Will 1st gen Springs Fit a 2nd Gen?
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No they won'tOriginally posted by OCD-SPEED97 Mazda Protege GT
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'91 LX
'03 Mazdaspeed Protege #235
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the make up is totally different
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Found this in the archive...
Looks like the spring perch is a different diameter on the struts and thus the springs wouldn't seat properly.1998 Mazda BHALP SE - Rain Forest Green Mica
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rear, yes
fronts, no
fronts on 2g = smaller diameter at the bottom than 1g springs.
1g springs look more like a cone, towards the bottom they are larger in diameter than they are at the top where the strutmount is.
The rears are pretty much the same from top to bottom & actually you CAN use 2g springs on a 1g or vice versa
I know this from experience. I installed 2g 2.4" B+G extreme lowering springs onto my white protege back in the day93' Noble Green MX-ZE (sold
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02' Graphite Grey WRX Stage 4, 286whp
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