Just a quick one. Has anyone used these with the bilstein shocks and have any feedback?

http://bit.ly/1jDORho

 

Those look pretty obscure, so I doubt you will get much feedback. One thing that raises my eyebrows is the omission of spring rates.

In any case, using radical lowering springs with the stock shocks is a temporary solution at best. You would be taking the shocks below the intended design center, which will cause them to operate out of range and fail within a year or two.

What is your goal, exactly?

 

Dont put that cheap stuff on your r3 your going to ruin the car. Save up and buy a decent set of coilovers or better quality springs.

 

Any specific springs you would suggest for the r3?

Cheers guys

 

Theres are a number of good brands like tein, racing beat, eibach, mazdaspeed etc.. This thread shows you some pictures and gives you more information, however like stvnscott said what are you trying to accomplish with lowering springs?

https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-wh...ngs-r3-218895/

 

If you are planning to street the car, you may be better off keeping the stock springs and replacing the shocks. You get some lowering for free with Bilstein HD and Koni Sport shocks, for example, due to differences in spring perch location between Series 1 and 2 cars. The amount of free lowering is roughly between 0.5 and 1".

Otherwise, H&R springs are readily available across the pond, and are excellent quality.

Racing Beat springs are supposed to lower the car about 0.5" and are only 20% stiffer than factory, so they would probably work well with your OEM shocks. That is the direction I would go if I were you assuming cost is a concern.