MazdaEight

Just installed S. Tech's today. I think it looks good, but thought it would be a lil lower. Springs were preloaded. Rides great though.

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After


During install

Ross_Dawg

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yeah you have to remember that they are going to settle a lot in the next few weeks. Take a pic then and compare it to your after shot of today... you will be impressed

Tim Tim Tim

what he said ^^ it should drop a little more

ddtran46

how much to get this installed?

thebiggdaddy

^Depends on the shop. It can range from $100+

alz0rz

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That should be alot lower.. drive it a few days and see.

MazdaEight

It would have costed about $400 through the shop but I had a tech do it on the side for $200.

Thanks...Its been about a week now since install and I think its dropped a lil bit more. You can tell from this thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-multimedia-photo-gallery-6/took-few-pics-162276/

Riken

you need to preload. Trust me it should go lower.

MazdaEight

They were preloaded. Here are two comparison pics.

Just after install:


A week later:

cfm251

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very nice! looks a tad lower than the previous week. I regret not goin with these springs a blowing a buttload on coilovers....and a set of springs sitting at home.

Polo208

Great pics! I just got these springs from my bro as a x-mas present. (awesome present hehe) Here's a dumb question for you...what do you mean when you say you have to "preload"?

SouthFL

This means to loosen the lower control arm bolt so that the suspension will settle, then to retighten the control arm bolt (all this when the car is loaded- I agree that "preload" is misused as a term in this case). By not doing this, the settling process may take longer. Do a search- there's plenty of info and pics on the matter.

jayrx8

looks really good...i might consider grabbing a pair of these...hows the ride???

dozer

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not to shabby...i like mine lower tho

Razz1

You should have replaced the rear shocks while you were at it.

04RX8man

yeah preload is basically not to tighten control arms till al the weght is on the ground then tighten back up

swoope

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https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=12

beers

bruce_van

I've got the S-techs too. This is the height the car should have come with. Once you see an RX-8 at stock height, it just looks ridiculous compared to a nice drop.

Jedi54

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grats on the S-techs. Nice drop on the front and really evens out the car.
I've got these springs on some Koni struts, pure win.

Glad to see they settled even more after the install

elcolombiano91

how low is the drop?

MazdaEight

Thanks for the comments guys.

The ride is great! I say it rides a little better than stock.

I hear ya....I love the springs and they are a cheaper way to kill that ugly gap in the front, but some adjustables would've been nice to get the perfect ride height.

Very much agreed. Since the car came with such a gap in the font, they could have had the rear just as high so it looked even.

The drop is said to be 1.4 in the front and 0.7 in the rear.

Latest pics:

T-ReX-8

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S techs are 1.8 IN THE FRONT and .7 IN THE BACK.. (per fluid)

But most have found them to be 1.4/.7 f/r

RX8TOM

The car looks nice ,I just got my s-tech put on last night the car handles a lil better right now it sits about level and Ive got 2-10in 2 amps ,and a small
stroller in back pics comming soon . Ill probably tack pics at gainsville this
weekend at import face off !

iuillustrious

I just purchased a set of S-Techs (waiting for them to ship) also. Can anyone suggest a set of struts to pair these with that will help keep a high ride quality? Will I be disappointed if I continue to use the OEM struts?

Thanks for the input.

RK

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It's not really a matter of disappointment so much as you will be putting a lot of additional wear on the OEMs.

Go with Koni Yellows or Tokico D-Spec shocks. Both are very popular. Tokico's are more adjustable but don't quite reach the stiffness of Yellows so if you plan on track/autox go with Yellows or if you're looking at a DD stick with the D-Specs. More than likely you'll be happy with either.