NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby Charlie Brown » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:53 pm

Stock (new) mine was 385 front and 370 rear.

Now 343 / 338. 8)
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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby Sailor » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:33 pm

Interesting CB,
Mine's 373 Front and 360 Rear.

Did the LE get fitted with both Bilsteins and springs?
I thought it was shocks only...can't imagine it sagging that much in 40K.

Maybe it's just the bling :lol:
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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby Charlie Brown » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:43 am

I only had the standard springs for a few weeks before the Kings went in.
The Kings settled 10mm in 4 weeks, so maybe the stock ones do also.

The LE had the same springs as the standard model, only the Bilsteins shocks were different with their softer damping.
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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby Sailor » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:12 am

Looking at replacing those Bilsteins with Konis.
Appears I will get a drop of 15-20mm by just changing the shocks and that's about all I could manage and still get into my driveway.
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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby PAU61L » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:06 pm

Hello aza5c, let us know how you go, what did you pay for them. I have the eibachs pro kit on our NC.
Regards Paul.
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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby Sailor » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:15 pm

Paul,
Are you happy with the Eibachs ride and what height did you finally get from them?

BTW picked up my wheels and tyres from Blairs this afternoon...nice set of 225/45/16 R888 on 16x8 RX7 wheels.
Now I just need to organise the day off for the track day...
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NC MX5 08 LOWERING ?

Postby Sailor » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:40 pm

Sure CX,
They were $414 ea which is the list price.
Blairs didn't charge fitting and balancing which was better than a couple of others who wanted list plus F&B.
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