Cyproz

Hi there. I recently purchased my first car in my name and everything. Its a 93 coupe n/a with 147k miles. Its already got cold air intake, exhaust, and a clean interior. What the person who owned it forgot was some suspension work. The car sags alot, im not sure how much because i dont have OEM specs on ride hieght. So we took out a strut and spring assembly and tryed to move the strut with human force. We could not do it, however you can grab two coils of the spring and squeeze them with yours hands, they move when you do that.
So we figure my struts are good but i have bad springs. So i wanna order springs but i cant seem to find alot of stock ride hieght springs. Lots of lowering ones like tein and eibach.
Right now my best idea is to buy some Tein H techs for around 180$ and a master bushing set from energy suspension for around 150$. Thats about 350$ which is pushing my budget currently.
Keep in mind i dont need some beast of a car right now. We are more focused on getting the car into a good daily condition before we start working on making it a track vehicle.

Also to note, when i got the car we tested the tie rods and they moved to much so i replaced the front ones. This helped when hitting sewers and bumps but i still get a very loud pop from the front left or right depending on how im turning. If i turn into a parking spot you hear it or when i reverse out my driveway, right in the turning part it pops twice, once on the right then the left or vice versa depending on your direction. My friend thinks it may be the ball joints. my other friend says until we get the new springs on we dont know its not the sagging springs causing things to pop.

I know its a shot in the dark to try to diagnose stuff on a forum but any info and what not is appriciated.

Loving the Z world so far, and what a great car!

PredatorZ

Download the FSM
XenonZ32.com

New ball joints and bushings in the front should tighten things up. The FSM in the Front Axle & Suspension Section it covers the specs and how to evaluate the condition of your car.

Courtesy has stock springs for your car.
Here is a link to a nice diagram with parts numbers.

401 Front Suspension :: Axle & Suspension :: Genuine Nissan Parts :: 300ZX Parts (Z32) 1990-1996 :: Nissan Parts, NISMO and Nissan Accessories - Courtesyparts.com

Cyproz

OK i was looking at the FSM i downloaded. It has the specs for the OEM spring ratings. Problem is i only see two catagories. austrila(has vg30de under it) which is 157ftlb Front, 123ftlb back. And europe(has the vg30dett under it) Front 146ftlb, back 146 ftlbs.
So which one do i go off of?