Now that I have the car looking nice I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced any negative consequences from lowering?
The guy who did my wheel alignment said that I could end up with trouble as the angels of some of the comonents are now more extreem..like drive shafts and the like.
With the coilovers being ajustable I can raise it..but it looks so dam nice where it is..Ive seen a few other quite low Muranos so please let me know if you have any info..Thanks
Ps. Seems to me the only difference between an SUV and a fatboy hatchback is about 3 or 4 inches!
as long as it was aligned, your tires will be fine.
the cv shaft angle won't be a dramatic enough change to cause issues. and the propeller shaft is rarely used since the car is predominantly fwd. and even still, if it were, you'd notice vibration
Well I'm already finding out that lowering the Murano is a trade off situation. At the height it was in the pic it looked great and drove great but when I went to get a wheel alignment the guy said it was problematic. I could see the rear wheels were angled in at the tops. Also the center muffler and petrol tank cowl were real low to the ground...I tested it over some speed bumps..it only scrapped sightly on one..but it would just be a matter of time before it caused a problem.
So I took it back to the shop and had them raise it about an inch and a half..it doesn't look as good..still better than standard..but strangely its now more bouncy that it was when lower..so its back again to the shop tomorrow to try again...maybe just a tad lower and adjust the dampening ( yellow speed guy said you should make the dampening harder the higher you go and softer the lower you go..which seems the opposite of what i thought...any info????)
Ideally I would like it to be at the height in the pic but unless I can find a way to adjust the rear camber and lift the muffler..its going to have to be a a compromise..:crying:
No its the higher you are the softer it will be. But if you go lower you will want it harder slightly so every time you hit a bump it won't recoil over the place. This is why when you lower the car your supposed to get better aftermarket shocks to take the hit.
Hi all..Well the car went into the suspension shop for the third time this morning..After giving the guys my feedback (the car was bad!..hard and bouncy not good at all) and taking it for a drive they agreed that it really need to be adjusted again.
They ended up: Softening the front from the initial mid point setting of 15 (which was so hard that you couldn't move the front of the car at all when trying to push it down via the front guards)..down to about 5.
And the rear (which was also initially set at the 15 mid way point) was made harder and put to about 20. They also then lowered the car..but only by maybe 5mil..
Now these setting may sound odd but it made a WORLD of difference. It took 3 attempts to get it right..and perhaps another brand of coilover may react diferently. But if anyone ends up fitting a set of yellow speed coil overs to their Murano..then this info may save you quite a bit of time and money..now Im off to get the second wheel alignment