Lowering springs help

[Kingston3]

I'm looking for some insight on lower springs. I have a 2006 Mazda 3 Sedan, I want to do a bunch of shit to it in this order, lowering springs, body kit, rims and low pro tires.

Can I buy lowering springs designated for my Mazda and have someone put them on without having to buy any additional parts?

I'm new to cars in general lol

[Thrizzl3]

answer:

1. yes theres a million threads on this...Htechs, Stechs, prokits, road magnets, apex springs, canuck motorsports and coilovers.

2. theres many mechanics that can install them such as street performance and M&D executive auto....

[Kingston3]

cool thanks, I don't HAVE to install performance shocks if I have new lowering springs do i>?

[iGOzoom]

Its recommend you get aftermarket shocks such as koni yellow's. Your stock shocks will only last for so long with aftermarket springs.

[Rob23]

you can use lowering springs on stock struts but you'll probably have to get a camber kit aswell.
BTW there are many threads on this already, MANY threads. try the search feature.

[Thrizzl3]

you don't have to..but it is recommended as the stock shocks/struts won't last as long with lowering springs installed. But sometimes you can get lucky.

[iGOzoom]

Phil what are you lowered on? I really like the stance of your car.

[Thrizzl3]

Phil what are you lowered on? I really like the stance of your car.

tein basic coils, with 18x8 rims. no spacers lol

[Donutz]

To clarify for the op; you don't need a camber kit if you lower your car on stock shocks/struts. The two are unrelated.

[Rob23]

To clarify for the op; you don't need a camber kit if you lower your car on stock shocks/struts. The two are unrelated.

oh yea, my bad..

[Aitch]

Since you've got a 2006, I'll assume it probably has over 50,000km (at least) on it. At that point I'd highly recommend putting aftermarket shocks on at the same time as springs. You don't have to, but the OEM shocks already have a fair amount of wear on them and I'd bet that within 8-12 months on lowering springs you'd start to feel more "bouncy-ness". For reference I put K-sport springs on my '07 withing the first 10,000km and by about 60,000km I decided to step up to aftermarket shocks.

[Kingston3]

Thanks everybody

[dj_adamix]

I wouldnt do this right when winter starts lol, You'll regret it.

[Kingston3]

yeah, I'm just planning ahead for the spring

[Donutz]

Tons of good info in this thread... Lowering now does not = regret. Search the forum and you will find loads of people who run lowered all year round. I ran prokits for 2 winters. My bro has a dc5 that is dumped and he rolls all year long. You need to know the limits of a lowered car, winter or summer.

[Aitch]

^^ True. All my cars have been lowered since 1999, driven throughout the winter.

[Egor...ka]

I wouldnt do this right when winter starts lol, You'll regret it.


Haha :) I'll show u tomorrow my winter set up :) And u can't even imagine how happy I am :)

[Nick]

how much of a drop do you want? if you're looking at something like prokits(1.2") they are just within the range of stock dampers and with that you won't need a camber kit. i'm on sportlines(1.8" but seems like 2"). when i put them on, the camber in front was way off and the rears were just a tad off. with this drop i was able to get an alignment with the stock suspension components. the aftermarket camber kits are for the rear. just my opinion/2 cents. if you have the extra mula, grab the camber kit and do it the right way.

[Egor...ka]

I wouldnt do this right when winter starts lol, You'll regret it.

Here u go. My winter setup

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FgP8WwI/AAAAAAAAA8U/HfRGVazGxXw/s640/DSC02062.JPG


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FRBqNEI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/kiIof8FfL1c/s640/DSC02061.JPG


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FT8i3wI/AAAAAAAAA8M/n2DcinTL-V8/s640/DSC02060.JPG

[Egor...ka]

tein basic coils, with 18x8 rims. no spacers lol


+1 bump killer :thumbsup

[Derek13]

Here u go. My winter setup

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FgP8WwI/AAAAAAAAA8U/HfRGVazGxXw/s640/DSC02062.JPG


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FRBqNEI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/kiIof8FfL1c/s640/DSC02061.JPG


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FT8i3wI/AAAAAAAAA8M/n2DcinTL-V8/s640/DSC02060.JPG

Don't you love winter its so great for keeping your car clean. you must have aftermarket 18's for the summer

[Egor...ka]

Don't you love winter its so great for keeping your car clean. you must have aftermarket 18's for the summer

Sold my last set. Now waiting for SSR type-C from nextmod :)

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Winter low:
http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mycar_fog4.jpg
http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mycar_fog5.jpg

[Nick]

holy smokes, you didn't even raise it for winter did you?! i want some bc br's but i just can't afford it arghhhhhh looks very nice btw

[mazdaskit]

ive got prokits on stock struts & love them :)

[Egor...ka]

holy smokes, you didn't even raise it for winter did you?! i want some bc br's but i just can't afford it arghhhhhh looks very nice btw

I'm on KW V1 coils... BC IS MUCH HIGHER and not so nice feelings when u drive....

[Egor...ka]

ive got prokits on stock struts & love them :)

U gonna kill stock struts :) do u need koni ?

[Dave_The_BMXER]

holy smokes, you didn't even raise it for winter did you?! i want some bc br's but i just can't afford it arghhhhhh looks very nice btw

No didn't raise its not that much lower than my sportlines which I used previous winters.


BC IS MUCH HIGHER and not so nice feelings when u drive....

Oh? The ride on my BC's seems fine, the only problem I have had (recently in the cold) is coil bind at low speed.

Normal BC's = not that low but just ask for the 'Extreme Drop Kit' when ordering and BC's can get you low.

[Snotrocket]

Here u go. My winter setup

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FgP8WwI/AAAAAAAAA8U/HfRGVazGxXw/s640/DSC02062.JPG


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FRBqNEI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/kiIof8FfL1c/s640/DSC02061.JPG


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_yRsVeFhxtuA/TQu0FT8i3wI/AAAAAAAAA8M/n2DcinTL-V8/s640/DSC02060.JPG

Your fenders are rolled correct? any problems with cracked paint/rust?

[Egor...ka]

Your fenders are rolled correct? any problems with cracked paint/rust?

No my friend My fenders are stock. Don't wanna do it. That's why I ordered 18x7,5 rims.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Thought this was relevant to winter driving/lowered questions

http://www.canibeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/snow_patrol1.jpg

[MistaChin]

^^^^^^^^

Holy shit that's nuckin futs

[Egor...ka]

Snowboard :chuckle

[Egor...ka]

I got #1 here http://www.7tune.com/oni-camber/:winner:pofl

[Egor...ka]

sr guys this one is correct

http://www.7tune.com/oni-camber/