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essejkcamraw
02-04-2008, 05:38 PM
I have a mazda3 and I'm in the process of buying lowering springs. tein's more than likely... 2" drop in the front 1.5" rear. and was wondering how well my stock struts will hold to lowering springs. i've heard about stock struts blowing out when lowered sometimes. will this be a problem or am i good?
jville
02-04-2008, 05:46 PM
They will def. wear prematurely. Your better off replacing them with performance ones while your in there to save you on labor costs.
essejkcamraw
02-05-2008, 09:55 AM
yup, i might just wait it out and just get coilovers instead. thanks for the help.
derekMZ3
02-14-2008, 06:29 PM
still go with tein!
haha
derekMZ3
02-19-2008, 07:34 PM
They will def. wear prematurely. Your better off replacing them with performance ones while your in there to save you on labor costs.

are there any struts you suggest?
jville
02-19-2008, 08:02 PM
not off the top of my head, there is a "how-to" somewhere on here thats very helpful.
silla3
02-19-2008, 08:14 PM
i put the tein s-tech springs on my 3 about a year ago wit5h stock struts/shocks and now starting to wear out a little, fixin to start looking for some new performance one's don't know what brand yet so any suggestions would be helpful, had to change wheels my 18x8 where to wide for the drop now i have some mazda 6 wheels on...
FrancoNemo
02-19-2008, 10:31 PM
i put the tein s-tech springs on my 3 about a year ago wit5h stock struts/shocks and now starting to wear out a little, fixin to start looking for some new performance one's don't know what brand yet so any suggestions would be helpful, had to change wheels my 18x8 where to wide for the drop now i have some mazda 6 wheels on...

hey man i got rx8 wheels n tires on mine with the tein stech drop im rubbin like crazy but im plannin on gettin smaller tires i have 225/45/18 im thinkin about 215/35/18 what did u have when u had the 18's???
silla3
02-20-2008, 07:06 PM
hey man i got rx8 wheels n tires on mine with the tein stech drop im rubbin like crazy but im plannin on gettin smaller tires i have 225/45/18 im thinkin about 215/35/18 what did u have when u had the 18's???

i had the nitto neogen 225/45/18, but the wheels were 8" wide, the reaer would've probably been ok with a shorter tire but i think the front would've rubbed even with a shorter tire cuz of the width....
NTIMD8R
03-06-2008, 09:55 PM
They will def. wear prematurely. Your better off replacing them with performance ones while your in there to save you on labor costs.

I'm getting ready to drop my 5-door on Eibach Pro-Kit springs and am trying to improve my knowledge on lowering vehicles before doing so.

I have a few questions:

1. What causes the stock struts to wear prematurely?

2. If I use stock struts, how fast can I expect them to wear out?

3. What is it that makes the performance struts work fine with OR without lowering the vehicle?

If anyone has an answer to any or all of these questions, it would be much appreciated! Thanks!