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Re: Is this worthwhile?
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:32 pm
by emily_mx5
1) cut your springs, thats free.
or,
2) keep an eye out for good quality branded lowering springs in the forsale section. You can pick up a set of king or eibach lowering springs for as little as $200 second hand.
3) stay away from cheap ebay crap, it never ends well.
Re: Is this worthwhile?
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:03 pm
by lee
Suspension forms the component which keeps your car off the ground. Don't cheap out on it!
I got Koni adjustable shocks from Shox.com ($650), Mazdaspeed springs from auctions.yahoo.jp ($250), and bump stops from fatcatmotorsports.com ($140). If I were buying again I'd probably go for Eibach progressive rate springs, but I like my shocks and bump stops.
Re: Is this worthwhile?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:55 pm
by MattR
It's cheap because you have to do a sh*t load of work yourself.
Going by the photo, all they are doing is replacing your springs and giving you an adjustable spring seat to weld on to your strut/shock body after you cut off the existing spring seat.
In the end you are better off going with either a new shock/spring package or getting proper coil overs.
The only time I would use something like this is for a vehicle that doesn't have an off the shelf coil over kit available, for example 240Z, that needs the struts modified and the shocks are a removable insert.