Tokicos/Beats vs. Mazdaspeeds/Eibachs

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99 Protege ES 1.8L
Yesterday I swapped out the old Mazdaspeed adjustables and Eibachs for the MP3 Tokico Blues and Racing Beat springs and I upgraded to the AWR 19mm rear bar with endlinks! the difference is very noticeable! Before, I had the Mazdaspeeds on the SOFTEST setting and yes while it cornered like a race car I had all kinds of other junk going on. Clunks in the back, squishy air noises from the rear struts, an all around JARRING Chiropractic's Dream ride (and I'm 23 by the way and don't mind a firm suspension - I had the old junk on for 2 years).

With the new gear it's all GRAVY. I feel like I'm riding in a Towncar compared to before. It still handles great thanks to the AWR swaybar and links (stock end links are bad) pared up with the Sport20 Strut Bar and the lopro tires - not as awesome as before but still very very good.

I'm very impressed by the AWR stuff too. Everything is very well crafted and professional - it figures because of their racing backround. All in all I'm very happy about my ride's new ride

(rockon)
 
hello Dailup and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to our Club. There are TWO BIG fridge'S in the corner with anything you can think of in them...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. (stash)

make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom don't care....and take it easy.

oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!! (stash)
 
Thanks for the welcome. I made my way over from protegeclub.

LAMP, try awrracing.com. $145 for the bar and $63 for the links.
 
So did you like the MP3 struts better than the Mazdaspeed struts? Are your rear MSP struts blown by chance?
 
dialup said:
LAMP, try awrracing.com. $145 for the bar and $63 for the links.

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Be careful.:D If you don't like noise coming from the rear end, stay away from these end link's. These things make mad noise. I love the way they feel, but they do make alot of noise. I just turn up my radio loud enough to drown out the rattles and such.

Patrick
 
Yeah, I do like the MP3's better. Sure there's some more body roll but the ride with the Adj's was too jarring. Now, I'm also using RB springs instead of the Eibachs so that has something to do with the softer ride as well.

The MSP adj's aren't blown in front, the rears I'm not sure. Some people say they are some say they're fine. Basically, they rebound on their own so that's good but they make some sounds so im not real sure.
 

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