Dropping your ride.

[ag bullet]

hmmm....why? how low is your car???? damn. The only problem I can see with that is IF the tires were 40R; not 45R.

Are the Tein h-tech springs of good quality?

The higher the offset, the more the wheel is tucked under. Our stock offset is like 52mm. So a 45 offset pushes the wheel out 7mm. Basically when you change the geometry of your car either with a different offset wheel, or lowering or both there will be potential for it to rub.

My car is not that low. The Tein H-techs drop it about 1.1 in the front and .9 in the back. It is the mildest drop I could find.

I don't really follow what you mean about 40 or 45R. It is all about proper fitment for your car. If you have an 18 inch wheel you need a 40 series tire. With 17s a 50 or 45 should fit fine as long as you are not going higher than a 225/45.

And yes, tein builds good quality stuff.

 

[Karma_hunden]

I see. What I meant is that a 40R-17 would be to thin IMO and would probably scrape the ground when taking tight turns etc.

 

[ag bullet]

I see. What I meant is that a 40R-17 would be to thin IMO and would probably scrape the ground when taking tight turns etc.

Not really an issue, they make tires in certain series with a 25 series profile and there aren't issues with them other than ride quality.

 

[Karma_hunden]

question. I'm not sure whether I will change my 05 m'3 for an 07. I want to drop it but dont want to waste the money. Is there a way where I can take the springs off and put it on the new one? Or is it worthless?

I ordered some angel eyes. You think those will be switchable to the 07?

 

[goldwing2000]

As long as you keep your stock springs, switching them over to a different vehicle is no problem.
That's what I plan to do if, by some miracle, I get a MS3. All of my mods are reversible.

As long as they don't do something weird with the suspension on the '07 models, anyway.

 

[Karma_hunden]

Yeah, thats what i was planning to do, thats why I try not to put anything that cannot be transferible.

I think the new rims of the 07 are 18s....they look 18s. hopefully transfering my tires/rims wont be a problem either.

 

[goldwing2000]

Yeah, pretty sure the MS3 wheels are 18" but I don't know about the rest of the models.

 

[thasilver3]

i had sportlines on my car for 1 day the camber was driving me nuts and i went back to stock i need something a lil less agressive. so would you still need the camber kit if u have a pro kit or skunk 2 springs?

 

[Karma_hunden]

Yep. The car would still have negs because the springs are still small.

Hey Goldwing, I found your installation thread. I dont have a floor jack, but I do have a set of jack stands. Can I do the installation with those?

 

[goldwing2000]

I assume you mean to use the vehicle jack for the lifting work? I don't think I would. Get a $20 generic floor jack from any auto parts store.

 

[Karma_hunden]

Bleh. What if I use block? Or a midget?

Did your camber links arrived yet?

 

[thasilver3]

um does the camber kit fix the negative camber entirely or how close does it get to being the what the camber is supposed to be.

 

[Karma_hunden]

Entirely

 

[thasilver3]

thats all i needed to know thanks karma

 

[goldwing2000]

Did your camber links arrived yet?

Nope. I checked Drivewire's web site and my order shows "Cancelled". I called them and they said the part has been discontinued.

This is AFTER I called them to make sure they had them IN STOCK before I ordered.

Assholes... (pissed)

Anyway, you can use whatever you want to change your springs. When you break a leg or lose some fingers, don't come crying to me.

 

[Karma_hunden]

****. I just called, they said the same.

I guess I'll just go with the expensive mazdaspeed s***.

Anyway, you can use whatever you want to change your springs. When you break a leg or lose some fingers, don't come crying to me

 

[goldwing2000]

****. I just called, they said the same.

I guess I'll just go with the expensive mazdaspeed s***.

Tire Rack has the Eibach in stock (or so they claim) but I'm going to wait a couple weeks to see if mazda3zoom can get some.

I'm not going to go with the Mazdaspeed ones because they're not adjustable.

 

[sok07]

Nope. I checked Drivewire's web site and my order shows "Cancelled". I called them and they said the part has been discontinued.

This is AFTER I called them to make sure they had them IN STOCK before I ordered.

Assholes... (pissed)

Told ya. (peep)

 

[goldwing2000]

Told ya. (peep)

LoL... yeah, you did. I thought I had covered my bases by calling.

Hey.. so you still making deadpedals?

 

[sok07]

Yes, but I don't want 'advertise' here and step on anybody's toes (sponsership fees).