Just got my Speed3 slammed to the ground..

[discharmingman]

I'm more interested in looks when it comes to lowering my cars. Not really into going to the drag strip to race....anyhow here are some pics of my recently lowered speed3 using Eibach Sportlines made for the conventional Mazda 3 since Eibach decided not to make springs for the speed3. I also installed an Injen Cold Air Intake and that's about all I'm gonna do to it.

Here are some pics....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/discharmingman/pix004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/discharmingman/pix003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/discharmingman/pix002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/discharmingman/pix001.jpg

[Young Roids]

That is the lowest I have seen one. Looks great.

[CX-7owner]

CAI That slammed? I would have definitly gone the SRI way.

[CantCMe]

Nice...

[AtenzaNY62]

wow dont see any wheel gaps at all

[User Name]

Stock shocks?

[Frosty]

How is it going over bumps? Any rubbing from the tires?

[SwampAss]

CAI That slammed? I would have definitly gone the SRI way.

1-2 inches ain't gonna save you.

[kudakev615]

looks good...but your cheapin a lil bit. youve got ppl inthe car too;)

[iBoost]

looks dope! (thumb)

[discharmingman]

Stock shocks....rides a little stiff and I can def. feel when I go over a crack on the road....I just slow down for those.

True, i do have people in the car....I'll post some pics without them inside....but really, i can't even stick a finger above the tire, it's that low...

[SwampAss]

That car is a handsome devil.

[CX-7owner]

1-2 inches ain't gonna save you.
It could make all the difference(boom02)

[SwampAss]

You sound like my wife.

[Mallitious]

Very sharp. Looks great!

[CX-7owner]

You sound like my wife.

You must have an optimistic wife.

[johnnyB5646]

Love it, wish I could get in my driveway that low. My protege5 scraped, and I'm close now... But I love the roads here in N GA, twisty and scenic.

And Swamp Ass is the funniest MFer

[Pondo]

you're talking about aesthetics yet you have those ugly bars on top, the IRONY.

[clos561]

you're talking about aesthetics yet you have those ugly bars on top, the IRONY.

LOL(pow)

[discharmingman]

you're talking about aesthetics yet you have those ugly bars on top, the IRONY.

You think they're ugly....I don't.

[discharmingman]

How is it going over bumps? Any rubbing from the tires?

I go slow over the bumps, especially up my driveway. No rubbing on the tires...but yeah, I have to consider all those factors when I drive now...it's all good.

[Sacrilicious]

You think they're ugly....I don't.

+1

that and half of us got our cars for the utility it gives over one-trick ponies that just go really freakin fast. if i biked, i would have a rack up there in a heartbeat, cause i sure as HELL don't intend to walk my bike to the trail...+_+;

[Sacrilicious]

I go slow over the bumps, especially up my driveway. No rubbing on the tires...but yeah, I have to consider all those factors when I drive now...it's all good.

ya, i wish i could get away with getting new springs, but where i live, potholes are more like craterholes...it's not good! (bang)

[ForceFed]

Looks lower in the rear than the front...Tell me the trunk was full?

[discharmingman]

Looks lower in the rear than the front...Tell me the trunk was full?

Funny, I noticed that too...it's doesn't look that way when it's passengerless...hmmm, I think it may be due to the nature of the slope on my driveway....i don't know.....


I once saw a dropped car with a logo sticker across his rear window that said "Too Low for Fat Hoes"....I thought that was funny...

[ForceFed]

I used to have one that Read.."No bags, No Switches, No Fat Bitches"
Yeah..I was young and dumb..But I got a lot of laughs from it...and a lot of fingers.

[Aussie MPS3]

I'm more interested in looks when it comes to lowering my cars. Not really into going to the drag strip to race....anyhow here are some pics of my recently lowered speed3 using Eibach Sportlines made for the conventional Mazda 3 since Eibach decided not to make springs for the speed3. I also installed an Injen Cold Air Intake and that's about all I'm gonna do to it.



Ive got eibach prokit springs in my 3MPS (mazdaspeed3 to you guys).
The ones i have are specific to the Mazda 3MPS, they are listed on the Eibachs European and Australian websites.

Ive attached a picture of the part number thats on the box and a couple of my car with the springs in.

[Sacrilicious]

i really wish i could have gotten my car in that shade of blue...:(

[Young Roids]

That blue is 100x better than the cosmic blue in the states.

[jbiird317]

i think the reason it looks lower in the back than the front is because the natural lines of the car are in that direction, people tell me that about my car all the time

[Ebruess]

Ive got eibach prokit springs in my 3MPS (mazdaspeed3 to you guys).
The ones i have are specific to the Mazda 3MPS, they are listed on the Eibachs European and Australian websites.

Ive attached a picture of the part number thats on the box and a couple of my car with the springs in.

That's one fine car :D
(burnout)
I wish my Cosmic Blue could be that Blue.

[Amemiya]

Very nice! Great job (I need to do that on my 3 bad).

