear camber. It's the rear upper control arm (RUCA).

 

Well, I got a much better deal than that. $ 175 for the sportlines and $340 for the AGX's. I don't have the money right now for "real deal" coilovers. And my car handles way better than it did stock, and I'm content with my suspension for now.


So, back to my question... Do I need to have aftermarket camber plates to have correct alignment?

 

Um, No. It wasn't like that at all. You make it sound so bad.