Honcho
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So I decided to bite the bullet and get a set of Nitron one-way coilovers for my Emira. I’ve been looking at these for a long time now. I have the touring suspension and it’s way too soft for me.
I went for the Nitron fast road setup which is slightly hard than the OEM sports suspension on the rear and harder by a higher percentage at the front.
My initial impressions are good! Steering response has sharpened up by a good margin. Stiffness is slightly more crashy on low speed breaks in the road surface, but not an uncomfortable level or by much. All other bumps feel way more controlled. Once up to speed on bumpy roads the car feels way more planted and controlled than the touring suspension and never feels overly hard. They seem to have got the spring/damper setup just right for the roads I drive on. If I was doing track days I would have probably gone for the club sport setup as I think this would be ok for the road too, but obviously not as comfortable as the fast road and maybe more biased toward track.
I lowered by around 15mm all round. Slightly lower at the front end by a couple of mm to give better turn in and response. Car looks lower at the back if you look at the arches but when measuring from the ride height points underneath, it has a very slight rake over standard.
Alignment has not been done yet as I’m taking the car for a few runs to bed everything in first. I have measured it and it is close to spec. One thing to note is that the front camber decreased when lowering which I did not expect. I thought there would have been more dynamic negative camber deigned in.
Overall quality is next level compared to the competition in terms of cost/quality. Definitely a must have for touring owners looking for a sportier drive. Can’t comment on sport chassis as I don’t have it.
Spring rates below:
My car is set
14 clicks from soft rear
12 clicks from soft front
Touring Front: 55 Nm/mm
Touring Rear: 110 Nm/mm
Sports Front: 60 Nm/mm
Sports Rear: 115 Nm/mm
Nitron
Fast Road: 71/116
Club Sport: 107/151
I went for the Nitron fast road setup which is slightly hard than the OEM sports suspension on the rear and harder by a higher percentage at the front.
My initial impressions are good! Steering response has sharpened up by a good margin. Stiffness is slightly more crashy on low speed breaks in the road surface, but not an uncomfortable level or by much. All other bumps feel way more controlled. Once up to speed on bumpy roads the car feels way more planted and controlled than the touring suspension and never feels overly hard. They seem to have got the spring/damper setup just right for the roads I drive on. If I was doing track days I would have probably gone for the club sport setup as I think this would be ok for the road too, but obviously not as comfortable as the fast road and maybe more biased toward track.
I lowered by around 15mm all round. Slightly lower at the front end by a couple of mm to give better turn in and response. Car looks lower at the back if you look at the arches but when measuring from the ride height points underneath, it has a very slight rake over standard.
Alignment has not been done yet as I’m taking the car for a few runs to bed everything in first. I have measured it and it is close to spec. One thing to note is that the front camber decreased when lowering which I did not expect. I thought there would have been more dynamic negative camber deigned in.
Overall quality is next level compared to the competition in terms of cost/quality. Definitely a must have for touring owners looking for a sportier drive. Can’t comment on sport chassis as I don’t have it.
Spring rates below:
My car is set
14 clicks from soft rear
12 clicks from soft front
Touring Front: 55 Nm/mm
Touring Rear: 110 Nm/mm
Sports Front: 60 Nm/mm
Sports Rear: 115 Nm/mm
Nitron
Fast Road: 71/116
Club Sport: 107/151
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