Please explain why progressive rate front&rear springs are bad for autoX...Black Majik MSP said:F&R progressive springs are no good for auto-x
What are my options? The only thing I can come up with is to get GCs & do my best to avoid every fault in the road.
Sport: F&R - 1.18"BlueWolfCry said:iON Performance how much are your springs? race and sport, what the differences of these two other than the rates? thanks
Black Majik MSP said:Here are pics of Brad's car for anyone else considering the iON race:
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/bored132/side%20view1.jpg
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/bored132/side%20view2.jpg
iON Performance said:Black Majik MSP - The 10% faster wear totally depends on driving style etc. Generally if it's just average street/highway the stock struts should last at least 50K miles. Given that, you'll have an approximate 10% reduction in life.
Also, just to clarify something, those height drops are rated against the stock ES Sedan. There are no sport spec for the MSP only for the P5, the race spec will drop the MSP ~1.65" front and ~0.8" rear. However you can see how it evens things out.
BlueWolfCry - we're currently awaiting our next batch of MSP race spec springs to be completed. The member discounted price for the springs is $249US +shipping (payment via MO). The Sport Spec springs on a P5 or ES would give them similar handling to the MSP, however an MSP equipped with the race spec springs, the car at the limit will handle similar to an ITR (ie: it will oversteer @ the limit).
iON Performance said:BlueWolfCry - The sport spec springs are slightly cheaper then the race spec (both @ MSRP & w/ the member discount). We've got 2 sets left that we found in our warehouse (sport specs). The race spec will physically fit, however your struts will be blown out very quickly due to the fact the LX suspension doesn't have the Tokicos for stockers.
Of the two spring set-ups, we'd recommend the Sport Spec, as it'll give you a drop close to 1.3" F&R. The sport specs are $224US + shipping