Megan Racing Coilover shock install and first impressions

wstar

Interesting. Are the height adjustments capable of getting closer to stock height? I'd like to stiffen up my car a bit (probably swaybars and maybe some chassis stuff first, but maybe some coilovers later), but I'm trying to avoid much drop. Ideally I'd like to stay within an inch of stock. The parking lot entrances around Houston suck, I scrape up the front spoiler pretty badly as it is, no matter how hard I try not to.

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JBMS

I personally love Megan Racing's stuff. I had their street coilovers on my 240SX for about a year with no problems, got into an accident and totaled the car, bent the lower A-arms on two corners. Took the coilovers off and they were fine, so I put them on my next 240. Never any problems even after that.

They really are excellent for the price.

Phimosis

At 1.3" lower than stock, the rear is approaching its maximum height, but the front still has a ways to go. Now that I've driven it more, I've had a few run-ins with low lying objects...usually parking lot entrances in Bakersfield, CA. I think I want to bring it up another .2" to .3" inch. I'll see how much I can get out of the back, then match that in the front. I'm going to wait for a month to let it "settle" before I realign it. On a side note, my tuning shop knew I would be in for multiple adjusts and charged me $650 for install of shocks/sway bars with with 3 yr/36,000 mile guarantee on align, with agreement that I would get realign at 1 month. A little pricey, but the right thing to do, IMO.

On a side note, I have about 250 miles of "spirited" driving on these coil overs and the handling is outstanding compared to stock. The car still tends to understeer while braking, but I think that is a function of 245 width tires and a 54/46 weight balance. Other than that little quibble, this car is outstanding! I rented an '08 911s in Vegas a few months ago (7k miles on it) and the handling prowess and feel of my 370z with coilovers and sway bars beats the stock 911s hands down.

seahorse12

Hi,
I just bought preowned a 09 370 Touring and want to raise the suspension. The first owner had it lowered down a lot and so it scrapes at almost every speed bump, parking lot entrances, gas stations, malls...everywhere....

As you are in Houston itself like me, can you please advise me if any shops can do that? If I can get 1" lift up, that should be good...I went to Baker Nissan today and they said that because struts/shocks/springs are all aftermarket, they would charge me $3000 for that.....No way I can spend that kinda money.

Please email me back at talk2ashu@gmail.com

Regards,
Seahorse