I made a mistake on the miata

[zukitek]

Heres what had happened....I bought a set of second hand eibach lowering springs on some also second hand bilstein shocks that were supposed to be r package shocks. All I wanted to do was lower the car an inch or so . It turns out that one of the shocks was bad and the seller took the shocks back . I put the springs on my original shocks and accomplished the goal of lowering the car but also managed to destroy the ride also. I guess its time to ask for help. What do I need to put on the car to have a _liveable_ ride and still be able to have a lower than stock ride height?

[Chuck Baader]

Ask/research before you jump into the pond

[engled]

All of the Miata "lowering" springs suck. OTS Koni yellows, ebay adjusters, used 500/300 springs, soup.

[zukitek]

Ask/research before you jump into the pond

[zukitek]

All of the Miata "lowering" springs suck. OTS Koni yellows, ebay adjusters, used 500/300 springs, soup.

Thanks Darryl. Does any of my Miata folks have anything like that lying around that I can purchase?

[DelanieC]

http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?28037-Koni-yellows-with-racing-beat-springs

[slowautoxr]

Ground control bump stops. $12 each. I can't remember exactly which ones I got. I think the stiff shock ones.

[zukitek]

so if I go to piece these together then what if I use some koni str.t shocks with the 60 dollar ebay sleeves ? Then If I bought 500 front and 300 rear then how long of a spring do I want ?

[JohnW8]

6" front and 7" rear, if I remember correctly.

[zukitek]

I have secured a pair of 500# 6 inch springs. Has anyone got any 2.5" diameter 7 inch long 300# springs?

[farrout]

Figure out what you want to do with the car. Autocross, track, or street. Then the suspension mods can be done to fit your use. The lowering springs are junk.

[zukitek]

yes Craig that is clear ....the lowering springs are garbage. I didnt exactly buy them as lowering springs....it just kindof played out that way. I am going to do street with a few autox events here and there. Ive pretty much settled on doing koni yellows and adjustable sleeves and will play with springs untill I get what works . Right now I have bought 300# for the rear and 500# for the front ...they are used so Im sure they will be easy enough to trade around if I dont like that .

[rodhx]

Ricky, fyi I had bilstein HD shocks with 525/325 # springs on my Miata. It was fun on the autocross course but not too rough for daily driving. I think you'll like your setup.

[Chuck Baader]

Rod, the harshness for daily driving was probably the shocks.

[zukitek]

thanks for that Rod. I have settled on 300 rear 500 front and koni sport yellows. I figure that is a good foundation to start with . Im going to buy sleeves and spanners of some srt but I have not settled on a particular one. I get mixed opinions and reviews on the ebay sleeves. I keep trying to get someone to tell me what the spring i.d. is but none of the cheap ebay ones have that listed nor do the sellers seem to know.