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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 01:09 AM
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well im at the point where my car is almost at the 2000lb mark... so shes getting sprung up. whats the lowest lowest spring i can buy short of GC adjustables... this is a mazda on a budget guys.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 01:15 AM
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RS*R Race springs are some of the lowest I know. 1.2 inches in the front and 2 inches in the rear. I hope you have enough money to buy good shocks and a rear camber adjuster, though. I also heard Intrax springs slam your car, but they're soft and could cause scraping.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 01:27 AM
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well right now my car sits +1 inch up.. so i doubt ill need camber adjusters.. the whole point of this is to give a net drop of at least a half inch with all interior removed and lightweight components installed. i already have tokiko blues.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 01:58 AM
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The RSR springs are really stiff so they might blow your Tokikos. Look into the Intrax springs.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 02:01 AM
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i think im prolly going with b&g ... ive heard some good feedback on them
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 03:43 AM
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^ hmm... Interesting.

I got a set of those a few months ago. They're progressive rate and drop the car 1.5". I've yet to install them.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 11:05 AM
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i would consider lowering my vert but the streets in my area are crappy an there are a coupple brick roads that arent maintained that well / and they like to do road work ware you have a 3-4 inch drop off has a slight ramp but a nuff to scare me and spead bumps i've already scraped my exaughst on one in the area and one of the schools i went to one of my friends had to manover around the speed bumps because his Z28's exaughst could not clear them
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 12:00 PM
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I have apex springs and it is 1.65 in the front, and 1.85 in the rear... they are really good springs, very predictable.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 12:45 PM
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hks lowers 23mm in the front and 28mm in the rear.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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I've got RS R springs. Love them, I have GAB sruts as well.. Good set up
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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rs*r's are way too high a springrate for my taste.. 330 lbs! wow. i dont think id want to go higher than 200 on my car.. im going to check out apex now..

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erikseven.. consider selling the springs? if you would pm me a price.
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:14 AM
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How did you get it down to 2000lbs?
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:24 AM
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lol i lied, but its getting down there.. lots of stuff removed. lots and lots of stuff. enough stuff to make it spring up an inch, and its a base model to start with.
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:29 AM
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Ah, I was going to say, I removed damn near everything and then some on my '87 sport, and that stupid things still only at 2400
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:31 AM
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did u start metal removal too? right now i missing ac/ ps/ HVAC rear interior spare and sound dampening.
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:34 AM
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I know it's cheap, but Arospeed springs are 1.8 front and rear...
Just a thought...
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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honestly id rather cut my springs than do arospeed. i heard theyre very soft.

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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 01:12 AM
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on the topic of springs ive got some in my car, idno what kind they are tho were there when i bought her, there blue in color and SUPER stiff i can sit on the front of my car and they dont budge, look in my avitar and you can see there quite the drop.
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 01:32 AM
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^ Maybe some KG/MM's <--Yes its a brand and they're only sold in japan, their springs are colored blue (light or dark blue depending on what you got) It looks like it sits just about as low as my car and they are STIFF
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 01:57 AM
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yea, i think there more of a dark blue that lighter id have to look again cause there kinda dirty
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by rs_1101
rs*r's are way too high a springrate for my taste.. 330 lbs! wow. i dont think id want to go higher than 200 on my car.. im going to check out apex now..

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erikseven.. consider selling the springs? if you would pm me a price.
nah, sorry. I still want to give 'em a try.

But, they do offer them on speedmachineperformance.com for only like $200 shipped. One thing; they took a while to get here. The 'confirmation' email they sent me said the order was being processed and they would be shipped out promptly. Well, three weeks later I called them and they said the order was... "being processed". So, BS. After it was all said and done, I got them in like 6 or so weeks.
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