"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/14/2016 at 11:46 • Filed to: sentra, one dollar sentra
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
07/14/2016 at 11:46 • Filed to: sentra, one dollar sentra | 1
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Put the stock front springs from my Miata on the rear struts of the Sentra to raise it up to a usable height, then cranked up the front coilover sleeves to level it out. Much more usable, still rides like shit.
Dat gap
Horrifyingly, the lugs nuts have been on the car backwards this whole time.
Plans for suspension are to buy a set of stock shocks and some 220/200 # front/rear lowering springs, then get a beefy rear sway bar with poly hardware. Should sort out the handling quite well.
Urambo Tauro
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 11:50 |
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I’ve done that backwards lug-nut thing before. It was my first car, and I thought that the taper’s aesthetic worked much better on the outside.
Derp.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 11:53 |
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Put the stock front springs from my Miata on the rear struts of the Sentra to raise it up to a usable height, then cranked up the front coilover sleeves
This *is* how suspensioneermatating works. Can confirm.
Aaron M - MasoFiST
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 11:56 |
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...how old are the struts?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Aaron M - MasoFiST
07/14/2016 at 12:03 |
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Probably as old as the car, and all blown. The passenger front still dampens... barely, but the others are totally shot.
TheJWT
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 12:06 |
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Ah shit... those lug nuts are my bad.
To be fair though I swapped the cheap auto zone chrome ones for those OEM ones like an hour before you got there.
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Aaron M - MasoFiST
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 12:07 |
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Wow. I wonder if the longer travel will make it bounce more.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> TheJWT
07/14/2016 at 12:15 |
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hahahaha, damn I was hoping it was some sketchy Cleveland tire shop.
so, aero mod? Pointy side out = faster.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Aaron M - MasoFiST
07/14/2016 at 12:16 |
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Travel wasn’t altered (in the front), just the ride height. The rear... no telling. They don’t seem too bouncy actually.
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Aaron M - MasoFiST
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 12:20 |
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Right, coilover sleeves. Either way...those stock struts should make a huge difference.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Aaron M - MasoFiST
07/14/2016 at 12:36 |
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Stock struts + lowering springs is the setup I had on my Civic and it was great. Looked good, plenty of travel, never bottomed out even across some pretty terribad railroad crossings, and handled adequately. With a nice rear sway bar that Civic would have been a hell of a thing.
InfinityAero
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 12:39 |
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Those Miata springs probably aren’t too far off that 200# mark— I think they’re like 170. What are the stock fronts on the sentra?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> InfinityAero
07/14/2016 at 12:46 |
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Stock fronts on the sentra are 120 or thereabouts. The problem with the miata springs is the ends are wrong and they’re totally the wrong diameter so it’s NOISY
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TheJWT
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 12:53 |
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Easier to get the torque wrench on...
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> TheJWT
07/14/2016 at 13:09 |
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Look at this fancy guy with his torque wrench.
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*cough*
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TheJWT
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 13:12 |
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Hey now... they may have been on the wrong way but at least they were tightened to precisely 80ish lb-ft
Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> TheJWT
07/14/2016 at 13:19 |
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torque wrench on lug nuts, lol
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InfinityAero
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 13:51 |
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Oh haha! Yeah, I can imagine that mismatched ratio would mess with things too. I’m rebuilding a suspension for the first time right now— I’ve done springs in the past but once you start pulling the whole thing apart it’s a whole different game. I’d say save up and get all the stuff at once— better to hit it in one go than piecemeal it; suspension work is such a PITA that it’s infurianting to do over-and-over again.
I like that your (apparent) “practical” car is a tiny Sentra. I’m totally tempted to trade my 4X4 Xterra for a 5-speed E30 325i coupe— but my fiance doesn’t want me to get rid of the “BeasTerra”... although if she got home and a first Gen Viper, S2000 or NSX was in the driveway and I still had savings I think she’d abide.
just-a-scratch
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 14:33 |
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What's the deal with that castle nut? It doesn't appear to engage with the cotter pin.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> just-a-scratch
07/14/2016 at 14:41 |
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*shrug*
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> InfinityAero
07/14/2016 at 14:44 |
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My practical car/daily driver is anything but small. 1997 naturally aspirated Buick Riviera. The Sentra and Miata are both projects.
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InfinityAero
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
07/14/2016 at 19:34 |
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That’ll move some people! I’ve got a couple spare Fiat Spider rear springs— they’re about 4 1/2" wide, if those’ll work better for ya you’re welcome to ‘em.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> InfinityAero
07/14/2016 at 19:44 |
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Eh, I’m just going to wait a month then drop $200 on lowering springs and brand new shocks. Refresh the whole suspension.