Gen 1 or Gen 2 KSports? I heard that the Gen 2s didnt have any issues

That does suck either way though

Gen 1 haha

yea mine the right front bottem droped out and tore up the cv boot. i was able to fix the strut though

wow, i have never seen coilovers in that bad of shape.

buy teins...

rakonismo wrote:

wow, i have never seen coilovers in that bad of shape.

buy teins...

They are just as bad if not worse.

Konis, they're more expensive, more work to install the fronts, but worth every penny. Pair with Eibachs, or Ground Controls if you really need adjustability.

JP wrote:

rakonismo wrote:

wow, i have never seen coilovers in that bad of shape.

buy teins...

They are just as bad if not worse.

i have heard nothin but good about teins.

Teins, JIC's, K-sport, DC sport, all of that japanese made stuff is garbage. Horrible dampening, and crappy quality.  I had JIC's that had the same problems as your K-sports/

JP wrote:

Teins, JIC's, K-sport, DC sport, all of that japanese made stuff is garbage. Horrible dampening, and crappy quality.  I had JIC's that had the same problems as your K-sports/

wow are you serious??

aliciaspec-v wrote:

JP wrote:

Teins, JIC's, K-sport, DC sport, all of that japanese made stuff is garbage. Horrible dampening, and crappy quality.  I had JIC's that had the same problems as your K-sports/

wow are you serious??

imo hes talking out of his ass.

i have never, EVER seen problems with jic's. Anything that was an issue the dealer fixed no question.

just cause uve been on a forum doesnt make u a car god lol....just means u have no life

aliciaspec-v wrote:

WindIsMyFoe wrote:

just cause uve been on a forum doesnt make u a car god lol....just means u have no life

um thanks? i spend most of my time on this site...

JP's been working on the car for a long time....plus i've met him in person...his turbo sr20 is amazing.

i didnt mean it like that. ive just never seen jic suspension that didnt do a good job./

im on forums all day too lol but that doesnt mean i know everything about a car.  I just want to know what JP thinks are good coils.  I loved my teins on my previous car.

WindIsMyFoe wrote:

I just want to know what JP thinks are good coils.

+1

Jao2xSpecV2003 wrote:

damn.. good thing that bushing didnt move all the way out and collapse.

it wouldnt be able to.

I don’t think jp is talking just about build quality alone
But dampening quality

The teins are built well in terms of reliability
But if you refer to mike kojo’s pages
He will tell you their dampening quality sucks compared to koni or
Bilsteins [my personal favorite] which they don’t make for our cars

specv118 wrote:

i hate my gen2 ksports. and they have less then 1000miles on them.


i absolutely HATE them.


who wants to buy em

hrm... orly?

my .02

All the Japanese made coilovers have almost 0 dampening.  They go from driving down the street to full stiff with no in between.  The JIC's I had held up well minus the pillow ball mounts getting very stiff, along with the adjustment knobs.  We ran Teins on my buddies RSX for Autox and they were horrible.  No real dampening.  We switched out to buddy clubs and they were a tad better.  Build quality varies it seems with all these coilovers depending on when you buy them. 

IMO the best route is Koni/GC.  Koni shocks are proven winners, period!  GC's with Eibach springs are so flexible you can get any combo of setups out of them. I understand that people with limited car knowledge, or lack of tools and space my be turned off by the koni setup becuase of the amount of work that has to be put in, but if done right it will out perform any coilovers.

Yogi B wrote:

I don’t think jp is talking just about build quality alone
But dampening quality

The teins are built well in terms of reliability
But if you refer to mike kojo’s pages
He will tell you their dampening quality sucks compared to koni or
Bilsteins [my personal favorite] which they don’t make for our cars

You are exactly correct.  While the build quality is good, it seems to differ between when you buy them.

JP wrote:

my .02

All the Japanese made coilovers have almost 0 dampening.  They go from driving down the street to full stiff with no in between.  The JIC's I had held up well minus the pillow ball mounts getting very stiff, along with the adjustment knobs.  We ran Teins on my buddies RSX for Autox and they were horrible.  No real dampening.  We switched out to buddy clubs and they were a tad better.  Build quality varies it seems with all these coilovers depending on when you buy them. 

IMO the best route is Koni/GC.  Koni shocks are proven winners, period!  GC's with Eibach springs are so flexible you can get any combo of setups out of them. I understand that people with limited car knowledge, or lack of tools and space my be turned off by the koni setup becuase of the amount of work that has to be put in, but if done right it will out perform any coilovers.

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did you custom make those strut housings? I like them alot. there was another guy on b15sentra. I forgot his nam. He took the stock housings and welded on some custom spring perches for the GCs. I thought that was really realy pimp.

oh and my JICs are blown all the way around. The adjustments are also rust welded so I can move shit....it sucks.

mmmm...that's sexy.

let me know if your going koni/gc. the install for that setup for the front is hard i can tell you the easy way tho and the back is just a cake walk.

destrukt wrote:

JP wrote:

Here are the motivationals. This was when I installed them, and no they do not sit at the bottom thread! 

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alright so where can i get em and what specs
even though i've got used to my ksports (they're not unbearable) i need something for daily driving with adjustability

Yeah, thats where it gets tricky.  Motivational stopped supporting the Sentra community about 5 years ago. So you need to custom make them, or pay some bucks and get something from Advance Design, Pro parts, Bits and Pieces, KW, etc!

I'm running 350/350 for spring rates with 8 inch spring.  Shocks are Koni single adjustable. Motivational rear upper mount for more travel in the rear.

Last edited by JP (2008-08-18 15:17:10)