View Full Version : help with new brakes/ how to tell if i have st or sport suspension


FoxRacer600RR
02-24-2009, 03:35 PM
im trying to buy brakes and damn if i cant figure out he difference between std and sport suspension can anybody help me figure it out lol

Easy_E1
02-24-2009, 03:39 PM
Do you have fog lights? If you do then you have Sport suspension. If you don't then you have Base model suspension. Do you have DSC button on the left side of the steering wheel above the little coin box door?
I assume your car is an Automatic.

justjim
02-24-2009, 03:47 PM
Look at, preferably measure, and see if the front brake rotors are larger than or equal to the diameter of the rear brake rotors. The sport suspension has larger front rotors, 12.7 in. (323 mm) vs. the base model which has 11.9 in. (303mm) front rotors. Both models have the same 11.9 in. (302 mm) rear rotors.
http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=167264

FoxRacer600RR
02-25-2009, 04:09 AM
gotcha ,....... sport suspension, its a 6 speed and has the dsc on the left side and has 18" wheels and fog lights so i think its sport lol

DOMINION
02-25-2009, 04:27 AM
im trying to buy brakes and damn if i cant figure out he difference between std and sport suspension can anybody help me figure it out lol

If your 8 came with 18" rims you have sport. If you have 16" wheels in the us its non-sport.
From what I read and was told Mazda had, for a limited time over seas a non-sport 5 speed with 16" wheels that was sick on the torque.