Best aftermarket all-in-one lowering kit?

[b20vteg]

yea, no worries. weird thing though is that physically, the s-techs felt softer to me than stock springs - as in they were easier to compress...

[33OH]

I'm on Tein S-Techs, daily drive 110 miles per day, and have a girlfriend who hates the harsh ride that my Miata has being on coilovers.

I think S-Techs are nice and soft and do everything you want them to do. My girlfriend has never complained about the ride.

Buy them from Micro Image as mentioned before - great customer service and pricing.

[ciscobear]

They are stiffer but not coil-over stiff, we have some very bad roads here and that is when you feel it, not sure where the OP is from but in the USA you guys have pretty good roads and you won't notice a damn thing. I choose my roads since the front of the Belta is pretty low but it is not harsh to ride on.

[1.5]

My roads are decently smooth other than like a 1 mile patch that makes me cringe every day and two railroad crossings.

[jerome]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

I gave three choices, and you said "they" ride kinda rough. which ones did you mean?

The H&R or Sportlines are going to be a nice, firm ride.

The Tanabe DF210 springs will give you a FACTORY ride while lowering the car.

When you say factory ride you mean in terms of comfort, correct? Not handling/performance? What would you pair with the DF210 springs to maintain that factory ride?

[BennyLava]

So the lower you go, the worse it gets. After reading this... maybe I only want to go down 1.5" instead of 2.0"

But man, I wanna make sure I get every last bit of that 1.5". All these spring companies are waaay too liberal when it comes to how much they say their springs lower a car. In my experience at least. If they say they lower 1.5", I assume they really only lower 1". Probly more like 0.9 or 0.8". If they say they lower 2", its really going to be more like 1.4".

And what is it about tokico blues that makes it a better shock, when it comes to lowering? I mean, does that little plunger thing inside the shock have more room to travel up and down, or something?

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

But man, I wanna make sure I get every last bit of that 1.5". All these spring companies are waaay too liberal when it comes to how much they say their springs lower a car. In my experience at least. If they say they lower 1.5", I assume they really only lower 1". Probly more like 0.9 or 0.8". If they say they lower 2", its really going to be more like 1.4".

I'd have to go out on a limb for this entire community and state that it is our experience that manufacturer specs are pretty much bang on. Nobody has made a claim with any spring that it is lowering 25-50% less than claimed on the box.

[1.5]

I agree with this ^

I am only trying to warn you, the way you talk about lowering the car the more it sounds like coilovers are for you. I think getting springs is only going to delay the inevitable.

[cali yaris]

Tokico Blues are a stiffer damper, they tolerate a shorter stroke and are a better match with lowering springs than your stock struts and shocks.

By "factory ride" I mean ride quality, in terms of road feel/softness/etc.

[cali yaris]

Nobody has made a claim with any spring that it is lowering 25-50% less than claimed on the box.

+1

[ciscobear]

Thing is, Yarisworld has so much info and pictures on it, the decision is really easy. These guys helped with my purchase and it didn't take three pages, just doing the homework. More than enough info is here and in this post.

Will be interesting to see what decision you make.

[DeathBeard]

If your going to run stechs on stock shocks don't get them, save your money do it right and get the blues