Possibly the spring perches are different on the struts depending on brand. My friend has a P5 with coil overs and recently changed his MazdaSpeed adjustable struts (those hideous looking Lime Green ones...Yuk! But at least the adjuster for the rears was down where you could get to it without removing all the rear trim and seatbelt tensioners) for Tokico Illuminas and had to lower the front collars another 2" to get it back where it was before the swap. Verrrrry interesting.
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2002.5 DX Sedan, Garnet Red Mica, PIAA Headlights, Racing Beat MP3 springs, Tokico HP struts, Injen CAI, MSP axle-back exhaust, MSP S.T. brace, Mod-o-fied AWR 19MM rear bar, AWR end-links F/R, 16x7 alloys w/Paradas(street), 15x6 Miata OEM alloys w/Falken Azenis(Solo II STS), personalized plates "VTC FREE"
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Originally posted by cactusboy19I have the Pro kits and I just got KYB struts in last week and there is a bit of gap.
I think the problem in my case is my wheel size. 16" rims with 40 series tires. This is actually an inch or 2 smaller than my stock tires. Which is about the size of my gap.
So if my aftermarket tires were the same size as my stock tires I would be lookin good, instead of the ol gap.
You need to oversize the wheels my man. I wish I had the money to do that.According to my Anger Management Counselor, after 26 weeks of anger management class, I should be an expert when it comes to Anger Management...tell that to the guy who threw a starburst at my car in rush hour traffic...haha
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Just a bit of advice to anyone wanting to put MSP springs on there 00dx...i dont know what the difference in the rear struts is, but i know have kyb struts and MSP springs and the car is still sitting the same...so if your going to put the MSP springs on get the MSP struts too, because obviously theres something different there.According to my Anger Management Counselor, after 26 weeks of anger management class, I should be an expert when it comes to Anger Management...tell that to the guy who threw a starburst at my car in rush hour traffic...haha
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FWIW, the fenders are, for lack of a better term, cut out more in the front than the back.Ryan The middle child is always ignored
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It should still be even, the pic that negatize posted shows his being even...high as hell but even. He had the MSP struts and springs...i really think that the perch on the msp struts sits up higher in the rear than the stock struts.According to my Anger Management Counselor, after 26 weeks of anger management class, I should be an expert when it comes to Anger Management...tell that to the guy who threw a starburst at my car in rush hour traffic...haha
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Rice is great if your really hungry and want to eat 2000 of something.
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mine sit like your too i have the i.6l and 1.8 drop eibach springs... it is because of our wheel well in front is cut higher then the back the only way to remove this look is coil overs lower the front mor then the back so its going to stay the same trust me i tried to bitch at mazda for this but no outcome looks like where stuck on this prob lol....hey if we travil together we would look normal lol
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you know im not a fan of cutting springs, but i was thinking, i had to compress the hell out of the front springs to get them on...I could probably cut half a coil out of the bottom and not mess up anything...i dont know, i might just say screw it and leave it alone.According to my Anger Management Counselor, after 26 weeks of anger management class, I should be an expert when it comes to Anger Management...tell that to the guy who threw a starburst at my car in rush hour traffic...haha
Todays thought of the day:
Rice is great if your really hungry and want to eat 2000 of something.
Mitch Hedberg
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