i recently bought my rx8 a couple weeks ago, and i am planning to lower my car on tein coil overs after the winter. what is a good looking drop, but is still functional? (low speed humps, drive way bumps, rail road bumps)

I'm thinking about a 2.5 inch drop in the front and 2 in the back

 

1.5 or less is acceptable to any roads...except off-roads...lol

 

+1...I really like to lower my car but I scraped on mall bumps, some driveways with the stock height..
If ever I go lower, i'll drop it to 1" .

 

on sprint spings which is basically a 2inch drop and its perfect for me.

I avoid speedbumps, but 20% of them are okay to go over, The one at my school parking deck gets me every time and i baarely scrape my midpipe, its a big bump.. the low style speed bumps are no problem whatsoever..
My lip is usually an 1/8 inch higher than curbs.
My doors are always higher than curbs.
No problems whatsoever with RR
Baaarely scrape my midpipe on the sidewalk when going up my driveway

 

Now you got me sitting at work saying "i wonder what they look like on mine" lol.

 

same... but i dont care that much about it. Ill take a picture for you guys when i get out of studio.

 

snapped a pic for you.

Im not sure if this changed with an alignment, because i havnt had the time to get an alignment after dropping the car.. I dont really mind, i want to kill these shitty nexen tires.




Not sure if its okay or not, but as far as daily driving, i believe it is the perfect balance between looks (lowness) and practicality (no scraping on ****, and hitting curbs)

I am unsure if my oem bilsteins make the car lower than standard S1 shocks, so i might even be lower than 2inches...

 

I am lowered on Tein 2 (1.4" front, .7" rear)... I have no problems with speed bumps, or curbs next to the door. But I do scrape on plenty of driveways and the front lip will definitely not clear a curb.

 

^my lip clears some curbs, and im lower :/

unless there are different building codes in oregon that mandate a different minimum height of curbs

 

That's very possible. Perhaps one of these days I'll measure a curb and get back to this thread.