Tokico spring/shock kit

[mbarjbar]

Just bought a Tokico kit. Springs lower the car 1 inch and has Lumina adjustable shocks. Any opinions or experience with this combo in an early (70) 240Z?

Mike

[mbarjbar]

Anybody out there?????

[Arne]

I have some second-hand impressions, but have never ridden in one so equipped, so anything I'd say would be sheer conjecture.

[WW2Winger]

That's what I have in my car and am reasonably pleased. My next upgradewill probably be coilovers as the one inch lower was just not enough. I track my car so lower is better whereas too low on a street car is problematic. Overall, the Tokico setup is good, especially the adjustability.

[John Coffey]

You've already bought the setup. Asking for opinions now seems kind of late to me. Put it on the car and drive it.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

I have tokico shocks and springs (non adjustable shocks, not illuminas) and I am very happy with the ride quality and height. Its soft enough to be an enjoyable cruise around town, yet is very responsive to all steering inputs. I still need to push it hard on some kind of performance driving environment (autocross, track day) to see its real limits, but right now the short card in my car is the ancient Yoko A509's.

[five&dime]

You've already bought the setup. Asking for opinions now seems kind of late to me. Put it on the car and drive it.

Haha. Exactly what I was thinking. I think you made a good choice though

[mbarjbar]

If there had been a big thumbs down, I could have returned the kit. I'm relieved that I seemed to have made a good choice. Thanks.

[Skyblue280z]

I really want coilovers for my 280z, anyone know a good kit for a good price?

[Jehannum]

Just bought a Tokico kit. Springs lower the car 1 inch and has Lumina adjustable shocks. Any opinions or experience with this combo in an early (70) 240Z?

Mike

I have that setup in my '71. My impressions are vague recollections at this point (since the car's been in body shop hell since mid-May), but they were a lot stiffer than stock, the drop looked good, and my daily driving setting was "1" on the illuminas.

[Neal G]

I also agree... put em on and see what you think. However... watch the dips in the highway when your crusing across the great basin at 100+ mph. I have or rather am switching from that same setup to coilovers from beta motorsport so I can avoid those sudden lane changes I exprienced. (my belief is that there is only 1 1/4" of travel in the front till bottom out. Marks on the gland nut show I was hittin that bump stop often.) I added a 1/4" eurathane spacer to the rear spring to even the car out. I love the height and feel like the rear works fine. But... I am switching to coil overs there also. Toolin around town...tokiko worked ok. See what you think, these are just my thoughts.

neal g

[jmortensen]

my belief is that there is only 1 1/4" of travel in the front till bottom out. Marks on the gland nut show I was hittin that bump stop often.

You put this in parentheses but it's the most important bit, I think. Most of the lowering springs are trying to accomplish the impossible. Lower the car, keep it relatively soft, and give a good ride. They can't do that because when you lower the car it needs to be a lot stiffer to keep off of the bumpstops. They don't make the springs stiff enough to keep the car off the bump stops because that would be very uncomfortable, so you end up with a soft spring that rides poorly because you're hitting the bumpstops all the time.

Best solution is the sectioned strut with coilovers. Gives you MORE travel at the same ride height so you can run a softer spring and still stay off the stops.

My $.02,