stiffness vs. stiffness vs. stiffness

[garboui]

from members experiences riding around in eachothers cars with different springs what are your opinions on ride quality and or stifness (not based on the quoted rates of the manufature) of ride with stock dampers.

the springs that i am looking at getting are all for a mild drop are the pro-kits, racing beats, and the tein h-tecs ones.

i will be running 225's with the drop as well

in order of stifness, 1 being stiffest and 3 being softest in your opinion
1.
2.
3.

[MidnightSpeed]

Uhh.. Canuck Springs are 1.75 all around

[MazdaTree]

1. canuk
2. prokit
3. rb

I'm just puttin them in this order because of their drops...
Usually the lower you go the harsher the ride...

[garboui]

Uhh.. Canuck Springs are 1.75 all around

woups getting my numbers mixed up again. what other spring jit thats reasomable priced gives a drop somewhere in the 1" area?

[Flagrum_3]

All I can add is that the prokits are nice in the sense that the ride feels basically stock except it handles speed bumps much better.So I think they were an improvement.


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[Sean80]

the mazdaspeed springs are a mild drop.... 1.2" all round

[garboui]

actually the ms seem too similar to the pro kits for me to consider plus their more expensive.

im putting tein h-techs in the lineup now

[bb1999jan17]

which one is stiffer? h-tech or pro-kit

[wingnut12]

I'm pretty sure the MS springs are made by Eibach

[TurboEight]

yes they are.

ms just relabeled them

[3GFX]

I've got issues with clearance and I'm doing research on the Racing Beat springs. They have only a 0.5" drop but are on of the stiffest springs. Apparently they are the same stiffness as the Pro-Kit and Mazdaspeed springs, although those kits offer a 1.2" drop.

[garboui]

whats your setup that your running thats giving clearence issues?

rim dia:
rim width:
offset:
tire size:
current springs:
drop fr/rr:
ride quality:

[Ex-Rolla]

actually the ms seem too similar to the pro kits for me to consider plus their more expensive.

im putting tein h-techs in the lineup now


you also get the camber links, which are normally $250

[garboui]

how much is the whole MS spring kit?

[wingnut12]

You should be able to get the Prokits for under $300.00, far less than the MS set usually goes for. You can also do without the camber kit since you'll still be within spec after an alignment.

[Ex-Rolla]

how much is the whole MS spring kit?

Flippy can chime in, but i think it's between 5 to 6 hundred dollars for springs and camber links. I don't think you can get the springs and not the camber thiing... it's a package deal

[3GFX]

whats your setup that your running thats giving clearence issues?


rim dia: 18"
rim width: 7.5"
offset: 45mm
tire size: 225/40/18
current springs: stock sedan GT
drop fr/rr: nadda
ride quality: like new :p

My concern is if I drop it will I rub. I know my specs look to be fine and I shouldn't have an issue, but for some odd reason my fronts have a little poke. So I'm wearly. We'll see, I think this just means I'll get an exhaust first.