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Old 01-29-2011, 07:38 AM
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how to lower my rx8??

i want to lower my mazda rx8 any ideas?
Old 01-29-2011, 08:14 AM
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Blow your tyres!
Old 01-29-2011, 05:06 PM
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have a hefty person sit in the back sits and one on the hood?
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Remove the shocks. You really don't need them.
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U guys R all NOOBS!

everybody knows you cut the springs!

JDM yo
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I thought its just remove the springs?

or use no tires ?

or both if u want ultimate lower
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+1 on cutting springs
jdm legit
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Lowering springs possibly. Very hard to come by though.
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Just drop the air pressure in your tires. That should work.
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Springs, I suggest the Eibach springs, I dropped quite a bit with those, but it could still be mistaken for stock on quick glance. The good part is it doesn't drop it to the point where the car looks stupid and the wheel looks like it's getting cut off by the wheel well. I'd link to the springs I got, but I'm not sure if that's forbidden since I'd link to where I got it done.
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you guys are asses but that ***** funny.. it made me lol at work
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Take a sawzall to wheels to get them off. Cut the springs, then cut 2" out of the shock body so it doesn't bottom out as easy
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Originally Posted by darielon1
i want to lower my mazda rx8 any ideas?
You're either trolling or the laziest noob to come along in a while. 5 minutes looking through the vendor sites will give you a dozen options and searching the forums will give you 2 dozen others.
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Originally Posted by RX8Soldier
have a hefty person sit in the back sits and one on the hood?
That can work. My brother did something like that for an interior problem. Some time back he bought a Ford Fiesta, and discovered that he was too tall to fit. Problem was solved by a friend who weighed somewhere around 400 pounds. The guy barely fit in the Fiesta, but once in he bounced up and down a few times. Compressed/crushed the seat and my brother had enough headroom.

Back on topic...has anyone suggested this yet? I see related ideas, but this is off the shelf.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=11

Ken
Old 01-30-2011, 07:28 AM
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Why go to all that trouble? Why not just lower the seat to the max, then tilt it back as far as it goes?
Then when you roll the window down and put your arm on the sill, it will be higher than your shoulder and you'll feel like it lower.......yo!


And people wonder why we get cranky sometimes.
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