To all you Hawaii guys...who was your dealer?

The purpose of establishing a dealer relationship with JIC is so the dealer can address and alleviate your problems, and handle waranty claims. Any shop that lets its customers deal with the manufacturer on a warranty claim is sending them into the wolves....that is why there are authorized dealers to begin with.

Does your retailer deal with JIC USA, or JIC in Japan?

Adam
Z-1 Performance
www.z1auto.com

 

Apparently JIC of Japan is having a hard time shipping my 7/5 springs over.
I heard that i could use the 7/5kg rate springs from Cusco on these shocks...could any one confirm if this would work?

 

i'm not sure about this, but, you could probably use the eibach springs from Ground Control. through them, you could order whatever spring rate and length you want.

-james

 

When changing the springs you need to understand that the coil-overs were valved for a specific spring rate. It may make the ride better, but the handling will not be as good as, say, a strut that is valved for a 7/5.

 

All commercially avaliable coil-overs, reguardless of brand, are valved for a compromise between performance, and streetablility. Yes it's entirely possible to run stiffer springs with the coilovers you have now, but the valving will only be able to compensate up to a certain spring rate, after which the coilover damping adjustment will be usless, so don't go mental with the rates and if all possible, see if you can find out from the manufacture how much spring the coilover can take.

You can also screw up your ride real easy by changing to wrong spring rates, so be careful.

-scu