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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 10:41 PM
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Tein s-tech no noticable drop?????

I have a 40th aniv. edition and i wanted it lowered so i did some research and the s techs would be great with my car 1.4 in the front and .7 in the rear one reason being i have larger tires in the back. put them on and I cant see any difference of feel any difference while driving what gives?????????

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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 10:57 PM
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Rookie install. Try again, and search this time before you reinstall them. Hint: Preload.
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 11:11 PM
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ok that seems to be what i did but i have installed many lowering springs on vehicles and never had to preload. So it seems i will be doing this tomorrow and i will let yall know how it all turns out.
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Old Feb 14, 2013 | 11:37 PM
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The RX-8 is not any vehicle Teamrx8 has a good post on proper preloading here somewhere, search for posts by him.
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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 12:28 AM
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Keep driving it, it will go down little by little...
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Rookie install. Try again, and search this time before you reinstall them. Hint: Preload.
Originally Posted by monchie
Keep driving it, it will go down little by little...
Both. After you preload, you will notice a definite drop. And then it will settle in even more while driving it for several days/weeks.
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 10:02 PM
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oh yes saw a drop after preloading the front and aligned it and only had to set toe ty mazda for building an easily modified car.
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 10:10 PM
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this is my car now
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Old Feb 20, 2013 | 10:26 PM
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^ Would be nicer if you have the appearance package...
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