Sure do. These were taken in September. Hopefully i'll get some updated ones up soon.
Post a picture of your MAZDASPEED3
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Sure do. These were taken in September. Hopefully i'll get some updated ones up soon.
Saskatchewan17
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Beautiful pics Jon MS3... good photoshoping.
boom, I liked the look of your car with the red flaps and time attack wheels. So different and fresh...
boom, I liked the look of your car with the red flaps and time attack wheels. So different and fresh...
mr_mazda329
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Not mine, but worthy of a post.
kneedragger241
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Not mine, but worthy of a post.
I keep trying to like the 2010. Even with the mouth out of the picture, I just can't get into it.
sumthaiguy
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some shots taken by a local photographer.
Wastegate13
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Sumthaiguy, do your BCs have camber plates? I threaded mine as low as they'll go in the front and i'm pretty sure I run a taller tire but have more wheelgap. I'm wondering if my plates add some height to the strut itself.
sumthaiguy
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yea my bc's have camber plates. well mine is also all the way down and ive taken out 2 perches in the front and i think 2 in the rear so thats why it might be lower.
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You took both out all around? Got damn.
Wastegate13
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That's really weird because I could have sworn that mine bottomed out before my lock rings were even touching. I have about 2 threads worth of space between my lock ring and the lock ring for the preload. Maybe I need to pull mine apart again and see what's what. I have had nothing but good experience with my BC's so far and the only reason I considered swapping them out is to get the front a little lower.
madvillian
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ive been playing with my front struts lately and have made some very interesting and helpful discoveries. i was always focused on the height of the spring, rather than both the height of the spring and the shock in combination.. maybe I'm just a dumbshit but I didn't really realize the true significance until the last few weeks.
sumthaiguy
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lol actually im a bigger dumbshit. i realized a week ago that i have been adjusting everything all wrong. im used to the normal coilover that just requires to spin down the 2 perches directly under the spring. but i found and read the correct way to adjust them. i unintentionally screwed with the preload by lowering them all the way with out touching the lowest ring. then still wanting to go lower, i took both of the perches out.
im running the coilovers fairly stiff. in the fronts they are around 18-19. and the rears are like 20-21. its something like that. i havent touched them in a while so i dont remember the exact number. and as a result, i dont rub. the spring rates on the bc springs are pretty weak. ive talked to bc a while ago and they said not to go more than 2kg above the spring rate that it comes with. they said that the shocks are valved to go up to 2kg more. so my new springs will ahve the max spring rate i can go and still be within what the shocks are valved for. that way i can decrease the dampening and still ahve the same stiffness.
im running the coilovers fairly stiff. in the fronts they are around 18-19. and the rears are like 20-21. its something like that. i havent touched them in a while so i dont remember the exact number. and as a result, i dont rub. the spring rates on the bc springs are pretty weak. ive talked to bc a while ago and they said not to go more than 2kg above the spring rate that it comes with. they said that the shocks are valved to go up to 2kg more. so my new springs will ahve the max spring rate i can go and still be within what the shocks are valved for. that way i can decrease the dampening and still ahve the same stiffness.
I wished someone would write up a complete how-to on adjusting the front AND the rear. The rear confuses the s*** out of me. And I am not talking about height, I am talking about the rear shock. I got the spring fine, but then setting the shock up to match the spring is where I was thrown for a loop. On the shock, it has a long threaded bottom that goes through the hole, and then has a nut on it, that I am guessing locks it in place. Does anyone know how to adjust the rear?
And Thai, can you explain what you mean about the front adjusting? I know the bottom ring has to be loosened and then use the C-wrench on the top ring to either raise or lower, correct? Or do I have it all wrong? Eff BC and their gay ass instructions!!! ARGH!
Mad, can you explain what you mean too bro?
And Thai, can you explain what you mean about the front adjusting? I know the bottom ring has to be loosened and then use the C-wrench on the top ring to either raise or lower, correct? Or do I have it all wrong? Eff BC and their gay ass instructions!!! ARGH!
Mad, can you explain what you mean too bro?
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sumthaiguy
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http://www.bcracing-na.com/HEIGHTADJUSTMENT.htm
i found that somewhere. i read that and realized that ive been doin it wrong. hope it helps. when i first got the BC's i also was confused as hell too.
i found that somewhere. i read that and realized that ive been doin it wrong. hope it helps. when i first got the BC's i also was confused as hell too.
