Ok, Thanks for that..

I was under the impression the racing beat springs were specifically designed to work with the OEM shocks..

 

They will "work" but the OEM shocks tend to wear our prematurely with stiffer springs because they go through more cycles. So you really want to get the Tokico D specs or Konis at the same time as those will stand up to the abuse. My main point is the time and labor to pull everything apart to replace just the springs is the exact same time and labor to replace both springs and shocks. So I would save yourself some money and get both and install them at the same time.

 

Thanks again for clearing that up for me..

 

a friend's car in France with that configuration, the front higher than the rear like alot of "confortable" springs such as Eibach and Tein H Tech (note that he has spacers) :

 

There is already a pic of the GF's on the first page.

 

Have a better side view pic.

 

i will search for it !

 

Tein S-tech on stock shocks.

 

up on the tire photo?

 

do the mazdaspeed shocks hold up any better than Oem ones do with lowering springs? If not no big deal the price of MS vs Tokico Dspecs is damn close imo

I'm just not into double work especially if I have to pay to get it done (I'll try a diy on this one)

 

Eibach on OEM shocks

These are different springs than most of the pics for the eibach, they are 1.2F and .8R instead of 1.2 all around.

 

Can anyone tell me whats wrg with my tein s tech ? after i install it about a week.. my car still wont drop..not even a inch .. my stock shocks is TOKICO brand from Japan..its really weird..now im regret with the s tech . . should have gone with Tein super street instead.. anyone have this problem before? thanks

 

^how long have you had them in? did you install them yourself? did you preload? have you let them settle? have you checked the DIY on installing springs and noticed something you may have left out? ...worse case scenario...did you install the rear springs to the rear of the car? i know it sounds dumb...but it's happened.....

 

really

 

like a week..no i brought it to tire shop to install them..i told by my friends to do pre-load but it seems like i told every shop to do the pre-load thing they just don understand ...can u guys acutally explain and maybe if can post some pic how to do it n show me ?

The spring installed correctly..yea the tein manual said i need to cut the bush thing..and i did..but it still wont get low..it just weird..its been few weeks now..and my stock suspension is TOKICO brand..correct ? im tired...and sad =(.. i really need to know the pre-load thing!

 

yay

 

Should i just go for HKS hipermax II instead and sell my Tein-S tech ? If i install HKS .. Do i need to do pre-load as well ? thanks guys

 

I'm trying to comprehend why the RS*R website says a 1.2 and 0.8 drop, whereas they look lower or on par with Sprint springs that state 2.0 drop all around???

 

maybe your fat at?

 

I just went through the dozer's driveway thread and wow, someone find me some RS*R springs please! Help a d00d from Canada...

The red VR looks slammed, I love slammed.

 

^You can always get sprint 2" drop all around.

 

i just bought a 2009 r3 edition, and i want to lower it bad, but i haven't been able to find out if any of these springs will work with the new r3 edition, if its the same as previous models or not, definitely need to get rid of that space between the wheels and fender, was thinking either tein s techs or sprints they seem to have the best stance, i find with eibachs and a few others that it looks like a bigger gap in the front then the rear and gives the car a sagging look in the *** end, definitely don't want that, can any one educate me on the r3 compared to earlier years as far as customization goes?

 

I really want to database this with the pics, does anyone object to me downloading their pics and doing so?

 

ok this is what I started, it's very crude at the moment but it's nice to be able to see whats what without having to go through a million threads. When I say crude, I mean crude.....

There is a lot of info missing and possibly wrong. It will include sorting and filtering what I am finished. Only shows info on springs, shocks and wheel size. I am not sure if anything else is needed/worth tracking (coilovers maybe?)

http://starshipvonbraun.com/rx8/drop.aspx

let me know what you people think, I really enjoy doing these little projects.

 

Great idea, pics are too small right now though.