Hey all,
Had my Sprint springs installed yesterday!! 2" drop all round! The car rides awesome. No bounce, no rub, no issues. I am blown away with how well she handles and looks!! I just got back from NTB, had her in for a camber adj and alignment. I will post more pics soon.

- Irish

 

nice.. so where u get the springs from and how much you pay

 

looks great!!!!!r u sure that it wont bottom out without performance struts/shocks?

 

looks good man...i got the hks hipermaz coilovers. There is barely a 1 finger gap from the top of the fender to the tire and i never rub...

 

Thanks Shocka!! I bought them from another forum member. He bought them from www.extrememotorsports.com

I paid about $150 for the springs. Install $250!! Alignment $50. The install was steep. I had them installed by a pro. He has been working on Mazda's for 20+ years. The suspension is NOT easy to do on the 8, it took him approx 5 hrs!!

- Irish

 

DarkMaz....thanks!! No rub what-so-ever. Also, I'm not worried about bottoming out. The springs are very stiff. I doubt this will be an issue.

- Irish

 

Boy that car iss FANCYyy

 

Lol :p

 

Looks good Irish! I wish I could have seem them in person on Sat. Maybe next month!!

 

lookin good!

 

looks great
but 5 hr's is a long time
but there's no race to get them done, so dont chew my head off

 

do u drive around like that or adjust it for daily driving ?
thanks

 

Nice stuff, Irish...Car's looking good. Too many big *** speed bumps where I live so I can't drop mine right now . Do you have to worry about speed bumps or is that not an issue?

 

Kel...it took this long because we were chatting and distracting ourselves. I think if Don (installer) was alone it would have taken him 2 hours.

Thanks for the compliment!!

- Irish

 

Blah....I was very worried about speed bumps on day one!! But, I have driven over several since Saturday and ZERO issues. Thank god!!

- Irish

 

What brand springs were they? Did you get shocks as well?

 

i drive around daily like this...well it's my weekend car so you can say i drive around 2-3 days out of the week...no rubbing, no rebounding, but it just takes a while to get used to...you must know how it is to drive around with extreme caution....don't wanna bend them DUBBZ..hehehe

 

looking good irish!

i should have my S-techs soon!

 

when I installed my Tunabe springs the body drew down pretty tight on my front & rear wheels, but I went in and stiffened them up with shims to give it a firmer ride with minimal spring travel. It takes cornering better now..Its not in the instructions but it works ok

 

For you guys measuring different spring kits... I just got H&R springs 2 days ago.

Wheel gap (between top of tire and very bottom of painted body panel)
Front before: 2"
Front After: 3/4"
Rear Before: 1 3/4"
Rear After: 1/2"

My last car sank another 1/4 inch 1-2 weeks after installation of springs.
H&R claim 1" drop. They only have 1 spring type available for the 8.

 

wow 5 hours for install??? and 250 for installment??? thats really an expensive price... i did my springs and endlinks from RB in like... 3 hrs for free

 

Yeah. I agree. To be honest I did not feel confident enough to do the install myself.

- Irish