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[kampfire]

I think your argument is irrelevant. It doesnt matter what you think. It only matters what the owner of the vehicle thinks/wants. If he/she wants to lower it to improve the stance/remove wheel gap then why not.

BTW did you know that the cx-5 is faster around laguna seca than a skyactiv mazda3? Thats pretty impressive to me.

Lowering a speed3 makes sense. The car has a purpose and that is to drive fast around the twisties. The cx5 is far from a sports car i dont care how many times mazda shows it on a race track. You can race anthing even a hightop conversion van on a track it doesnt mean it should. Would people do this to a nissan rogue? Or a hundai tuscon? Or a ford escape? Most likely not, so why should they with a mazda cx5 its pretty much the same thing but with mazdas name on it. Dont kid yourself that this car is something special on a race track. Its decent gas saving young family car. Who did mazda say would buy it as target audience? Current mazda3 owners who have had kids and need something a bit bigger. Not boy racer whos gonna slam it and throw a fart can on it. Think poor mans cx9.

[rS1]

Why all the sniping? Want to lower your CX-5? Go for it! It's your ride and you want to feel proud of it (or else you wouldn't have bought it in the first place, right?).

Whether or not the pluses/negatives are true, at the end of the day it's all about preference. Now to the poor man'x CX-5 comment, I take issue with that only because I traded in my 2008 CX-9 for the CX-5 because while it was fun to drive, I was filling up the tank EVERY week. Nearly $70 on regular gas a week SUCKS. Of course it doesn't have the power of the CX-9, but once it's revved up this baby can move!

Me personally, I'm most likely going to swap out all of the exterior lights and swap out the OEM wheels with either a black or gun metal/gray colored wheel. Why? Because I think it would make my sky blue mica CX-5 look bad ass :-) - Oh yeah, and plan on tinting it too. All that being said, I continue to get compliments on the car from all sorts of people, so I'm certainly happy with my CX-5 as is for now ;-)

[CX-SV]

Yes, by all means lower it to the max. Who needs suspension travel in a awd SUV. A lowered car almost always looks better, that's why concept cars (including the one our CX-5 is derived from) have a low ride height and large diameter wheels.

I saw a pre-production prototype of 2013 Lexus GS350 (not a F-Sport) at a unveiling in Pebble Beach last summer before the general public. They lowered that too for greater visual impact, it was considerably lower than stock ride height (and of course they made no mention of this).

Agreed, no need to (westley) snipe, lol. Sacraficing a very good and thoroughly engineered ride/handling combo (in the case of the CX-5) for looks is not uncommon in the world of modded vehicles. No big deal for those looking to achieve the ideal look with minimal wheel gap and more aggresive-looking stance, I'm very familiar with that in the world of Lexus/Mercedes/BMW cars.

[2007cx9]

Lowering it may even improve MPG.

Just saying.
I've had a sport suspension before in an '07 accord v6 and while it is fun it gets old. Also will make your kids sick if they have that problem.

[Lando]

I'm thinking opposite direction, sorta like this:
http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec...edd%5B1%5D.jpg

Afterall, who hasn't dreamed of off roading in one of these?

[CX-SV]

^Nicely done urban assault vehicle/off-roader, lol. The mud and snow tires combined with the lift kit are the way too go.

[Importfan12]

I'm thinking opposite direction, sorta like this:
http://www.drivingenthusiast.net/sec...edd%5B1%5D.jpg

Afterall, who hasn't dreamed of off roading in one of these?

Thats in Mission Valley part of San Diego thats less then a half mile from John Hine Mazda suprised I have never see this