I just got these put on so i thought id share....they have only been on a few days and i have only done about 250-300 miles so theyre still dropping.........

 

looks sweet. i envy you guys not having any worries with dropping your 8. what rims are those btw?

 

theyre enkei rp-03 with powder coating finish.

What worries do you have?

 

pot holes, lots of bad roads, elevated driveway. i should convince my parents to redo the driveway...

 

well i live in vegas and there are always loads of problems with the road here, im always going up elevated areas to get intp parking garages etc, so far no probs tho

 

looks good anthony...

 

thats anet

 

Yeah it looks good. you should have done a before and after position of your car in the same spot so you can see what the difference is. I'm still deciding if i want the eibachs or the tein S techs.

 

i love those rims though. i don't think many people have them too. Nice pics.

 

Did you "preload" the suspension first. This is my car right after the install, pulled it out of the garage. Tein S-Tech on stock struts.

 

iwas just going to ask that.......doesn't look like you preloaded......my car look identical in hieght to altspace' car.

 

The blue 8 doesn't look that low. It looks like it's still sitting on stock springs. But then again....it's still dropping right? hope it drops atleast about 1.5 inch or so. atleast! The red one sits pretty low.... it's perfect!

 

what kinda spoiler is that?

 

Nah it wasnt pre loaded. I am only looking from my phone but yours looks nice and low altspace. You have 18's in that pic too. My wheels are 19's so i was expecting a more dramatic look. The spoiler is the euro lip spoiler. I'm just hoping it drops more soon.

 

donjuan: glad you posted pics, lookin' good!
The height isn't as low as it probably should be. My S-Techs look much closer to Alt's (possibly even lower)

Pics are on my laptop at the office, I'll post tomorrow.

 

your hella scrapin huh with your s techs!! but its not as low as sprint springs!!!

 

I'm fully aware they're not as low. A very good friend of mine Speeddemon32 had sprint springs on his RX-8. How does that have anything to do with this thread?

 

haha, gotta boast. lol

 

i guess!! the way your talking about preloading i matter as well pre load stock springs and the car will lower by it self!! the funny thing is that the only people that i hear about the pre loading b.s. is people with tein s techs springs!! can you you send me a copy of the manufacturers instructions on the s tech where it states that we must pre load the spring!!

 

can you send me ANYTHING that says you shouldn't preload springs?

You say only S-Tech people talk about preloading? REALLY???
Here is one of THE most frequently used Spring install DIY's from March 17, 2004

 

unless i see it in person i really could give a **** what thread your trying me to link to!! i've see a couple of 8's that were not preloaded and they had no problem settleling!! yes stealh i said the **** word again!!

 

i have a buddy it tanabe gf's and he didn't preload his spring and it came out fine!! ask him his name is dominion on the forum!!

 

Don: sorry I had to hijack your thread with this nonsense but I honestly feel that if you took 10 minutes to pre-load the springs you might see faster results. Just trying to help.

Obviously Project refuses to listen to me or anyone else on this forum who thinks it's a good idea. (despite it having worked for dozens of fellow forum members)

I know exactly who Dom is. Gilbert is a good guy, my buddy even knows his GF. (not sure if they're still together) That doesn't change anything Project. Just take some time to SEARCH around this forum and you'll find plenty of people who agree with my method.
Maybe your method worked for you and Dom; that's actually good to hear. (honestly)

However, it does NOT change the fact that people are looking at DonJuan's setup and wondering why it didn't drop as much as it was supposed to. Will it drop to it's appropriate ride height after a few weeks or months? Maybe... Neither you or I know the answer to that. What we do know of is a proven method that could help your friend.

By continuing to post you're only proving to the rest of this board how ignorant you are in not being able to accept a proven technique or even be open minded enough to consider trying something different.

 

i have RB springs and i belive the instruction manual tells to preload the springs. i think the manuel is uploaded on the site some where.

 

seriously... not to bring out another s-tech intro, but my friend who i sold my springs to didn't preload after his install. he didn't believe tightening with preload would do anything. his car was left at the h-tech height that he previously had on. it wasn't until 6 months later that i took a wrench and preloaded it. guess what. it dropped.

lets listen to teamrx8 on this one. he knows a thing or two about suspension.