[Antoine]

I love when a simple mod like springs has such a positive impact on a car...Looks like a bullet now...NICE! (thumb)

[MS3TR]

Looks good! I used to have sportlines and I loved how they looked but I rubbed under aggressive driving (lots of fun roads in NC). Be careful, I'm pretty sure I blew my stock shocks while using the sportlines from Eibach. I think the drop might be too much for them. The handling got worse and worse and they started to squeak quite a bit, thats when I jumped ship to the MS Coilovers. Looks great though man, best of luck (thumb)

[Savate]

Looks very good! I would love to do that too, but have speed mountains all over near my house ; ;

[discharmingman]

I love when a simple mod like springs has such a positive impact on a car...Looks like a bullet now...NICE! (thumb)


Thanks, I also have a 1991 VW Cabriolet that's got the sportlines, all my bumpers are scratched up but I don't really care. It looks great. I just scratched the rear bumper on the Speed3 but I look at them as battle wounds...(drive2)

[palerider]

Did you align it yet? Howd it go?

[discharmingman]

Did you align it yet? Howd it go?

I took it to an auto tuning shop and they dropped it and aligned it for $200 in about an hour and a half.

[AG DesignWorks]

That blue > Cosmic blue. By alot.

That's a great looking drop Aussie.

[discharmingman]

That blue is 100x better than the cosmic blue in the states.


I don't know if I would agree with that. Kinda reminds me of the Honda Fit color....

I may be wrong, but there is no other car color that resembles the Cosmic Blue in the States....

[Aussie MPS3]

I don't know if I would agree with that. Kinda reminds me of the Honda Fit color....

I may be wrong, but there is no other car color that resembles the Cosmic Blue in the States....

To me cosmic blue looked dull and bit boring, more fitting for a camry or honda accord. Here in Australia we only have a colour choice of black mica, true red, cosmic blue and aurora blue for the MPS3.

I choice the aurora blue cos the car i was trading in was a black SP23 mazda, the red is a bit too bright (pity it was the velocity red as i like that colour), cosmic blue just didnt appeal to me, so all that left was the aurora blue.

I wish we had the option of silver and pearl white over here. (sad2)

[zpeedfreak]

I don't know if I would agree with that. Kinda reminds me of the Honda Fit color....

I may be wrong, but there is no other car color that resembles the Cosmic Blue in the States....

the new toyota rav 4 :/ they have a blue that is almost identical to cosmic blue :( and it lokks like a grandma's car

[zpeedfreak]

Ive got eibach prokit springs in my 3MPS (mazdaspeed3 to you guys).
The ones i have are specific to the Mazda 3MPS, they are listed on the Eibachs European and Australian websites.

Ive attached a picture of the part number thats on the box and a couple of my car with the springs in.


http://www.speedsportuk.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6273

will you please give us the part number? so we can make a fit to some supplier over here to get those? (protest)

for me those are the perfect stance .. and if they are made for the speed (mps) application .. damn Im buying them :D

[discharmingman]

To me cosmic blue looked dull and bit boring, more fitting for a camry or honda accord. Here in Australia we only have a colour choice of black mica, true red, cosmic blue and aurora blue for the MPS3.

I choice the aurora blue cos the car i was trading in was a black SP23 mazda, the red is a bit too bright (pity it was the velocity red as i like that colour), cosmic blue just didnt appeal to me, so all that left was the aurora blue.

I wish we had the option of silver and pearl white over here. (sad2)



Without a doubt, I think we can all agree that the silver is never a bad chioce. To each his own....

(cabpatch)

[AJ08]

yea u should of def brought the pro kit dampers instead of just the sportline springs your gonna ruin ur stock shocks... when i lowered my svt focus i bought the complete sportline kit with the pro kit dampers and handled great and looked awesome.

[zpeedfreak]

Ive got eibach prokit springs in my 3MPS (mazdaspeed3 to you guys).
The ones i have are specific to the Mazda 3MPS, they are listed on the Eibachs European and Australian websites.

Ive attached a picture of the part number thats on the box and a couple of my car with the springs in.



TIRE SIZE PLEASE!!!!!!! the stockers look so sexy with those RT615 on them :D you just convince me to keep em lol (humpleg)

[Haltech]

Thats a nice Aussie ride there my friend. Do you have the rear red foglight on the left as well?

Im doing Cobolt Blue stripes on my silverspeed3

[discharmingman]

yea u should of def brought the pro kit dampers instead of just the sportline springs your gonna ruin ur stock shocks... when i lowered my svt focus i bought the complete sportline kit with the pro kit dampers and handled great and looked awesome.


I'm not knowledgeable in the suspension area, so I wanted to ask...

Does the stock speed3 come with dampers? What is the role of the damper? How does lowering a car, like I did to mine affect the stock shocks?

[fourthmeal]

Damper is another word for shock or strut bud. Its the shock absorber.

We all have them, or we'd be oscillating all day long on the springs by themselves.

By putting stiffer and lower springs on a car, you stress the shocks much more, potentially killing them.

[AJ08]

yup, thats why it would have been a good idea to install the prokit dampers while you were installing the springs b/c your gonna have to do it *when* the the stock ones break.. but besides that i think it looks nice. (thumb)

[discharmingman]

Thank you sir,

I'm guessing I have a short while before I bust my stock shocks then. I guess my next mod will be looking into shocks....

