Mazdaspeed adjustable struts

[cojsl]

So, I got new rear Mazdaspeed adjustable struts from ebay, now I'm saving for the fronts from mazdamotorsports.com, they say they are still available for $220ea. Sign up, and search qsr5 to find them.

[1967cutlass]

Good times. Those should be great in conjunction with the stock springs.

[Skuce]

Nice score!

[XelderX]

I've got a set of the ones for the BJ, but they are pretty much destroyed. They were nice while they lasted.

[deadly_sleeper]

220 a side, or 220 or both? good score

[cojsl]

220 a side, or 220 or both? good score

$220 each or $880 for all four from mazdamotorsports.com

[Mazda_Powered]

nice! what other goodies are you lookin to get??

JACK.

[cojsl]

nice! what other goodies are you lookin to get??

JACK.

cat back and some new Kumho V710s to replace my old hard Avon Tech Rs and I'm set. (built for autocross HS)

[therieldeal]

are these the ones that were on ebay? i was watching them but they went too high for me.

[cojsl]

are these the ones that were on ebay? i was watching them but they went too high for me.

yep, thats them. They got relatively expensive, but still $150 cheaper than from mazda. I figured that I was going to buy them either way, so even if it only saved me $50, I'd keep bidding. There's a part of my that thinks- meh, shoulda got a full set of GR2 or ZX2 SRs for that, but oh well, it would have bugged me not having them.

Something interesting- one of the fast guys in my class was saying that being able to adjust the rear stiffness is more important on front heavy FWDs like ours, and that I could put non adjustables on the front to save money and really not notice the difference. This is coming from someone who has adjustables all around and is much faster than me.

[cojsl]

fronts are on order $480 for the pair with tax and shipping.
New boots are on the way too, should I replace the mounts while I'm at it?
The mounts look OK, the car has 100k miles. I'm thinking I should just order some to save the hassle if I need them. Are they a replacement item, or do they last a long time?

[Mazda_Powered]

i'd replace them especially if you're auto-xing the car, i had a mount go on me after 50,000k, snapped my balljoint, pulled the axle out of the tranny, bent the strut shaft, and bent my tie rod (inner/outter) and i drove over my own tire!!!!

JACK.

[Turpro]

I'd replace the mounts. Might as well. Look on ebay for the escort ones made by tokico. They run like 200 I think. Lex runs them as well.

Edit: here you go

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOKICO-Struts-Shocks-Strut-Mounts-91-96-Escort_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33590QQihZ014QQitemZ330047669211QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

[whistler]

I'd replace the mounts. Might as well. Look on ebay for the escort ones made by tokico. They run like 200 I think. Lex runs them as well.

Edit: here you go

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOKIC...spagenameZWD1V

is there any difference between them and the stock mounts?

[Jho]

is there any difference between them and the stock mounts?

They're probably just quality factory replacement mounts.