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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG
Thinking about buying some lowering springs for my Mazda to fill in the wheel well.
Spring rate is 3.4K front and 5.9K rear. 1" drop in the front and 1.5" in the rear.
Since my car currently has just under 7K mileage, does it make sense to just swap the springs and then get replace the shocks later down the road with something like Koni Yellows when they wear out or should I just replace everything at the same time?
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A few questions:
1. The spring rates you mentioned - are those current factory spring rates? Or are these the ones you are considering?
2. Which brand of springs are you getting?
3. Are you looking to keep your factory shocks with said new springs?
4. Are you willing to sacrifice comfort as a daily driver?
5. What are your long term goals with the vehicle?
6. Do you have a specific budget to keep in mind?
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
Y don't you just coilovers, it's not that much more then springs and the install is even easier and might be cheaper as you don't have to take apart each shock and rebuild. Easier too if you want to sell and revert back to stock
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I think it's easy to recommend coilovers, but depending on his goals, this would vary significantly.
Thankfully, there are a lot of options out there for coilovers that can be customized with spring rates with matched shocks tuned for the spring rate. There often is no "one size fits all" option, unless you go with an Ohlins Road and Track setup, but that's baller. Then again, everyone on Revscene is.