[RelliMS3]

IMO its a bit too low, i think it would look better an inch higher because now it looks like the wheels are tucked too far into the wheel wells

[Aussie MPS3]

http://www.speedsportuk.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=6273

will you please give us the part number? so we can make a fit to some supplier over here to get those? (protest)

for me those are the perfect stance .. and if they are made for the speed (mps) application .. damn Im buying them :D


The part number of my prokit springs were in the first picture i posted of the packaging box they came in but to save you looking, here is the part number: E10-55-008-05-22

Here is the info from the Eibach Europe website for the mazda 3, the MPS3 i have highlighted in bold:

Pro-Kit
Model/Year
Pro-Kit Part-Number, Spring Stamping front, Spring Stamping rear, front axle load rear axle load, Lowering front approx., Lowering rear approx, Status Notes, Homologation and Fitting Instructions

1.4, 1.6, 2.0 10.03 - E10-55-008-01-22, F11-55-008-01-VA, F3587002, 955 kg, 915 kg, 30mm, 30mm

1.6 CD 10.03 - E10-55-008-02-22 , F11-55-008-02-VA, F3587002, 995 kg, 915 kg, 30mm, 30mm

2.3 MPS 09.06 - E10-55-008-05-22, F11-55-008-05-VA, F3587002, 1070 kg, 915 kg, 25mm, 15mm

2.0 D 02.07 - E10-55-008-07-22, F11-35-014-02-VA, F3587002, 1110 kg 915 kg, 25mm, 25mm


It says the MPS3 specific springs only lower 25mm (1 inch) front and 15mm (1/2inch) rear BUT these springs have lowered my car 30mm (1 1/4 inch) front and 25mm (1 inch) rear

[Aussie MPS3]

TIRE SIZE PLEASE!!!!!!! the stockers look so sexy with those RT615 on them :D you just convince me to keep em lol (humpleg)

Im running 225/45 RT615's on the standard shadow chrome MPS "sportspack" rims (the base MPS3 over here in australia just has plain silver finished wheels)

Im not sure if you guys get the shadow look wheels on you mazdaspeed3

[Aussie MPS3]

Thats a nice Aussie ride there my friend. Do you have the rear red foglight on the left as well?

Im doing Cobolt Blue stripes on my silverspeed3


No we dont have the red rear foglight on our cars, i think its only the european models that have them.


Heres another side pic of my car just after id removed the door side mouldings:

[IDRVSLO]

Just the fact you said you already scraped your rear bumper and then called it a "battle wound" is just odd to me. So you spent money on something to make your car look better(in a way it does) but this also ruins your car at the same time. What sense does that make? It sounds like you should have just bought a regular 3 and slammed that. Good luck with the bad ride quality, blown shocks, and messed up bumpers. Hopefully it works out. Just my opinion, dont take it personally.

[zpeedfreak]

Im running 225/45 RT615's on the standard shadow chrome MPS "sportspack" rims (the base MPS3 over here in australia just has plain silver finished wheels)

Im not sure if you guys get the shadow look wheels on you mazdaspeed3

I just wanted to know if they are 225/45 :D

thanks .. know I am sure on what to get hehe..

over here we just get the same wheels but plain silver ;)

and BTW i asked the PN for the springs because I used the one on the photo and I didn't get any from eibach usa.. the US have a different PN's .. I made a search with your PN and i did not get anything..

thanks.. if you can fins a way to sell those to us lol that would be great!

[discharmingman]

Just the fact you said you already scraped your rear bumper and then called it a "battle wound" is just odd to me. So you spent money on something to make your car look better(in a way it does) but this also ruins your car at the same time. What sense does that make? It sounds like you should have just bought a regular 3 and slammed that. Good luck with the bad ride quality, blown shocks, and messed up bumpers. Hopefully it works out. Just my opinion, dont take it personally.

What I was trying to say is that I'm not gonna complain about scratching it due to the low drop...it's a known consequence with any drop.........besides it's only scratching the underside which is not visible anyway....I wasn't trying to say that I want my car to be a wreck, I simply meant to imply that I would have evidence of agressive modding....i'm sure people with stock springs have scratched their underside bumper like I have.....nothing to cry about though....like I said....just battle wounds....


Oh, and I just bought wheels for it too...pics are coming up tomorrow, but I'll post one up that I just took in my garage...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/discharmingman/pix007.jpg

[discharmingman]

I was speaking to someone about this and a good point was brought up....isn't the speed3 already equipped with a sport suspension? I mean, as it is, the speed3 is already 1 inch lower than the conventional 3. Overall, this vehicle is made for speed....

so I just wanted to throw this out....I'm trying to reconcile the comment that people continue to make about blowing my shocks because of the drop.....has anyone blown their stock shocks as a result of dropping the height?

[Young Roids]

Your wheels look alot like the ones on the ZR1.

[AJ08]

i dont think sum 1 had there ms3 long enough dropped for their shocks to go bad