mtbikerfox115
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dropped my 3
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mtbikerfox115
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808Mazda3 said:
i have the eibach pro kit... drops about 1.5 in the front, and 1.25 in the back... looks really slick with out that wheel gap... it ran me $205 from tirerack.com
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no offense but that looks kinda high for dropped. I may be wrong but I think my mazdaspeed is lower than that, stock.
the second picture looks dropped, and the rest look stock. Are these pictures of your car after you installed the springs and brought it down off the jack? I know when I installed springs on people's cars, when we first put the car down, it was still stock height almost, until we released the parking brake, and sometimes after we drove a block or so it would settle.
the second picture looks dropped, and the rest look stock. Are these pictures of your car after you installed the springs and brought it down off the jack? I know when I installed springs on people's cars, when we first put the car down, it was still stock height almost, until we released the parking brake, and sometimes after we drove a block or so it would settle.
mtbikerfox115
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Equinox said:
ya, that was right after i put them on.... since then they have settled... i will get another pic of it here soon.... the front is still about the same, but the rear is a lot lower...... i also didnt want to go too low due to the fact of all the snow/ snow build up in the wheel well.......... but ya ill get some pics up later today
lol j/k, looks nice!BoostThat3
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Equinox said:
I beg to differ. The Eibach prokit is just relabeled "MazdaSpeed" for Mazda. I have the Prokit, with the stock 16s. Also, if you've seen his car before the drop, you'd see a big difference. Lastly, his struts have to settle (not his springs - springs don't settle). So I'd say give it .25" lower than that.
BTW - Here are pics of my prokit drop:
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I said 'it' would settle, meaning the car as a whole, and I'm not assuming that it will go down because it should be lower with those springs, it was because of the front right being higher than anything else on the car. Was the same way when I dropped my last car, MP3Girly's car, hellcat's, and helped with CitizenPro's. Also, I know for sure, my car /is/ lower than that stock. Wheel well and ground clearance.
BoostThat3
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A nice run around a few corners will fix that problem. 
mtbikerfox115
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so here she is, after the setteling... and it is lower than a mazdaspeed 3, because i parked next to one yesterday (yes) and as for the snow, i am from concord, aka the ol snow belt as you know voice, so i go back there all the time.... have you ever been down this way when there is an inch of snow on the ground? people cannot drive in the snow! but anyways, i love the drop, i think its perfecto!(cheers2)
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BoostThat3 said:I beg to differ. The Eibach prokit is just relabeled "MazdaSpeed" for Mazda. I have the Prokit, with the stock 16s. Also, if you've seen his car before the drop, you'd see a big difference. Lastly, his struts have to settle (not his springs - springs don't settle). So I'd say give it .25" lower than that.
BTW - Here are pics of my prokit drop:
dude i am diggin your car, how much was the grill? i was thinkin about gettin one myself... looks sharp
mtbikerfox115
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Equinox said:woot yeah that looks great
thanks!
BoostThat3
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Thanks, I got this one from eBay (I think......). The fit is perfect.. paid $80 for the grille and $50 for the paint. There's plenty of places to get grilles and stuff for the mazda3.. just check out mazda 3 forums if you haven't already.
