Racing beat springs ordered
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- 2014 Mazda3 GS + 2013 CX-5 Touring.
Kamui
I have H&R and honestly I'm happy with those. With the corksport dampers it would be even nicer but H&R are not that bad for DD IMO
I have H&R and honestly I'm happy with those. With the corksport dampers it would be even nicer but H&R are not that bad for DD IMO
The big problem with the 2's suspension is the stock dampers, everyone that switch to Corksport dampers only had good things to say about the ride and performance. I'm getting them next spring for my.... springs lol
I never seen a 2 with Racing Beat + Corksport Dampers, the ride must be the nicest set up for the DD comfort. It's the set-up I'll buy for my wife's Mazda2.
That said, I never had problems with the CS ride height, never scraped on any speed bumps or driveways.
Here's my setup: RB springs, CS dampers, CS front and rear bars, H&R camber bolts.
There are multiple driveways in my town where the black OEM front air dam will scrape on. That air dam just barely clears my rhino ramps, and if I want to jack up the car I need to drive on some 2x6's for clearance for the low profile floor jack. I also cannot pull all the way up to most curbs, as even the OEM setup barely cleared those.
Sure, I could avoid the steep driveways, not take my car on rutted gravel roads, and get the boards out whenever I need to use the ramps or bring my car in for alignment but I'm not going to give that up just to make the car look better and maybe handle slightly better. I had no problems keeping up with an SV650s through some very tight twisy roads for the better part of 30 minutes last weekend, with a kayak and paddle on the roof. Obviously the RB springs are capable of very decent handling with supporting mods.
There are multiple driveways in my town where the black OEM front air dam will scrape on. That air dam just barely clears my rhino ramps, and if I want to jack up the car I need to drive on some 2x6's for clearance for the low profile floor jack. I also cannot pull all the way up to most curbs, as even the OEM setup barely cleared those.
Sure, I could avoid the steep driveways, not take my car on rutted gravel roads, and get the boards out whenever I need to use the ramps or bring my car in for alignment but I'm not going to give that up just to make the car look better and maybe handle slightly better. I had no problems keeping up with an SV650s through some very tight twisy roads for the better part of 30 minutes last weekend, with a kayak and paddle on the roof. Obviously the RB springs are capable of very decent handling with supporting mods.
I have a few reasons I'd rather not get H&R / CS / or Eibach.
1. Ride height - while I'd LOVE to have the drop with either of those springs, I have the 3dcarbon kit and rather not get too low. I'm already starting to scrape some car washes and driveways. Course I can wash the car myself and park on the street but busy busy busy...
2. Ride - I actually enjoy how the ride feels currently. Easy to drive around in the city without too much jarring. This was suppose to be just the wife's car for us to drive into the city for work.
3. Dampers - Since the stock dampers aren't great, all three springs above from what I've read will give me the ricer bounce. I don't want to drop another $400+ on CS dampers, camber bolts and whatever else I need cause I went with more aggresive springs.
After the RB springs, the car should be where I wanted it to be. Just an acceptably nicer looking daily driver. It's got some style, some tech, and not as boring now. I used to be pretty embarrased to drive it, but it's grown on me.
1. Ride height - while I'd LOVE to have the drop with either of those springs, I have the 3dcarbon kit and rather not get too low. I'm already starting to scrape some car washes and driveways. Course I can wash the car myself and park on the street but busy busy busy...
2. Ride - I actually enjoy how the ride feels currently. Easy to drive around in the city without too much jarring. This was suppose to be just the wife's car for us to drive into the city for work.
3. Dampers - Since the stock dampers aren't great, all three springs above from what I've read will give me the ricer bounce. I don't want to drop another $400+ on CS dampers, camber bolts and whatever else I need cause I went with more aggresive springs.
After the RB springs, the car should be where I wanted it to be. Just an acceptably nicer looking daily driver. It's got some style, some tech, and not as boring now. I used to be pretty embarrased to drive it, but it's grown on me.
Max Archer
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- '12 Mazda 2 Touring 5MT/'87 325IS 2DR 5MT
In the real world I'm really not sure how much handling improvement you get out of stiffer/lower springs than the RBs. On a track with R-compounds it'll be a different story, but I'm continually amazed at just how well the RBs soak up bumpy, dirty, off-camber tarmac when driving aggressively on back roads, and they don't compromise the overall feel or balance of the car that Mazda did such a great job engineering. They do just enough to lower the CoG a bit, make the ride height look decent, and make up for wider, stickier road rubber. If body roll is an issue, sway bars are a much more effective solution, and sharpen the handling in general without compromising the car's ability to handle uneven surfaces. The dampers are something definitely on my list, though.
Racing Beat is a great spring to buy, I love the ground clearance it gives. I want to set up my wife's 2 for roadtrips and I'll buy RB spring, CS dampers, CS torsion, CS front swaybar. I love the CS springs but for roadtrips I think RB has the edge over the CS springs. I wonder what will the CS dampers will do to both springs, I'll do a review next summer when both 2 are fully upgraded.
Dampers on stock would be a world a difference, the stock ones sucks even with the oem springs. And CS dampers are only 400$, not bad at all just look at Koni's prises for the MS3...
