sammyb33

thanks for your input...im reading everything intently....

ok, grant it, it may seem like the same, but i have altered it, i just wish to kno you hard-core enthusiasts's preferences on lifts, what companies or types of lifts you use or wish you used, i just want to do this lifting right, not get some half a$$ed job or equipment first, and then have to end up paying double for quality equpiment....so im sorry you seem so pissed off about the "same thread"....but thanks for all the others who still posted and put in their input....

Thanks vengeful, so why the hatred towards calmini??? --by the way, this is what i wanted in the topic, just ideas, and preferences : )

thanks fellas, i more was just trying to find out really what you all have on your rigs...seeing what you liked, didnt like.....

ok guys, here it goes...i have been on here for quite a while...reading...this is really the first time i have posted anything just trying to get some feedback on a lift and what i have to expect.... I am looking at piecing a lift together, JGC springs, Calmini shocks and torsion bars, possibly AC upper a-arms....so with this said, just wondering because of nissans terrible steering, what i can expect to have to do to the steering to make it solid...and what else i should expect when putting on a lift on my nissan. i have put on lifts on scouts, samruai's and other off road vehicles (my toy...my frawg...my off road golf kart...will post pictures and videos soon its quite hillarious...) and know pretty much what i am doing, its just i have never really worked with a IFS, so just currious on what i can expect....also, is a body lift really that much easier, and economical than a suspension? i kno what happens, what the difference is, its just you get a body you still at tires, so that will cut gas mileage...so i dont really kno the supposed advantage of gettin a body lift, why wouldnt i just get the suspension, and have the better ground clearance....so please put your inputs, because this will decide what i end up doing!!!!

well....if you are running the new speakers on the stock system this could be causing the distortion, if you want better sound, possibly better bass from your speakers then get an aftermarket amp, (i have heard the alpine 4 channel, or kicker 4 channels put up great wattage). What i did was get this alpine head unit ( http://www.alpine-usa.com/ ) at a local discount audio shop for around $175....best purchase i made in the stereo "department." It puts out clean wattage just off the unit, no amp at all, i just ran new speaker wire from each new kicker speaker i installed in the back, and since i bought component speakers for the front, just wired the new crossovers, and ran the wires to the head unit... then with adding the sub, i got the perfect sound i was looking for, because of the head unit, you can control the subwoofer, the bass, treble, everything you can possibly imagine, and i have it exactly tuned to how i enjoy it. So, if you have distortion, just run new wires to the head unit and that will iliminate that, but remember if you are running any wires back for your subwoofer, to run the speaker wires as far from that as possible because the closer speaker wire is to a power wire, you will get a distinct buzzins low level distiortion noise in the speaker....(also run your RCAs separate from the power, same deal, distiortion).....sorry if this seems like i rushed, its because i did, i have installed many systems, wired many systems, so i feel confident i could answer many questions you have, so just PM me....

ok, if you are willing to spend some money, go Kicker, they put out great sound...i have their component set in mine, (made some mods to get the 6.5in speaker in the front, 5x7 in the back) but they sound great....if you dont want to spend that much money, i had sony xpolod's in my old accord and it sounded amazing, a little dyno mat behind them, and wow, i mean they push, and you can pick up a few at wall-mart, for all 4, maybe 100-110 bucks...not bad, and once you get them in you will thank me...ah, yes i enjoy my alpine head unit, i would recomend alpine to anyone...also, if you want good bass...get a sub, i have a kicker comp vr 10in, its amazing...perfect amount of bass, easily tuned by my head unit...so yes...if you want good bass go kicker, all kicker, cheapest best speakers i have heard - sony xplod....

how can you even say that in 20 years the IFS will suck? in theory they are much better, sure you can get articulation with a solid... but i still dont like the idea of seeing these massive fords on the road, huge lifts, with there little axles hanging down completely exposed, it looks stupid for one. Secondly, the IFS tucks your diff, up and out of the way, with a few setbacks its still amazing to have the ground clearance, the ford guys can only say they have body clearance, (only with bigger tires will they get true ground clearance) so i agree, that in twenty years IFS will be the sh!t