Before I get jumped on here I am wanting these for ground clearance. I don't road race the car at all and durring the winter month I want to use a large narrow snow tire. Last year I bottomed out in the snow in my driveway (factory ride height and suspension) I'd like to use the cheap coil overs if possible to raise teh ride height a few inches in the winter and lower it back down in the snowless months.

Thanks...

 

The ReSpeed ones aren't that expensive for a set.

Another option is installing miata coilovers up front, but then you have no rear adjustment, and no spring rate option like you do with ReSpeed coilovers.

 

Yea those are the ones I was looking at. Suggestions on spring rates for FB? Stock rates are fine with me but I'm usure what those are....

 

200lbs ish??? that should be pretty close i think to stock.

 

Front is ~100lbs, and the rear is ~85, Where as Racing Beat springs are ~145/110 according to Mazdatrix.

 

...guess i was wrong, haha..


...damn im running 300rears with 350 front...

 

550 in the front

450 in the rear

 

With the re-speed ones, will they even raise the car? Ive got mine on the highest settin (just installed havent adjusted yet) and its close to NEW stock ride height (vs saggy old ride height)...something to consider

Amazing products tho and excellent customer service.

 

is that what your running? how do you like it? (also whats the cars purpose)

 

Best thing to do is ask billy...tell him what you want to do and he will tell you the spring rates..for daily driving he told me 200-225 on the front and only 125 on the rear..

 

ive got the respeed coilovers on mine. 350 upfront and 200 in the rear
a lil stiff but i like it. im thinking about going a lil softer cuz its my daily. i cant imagine how stiff 550s would be.

 

billy also said to go harder than 225 on the front you should have adjustable shocks..and also i think he said no harder than 350 on the street kit..and the rear..well 200 is hard..

 

thats what they run on FD's, FB is 100% different.

the traditional FB setup is 350F 175R. in the front 350 is about the limit for the available drop in shocks (tokiko illuminas). the rear is solid axle with weird geometry, 150-200lbs works.

 

Custom shocks

car its slowly becoming a track ****

 

mmm...i like custom. as you probably already know..lol

 

Your car has the perfect ride hight, it looks sick. That's the exact setup I'm going with for my autoX hoe.

 

i agree it does look sick...but watch out when you lower it...i have my coilovers..and we have some pretty bad stretches of 1-5...i've dinged my oil pan up..

 

Good spring rate info here Bump for that Has anyone ever compared koni sport yellows to tockico illuminas? Ive always have koni's and i'm kind of prejudice but i've never done the suspension on a 7 either just seein what every1 thinks

 

Koni doesn't have off the shelve yellow for our car, or else it would be on my car.

 

that's because your springs are way too soft for anything lower than 1.5" below stock... if you would've bought stiffer springs it wouldn't be an issue.

 

www.classicgarage.com has koni's for all first gens.

 

Those are Koni Red, not Koni Yellow

 

They do have yellows for the front of 81-83.... Aren't the yellow's the sports? http://www.classicgarage.com/kospstforrx7.html


http://www.classicgarage.com/rx72.html