Talk me out of NISMO shocks

[Dirty Bomb]

Hey Folks.

Been lurking for a while. Here goes my first post here.

I have an '03 XE that I bought a couple of months ago. It still has the OEM shocks and the ride is rough, to say the least.

I'm about to put new/better shocks on it and wanted to make sure I'm making the best decision for my needs.

My X has the stock ride height and I don't plan on changing that. It's my daily driver and spends a fair amount of time on the highway, but I do intend to take it off the pavement and get it on some trails (mostly in Georgia).

I'm leaning towards the NISMO shocks sold on 4x4parts.com (https://www.4x4parts.com/nissan/nismo-by-bilstein-shock-kit-p-6255.html). Seems like a good deal. But I wanted to see if I should just go with, say, Bilstein 5100's instead. As I understand it, the Nismos are basically just tuned 5100s. Is that right?

I do plan on removing the rear sway bar while I'm under there with the shocks. Could that influence my decision with choosing which shocks?

TIA for the help.

Bobby

 

[Pro-2X]

If you will be keeping the stock ride height and mainly on road they would probably be fine.
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[Pro-2X]

Where are you in GA?
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[Prime]

You are correct. I would recommend 5100s all day long. And these are essentially the same shocks but I'd be interested to know what has been "tuned."

For the price, it's a pretty good deal. I say go for it. Bilstein makes awesome shocks.

Also, welcome to XN! You should stick around.

 

[Dirty Bomb]

Covington, east of the Atlanta Metro area.

 

[Dirty Bomb]

Thanks Prime.

 

[Trexterra]

Those are good shocks for the price at stock height for sure.


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[xterraminator]

Go with Fox shocks. For about 5% more in price you have the best of the best. When I researched shocks from my sas project with the same specs in extended and compressed the rancho came out to $110, I got the Fox 2.0 evolution for $130. Bilsteins are good but really check out FOX smooth body shocks.

 

[Dirthouse]

I didn't know Fox made shocks for the WD22?

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[drbandkgb]

Most likely as a Tacoma shock.. I'm pretty sure that's what the bils are

 

[Roadwarrior]

I have the front ones, and I really like them.. I do want to know if they are the same length as the extended bils.. Alex at 4x4parts said that they were.