S12 suspension

[jimyjonz]

Hi,
I'm possibly picking up an S12 in a week or so, it has a few power mods but nothing at all done to the suspension. I'm struggling to find anywhere that sells shocks & lowering springs or anything to tighten up the suspension a bit, I've heard stock S12s are shocking! Does anyone know of anywhere that still sells something like this? I don't really want to go down the S13 conversion route as I'm on a budget at the moment and might as well keep the S13 if I do that.
Cheers

[bigdavess12]

Not much out there suspension wise mate. I've use e36 BMW cut springs front and rear for lowering, they are quite a bit stiffer than the s12 springs too but not perfect. There's weld on coilover conversions, s13 conversions too. All in all, not straight forward but achievable.

[sunny1600]

Take a look here mate.
http://s12silvia.com/community/topic...s-and-options/

I am using BC coilovers which are a big improvement. However not if you are on a tight budget. You can also easily make a S13 front strutbar (top) fit to your s12. Only need to remake the mounts which connect the bar to the mounting plate on the strut.

[jimyjonz]

Cheers for the replies, due to funds I don't think I can make a S12 into what I want so I'll probably stick to S13s for now. I do love a nice looking S12 though...

[jumpbike]

I've just acquired an S12 that been abandoned half way through a tidy up so going to put everything back on it and see what happens. It's got HKS shocks that have been modified to fit