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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG
Mazda 3 Turbo.
https://corksport.com/2021-mazda-3-t...and-sedan.html
A lot of folks seem happy with them from checking out the main Facebook group. The spring rates on these aftermarket ones are the 3.4K front and 5.9K rear that I mentioned earlier.
Apparently the OEM ones for the non-Turbo is 2.23K front and 4.20K rear. I don't have the exact rates for the OEM Turbo springs, but they're a bit stiffer since the Turbo model is heavier.
I kind of have a few options.
1. Buy the Corksport springs, use OEM shocks until they give out then replace with aftermarket shocks
2. Buy the Corksport springs and replace the OEM shocks with some aftermarket shocks
3. Buy a set of aftermarket coilovers
I feel that options 1 and 3 make the most sense.
I don't know a lot about car suspensions, but it doesn't seem to make sense to replace the OEM shocks (with less than 7000KM on them) with aftermarket ones right off the bat. Might as well wait until they start giving out before replacing them.
I wouldn't mind getting coilovers (a friend recommended I get them), but I'm just not sure if there's value in it for my purpose of getting rid of some wheel gap. |
Unless the gap is really bothering you, stay stock stay happy.
I've had five cars with aftermarket suspension, I can honestly say I was super happy with only one of them and it took a lot of tinkering and swapping parts to get right. Even then you'd expect a shorter lifespan with aftermarket bits as the whole suspension works together and when you upgrade one piece you expose the next weakest link.
If you REALLY want to do something, look into ST suspension or KW V1. Whether if a suspension is acceptable depends on your level of what's acceptable for daily. I dailied a gutted, race bucket CRX for a year and it was great. I drive a M3 occasionally on the weekend right now with Bilstein coils that I find too stiff because I am an old man, also I am disappointed at the spring rate and damper pairing they have chosen. The in between was the best setup I've had, a Mazdaspeed3 with anti-lift, Swift springs paired with Bilstein B8 and a HUGE RSB. It ate a set of RSB brackets and endlinks every 18 months or so but it handled so well.