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Whatup peeples. So since I was flakes on sat. LOL. I went ahead and did the springs myself. Turns out they were right the whole time. Since the rears only fit rear and front only fit front shocks. So I spent like 3 fing hours for nothing. But bright sidelast night some punkass kid with a 93 330 Beamer with m badges 
wanted to race me. I laughed in his face and shot flames. Haha he was like that's a cute 8 I would put my gf in that and I said it seems to be good enough for ur mom since she was in it last night. Hahaha anyways that's my weekend
wanted to race me. I laughed in his face and shot flames. Haha he was like that's a cute 8 I would put my gf in that and I said it seems to be good enough for ur mom since she was in it last night. Hahaha anyways that's my weekend
@ rob
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I know it's not man and it pisses me off everytime I look at my car it just looks soooo bad. It's weird that the progressive springs are in the back. But when I compared the too the fronts were still shorter. Gaaaayyyyyy. Ima start a new thread about this it's annoying
I'm confused...
unless these springs are radically different then the OEM's, it IS possible to accidentally switch them.
I saw this happen on xdeedubbx's car when we were returning it to stock.
robb: post pics. directly from the side of the car so I can see the wheel gaps. Don't take the picture from head height, kneel down a bit so I can get a clear picture of what's going on.
unless these springs are radically different then the OEM's, it IS possible to accidentally switch them.
I saw this happen on xdeedubbx's car when we were returning it to stock.
robb: post pics. directly from the side of the car so I can see the wheel gaps. Don't take the picture from head height, kneel down a bit so I can get a clear picture of what's going on.
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The springs are all in re correct place. I made sure cuz I compared the coils to reverands his progressive springs are in the rear and the others in the front. My rear wheel gap I'd less than a finger and front is three fingers. And there isn't a possibility that they are switched because the rears don't fit the bottom of the front shocks. I found that out the hard way after taking them all apart sat morning
Actually now that I'm thinking about it.. how long have you had them on there???
Have a look here, I did some research for you...
Stock 'Sport' Suspension RX-8: 156/113 (F/R)
Tanabe GF: 179/146 - Drop = 1.4"/1.2"
Tanabe NF: 162/112 - Drop = 1.4"/1.2"
Pic of Tanabe GF on stock shocks..
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...be#post1772044
So essentially what springs are you running GF or NF?
From what I see your situation seems normal for tanabe... Sorry bro...
Have a look here, I did some research for you...
Stock 'Sport' Suspension RX-8: 156/113 (F/R)
Tanabe GF: 179/146 - Drop = 1.4"/1.2"
Tanabe NF: 162/112 - Drop = 1.4"/1.2"
Pic of Tanabe GF on stock shocks..
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...be#post1772044
DMC: I have not sold any of the NF springs and honestly don't like them in concept. They may work just fine, but lowering a car over an inch without increasing spring rate seems like a recipie for bottoming out a lot. You're shortening the effective length of the shocks yet not compensating for that by stiffening the springs to better control body motions. I could be talking nonsense and I would encourage someone more educated to step in and tell me so if that's the case, but logically speaking from what I know about suspensions, the NF springs are a bad idea.
The GF springs wouldn't be too overwhelming for the OEM shocks I don't believe (yes, they'll wear the shocks faster, but not obscenely so), and they've gotten good reviews from the customers who have them on both OEM and aftermarket shocks. If you want Tanabe, that's the way I would go. And FWIW, I have a set of GF210s in stock. I can also get the NFs for the same price, if you'd like to give them a shot. They just don't sit well with me personally, no pun intended
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The GF springs wouldn't be too overwhelming for the OEM shocks I don't believe (yes, they'll wear the shocks faster, but not obscenely so), and they've gotten good reviews from the customers who have them on both OEM and aftermarket shocks. If you want Tanabe, that's the way I would go. And FWIW, I have a set of GF210s in stock. I can also get the NFs for the same price, if you'd like to give them a shot. They just don't sit well with me personally, no pun intended
.From what I see your situation seems normal for tanabe... Sorry bro...