My Girlfriend just bought a 2006 Mazda 3I and is wanting to lower it....but she would like to maintain her ride quality as much as possible....so i thought i would see if anyone on this site had any suggestions. Most of the springs i have looked at say that they give a much stiffer ride.

 

ANY lowering springs will firm up the ride...Very rare do you see a lowering spring that doesnt have a higher spring rate than stock

 

I realize any set of springs we get are going to firm up the ride..... but i know there are spring out there that have spring a rate that is only 5% above factory springs...... I am just trying to get some feed back..... I suppose i should list some of the springs i have been looking at....i also should state that she has a budget....she is trying to keep it under $300....Any feed back on these would be great.

I am Looking at

1. Tein luxury Master H-Tech Springs

2. Eibach Pro Kit Springs

3. H&R Sport Springs

4. Tanabe NF210 Springs

5. Skunk2 Lowering springs

 

The most approved and affordable is the EIbach Pro Kit springs as a matter of fact right now im saving up for a set of em

 

what do mean by approved....and how do you know this.....im not trying to say you dont.... i just would like to know

 

In my experience, Teins are the least stiff, followed by Eibach, then H&R, I haven't ridden in a car with Tanabe or Skunk, but I heard that Skunk2s are stiff as hell.

 

Sweet....thanks.....thats what i was trying to find out.

 

i have the pro-kit myself and the ride comfort is pretty gd
definitely not stiff
i have ppl who sit in my car for a couple of times and they dont even realize i lowered my car lol

 

just got my H&Rs and will be installing em tomorrow....i'll let you know how the car rides afterwards.

well....how much of a drop are you lookin for, cause all springs vary.

 

Personally i have been looking into racing beat springs, becuase they are claimed to be designed strictly for performance, so the drop is very minimal (.75 inches i believe)

i figure those would be pretty comfy.

 

.75" is very minimal
my pro-kit is about ~1.2- 1.3 inch
and some ppl who dont have much knowledge about cars dont even know i lowered it until i tell them
even some ppl who mod their cars dono i lowered it!

 

just got my H&R springs installed:

1.2 rear 1.3 front

too lazy to put up these pics again, so here's the link:

https://www.mazda3club.com/showthrea...946#post368946

 

we offer the Eibach Pro Kit, Progress Sport Spring kit as well as the Racing Beat springs. we will hopefully be offering a set of coilovers for it from AWR as well