lordagrabah

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Christine, I think your car looks absolutely perfect for a daily driver. I was going to go with an air suspension but now I might just pick up the maszdaspeed suspension. I love your setup.

Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

Currently running with the HKS Hipermax RS. 19x8 +38 offset and 19x9 +38 offset Advan Kruezer Series V. Full mazdaspeed kit with black trim instead of gunmetal with carbon fiber front splitters for protection :P To be honest, it's lasted very long, i plan out where i drive and just careful, im quite **** with my car.

~ Kuro ~

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Thank you, I appreciate it... I'm striving for some "perfection". The front is a bit too high compared to the rear. Just ordered Tanabe Sustec pro FIVE coilovers.

lordagrabah

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I don't know too much about suspension but couldn't you just drop the front a little more by preloading the springs?

~ Kuro ~

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lordagrabah,

nope, it doesn't work like that... the springs were preloaded, the car is sitting at the expected height. The spring height is a "constant" at least if/until it sags a bit.

~ Kuro ~

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Anyone with an MS bodykit have a tow hook on?

Kane

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Tein coilovers, this is as HIGH as they go...LOL, snow and car moving made me raise them up - you can get it about 3 inches lower than this picture.



My normal DD config.



And yes, lowered on the MS kit - with gaps even front to rear, you will have to be very careful or you'll scrape badly (says guy with 3 front bumper repair bills.)

~ Kuro ~

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so was the ms struts and springs your first setup, and then you went to Tein?

Kane

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I had factory, then tein springs, then tein coilovers.

I was just showing you the adjustment range of the coilovers. Also - they ride well, not very stiff, but less total travel than the Tein Springs. Even in my DD configuration I have over an inch of drop left, I just don't want my car that low.

*** I may have confused your question, I thought you wanted to know about people lowered with the MS bodykit, not the MS springs. I've never had the MS springs. If I misread, I apologize.

~ Kuro ~

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no no, you answered right.. I was gonna go with Tein basic coilovers initially, but since I couldn't adjust damping, I figured I might as well spend the money and get some that I can adjust dampening on also, just in case. I was also worried about ride stiffness. I was asking because I was afraid of going any lower and was wondering how others handled it lowered with any suspension and having the ms kit.

I went from sprint springs (without body kit) to ms springs/struts (with body kit) because I was afraid of scraping on the drop provided by sprint.

But the front is not even with back on the ms suspension, so I ended up ordering Tanabe Sustec Pro FIVE coilovers.

Kane

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Neither with the Tein or factory (I don't know why the gaps are always off), the coilovers have a lot less travel to them, so you can get away with it being a little lower.

With my DD drop - I could hit speed bumps as a somewhat normal speed, and even some driveways in HI, which can be really steep. I'd say it was 50% easier to drive on them than springs only, without scraping.

~ Kuro ~

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Awesome, THAT is the answer I was looking for! Thanks Kane! I'll let you know what happens....

Also, do you know anyone that has a tow hook with the MS kit?

Kane

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Nope, you'd have to drill or take out the black plastic piece on the front for the tow hook to be installed, and I've never bothered to worry about it.

~ Kuro ~

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Ok sounds good, I don't think I want to do that either.... I like the little extra decoration (not functional for me).. lol

Kane

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I keep the decoration under the hood

Angelo se3p

heyy,, heres mine..

2tone

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ha ha nice bump angelo. and wicked set up. the roads here in austin are decent but i'd f up my front end just on my driveway if i was that low!!

Angelo se3p

thanks

~ Kuro ~

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Beautiful. What coilovers are you running on?

Speed_8

mine is only lowered alil bit and i always scrape something.. speed bumps are my nemesis
i do also have the speed kit

Chris

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I am on tein s-tecs and have the ms kit, its funny how much I pay attention to the roads. I live in Tampa and you can be lost in some of the pot holes here.... That all being said I really do want to go lower

prodigy7

I'm thinking about getting the Tein S-Techs with Koni Yellows, plus the MS body kit. Do you all think I'd have enough clearance with this setup to have it as a daily driver? I'm in Chicago so the roads aren't the best, plus you have to think about winter. What are all of your opinions?

Thanks

2tone

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that is the exact set-up i have. will it be low? yes. will it scrape? well that depends on what your roads are like...i mean, i am very careful when i drive, but by no means and i scraping all over the place. it's basically just enough clearance to go over your average speed bump at 0 to 1 mph.

prodigy7

Hmm I see. You got 18" rims on yours? What rims are those? And how is that 275 setup? Any "trem...something"? lol I forgot the term.

But you can adjust the S-Tech ride height right?

Thanks

2tone

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trem...? ha ha, i don't know what you're talking about man. any rubbing you mean? yes...the wheels are 18's, with 275/35 tires. the tires do rub due to their width, but if you get a tire calculator online and calculate the overall height of 275/35/18, you could get the same or very similar height with a more narrow tire.

but yes, 18" rims, tein s, ms kit. i don't have a good front picture in my album, just back and side shots.

not, tein s are not heigh adjustable (no springs are to my knowledge). you'd have to get coilovers to get ride height adjustability as far as i know.......read: expensive. you might be thinking of the koni yellows stiffness adjustability, but not ride height.