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Old 08-31-01, 03:25 AM
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Recomendations on lowering...

Im looking to take the rexy down a bit. 1 inch or 1 1/2. Whats the best thing to get for her? What brand...so on and so forth. I just saw a red r1 lowered down 1 1/2 inches. All i can say is WOW. It seemingly changed the whole car to me for some reason. I kept asking him whats diff, finally he said that he lowered it 1 1/2 inches. Wow what a differance. Didnt get a chance to ask him how he did it or what he used, but I want. Recomendations guys? I dont wanna lose proformance, but I figure done correctly it would increase slightly right?
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I did the Eibach Pro-Kit. Lower it about 1 to 1.5 inches. Handles great. The ride is a little rougher, but it's a sports car.

http://www.eibach.com/

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pros/cons of progressive vs. linear
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I am not a big fan of progessive springs, I just don't like the feel, I am not sure about the performance differences, but I haev progesives on my VW, which I liek for it becasue it is my daily driver, but for the FD I like having the instant stability of linear springs.
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I'm getting ready to have Eibach Pros and Tokicos(shocks) installed next week, so I will let you know.

YOu can get the Eibachs for ~$250 from Mazda Competition, if you are in their racing program, the Tokicos for $103 each.

The Eibach Pros are linear should increase performance.
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I'm running H&Rs on my FD Right now and I'm happy with them. It dropped it 1.25". low enough for an aggressive stance, but still enough room to fit 18x9 wheels without rolling the fenders.
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Originally posted by Zoomspeed
I'm running H&Rs on my FD Right now and I'm happy with them. It dropped it 1.25". low enough for an aggressive stance, but still enough room to fit 18x9 wheels without rolling the fenders.
Hey H,

So what tires did you go with for my reference, brand and size?

Hope you like them wheels.
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Hey H,

So what tires did you go with for my reference, brand and size?

Hope you like them wheels.
I got kumho supras 245/40/18s for the rear and got sumitomos HTRZ 225/40/18 for the front. Found a great deal on the sumitomos from a local tire place and I got the last 2. I have zero tire rub.

The wheels look so damn good! When they pulled my FD out and I got my first look at it with the wheels on, I was so happy I was practically skipping to my car. THanks for setting up that phat deal.

BTW with this setup I have zero wheel gap in front and just a tiny bit in back.

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Originally posted by Zoomspeed

I got kumho supras 245/40/18s for the rear and got sumitomos HTRZ 225/40/18 for the front. Found a great deal on the sumitomos from a local tire place and I got the last 2. I have zero tire rub.

The wheels look so damn good! When they pulled my FD out and I got my first look at it with the wheels on, I was so happy I was practically skipping to my car. THanks for setting up that phat deal.

BTW with this setup I have zero wheel gap in front and just a tiny bit in back.
Cool, glad you like them! I'm thinking about trying those Sumitomos myself. Getting ready to drop my front soon, so I may need to move to a smaller tire size in front myself.
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The thing about runng 225s on the 18x9s is that the tires look to narrow for the wheel. So the front looks a little funky becasue the wheels stick out a little further then the tire, but I'm willing to put up with that if I don't have to roll my fenders.
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Originally posted by Mahjik
I did the Eibach Pro-Kit. Lower it about 1 to 1.5 inches. Handles great. The ride is a little rougher, but it's a sports car.

http://www.eibach.com/

Eibach's will not lower the car all that much. I posted some pictures on another thread https://www.rx7club.com/vforums/show...threadid=18212

Max it will lower your car is between an inch (up front where it's already lower) and 3/4 of an inch (in the back and it still looks a bit jacked).

I did Eibachs and Tokico Illuminas on my last RX and to tell you the truth, it actually felt considerably more compliant the stock springs/struts/shocks. My new RX has 80k miles and the ride is kinda bouncy. I'm thinking about going coil overs this time.
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