How I spent my saturday (Mazda 3 Suspension upgrade)

well, a friend of mine from central pa was about to go to mazda to have them install his TEIN basic damper(coil-overs), mazdaspeed camber links, endlinks, sway bars and strut bars. I told him he was crazy and that it would cost he and I nothing to do it…so he drove here at 930 on friday night and got here at 330 saturday morning…we woke up and noon and did everything…lots of minor things took a long time and we got done at 930 at night…here is how it turned out…
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/Axelacollagecopy.jpg
^^^before we did everything it was mostly stock minus tint, homemade cat-back exhaust w/turbodiesel tip, AEM CAI.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0241.jpg
^^Fronts
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0253.jpg
^^Rears
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0258.jpg
^^Falken Rims w/ new Azenis ST-115
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0266.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0265.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0268.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c355/viggenman/Back%20in%20HEMP/jeff%20hemp/IMG_0269.jpg

it is %150 better than before…and looks great in person…

i’ve never seen an adjustable height rear spring like that before… is it common?

idk…i have never seen one before either…and it came set completely, as did all them so i just dropped it completely while it was still on jackstands…and i think it turned out very well

Mazda TREE!! Very good improvement.

not too shabby, something looks off with those rims thoguh IMO. i cant put my finger on it but something looks funny

Lots betta :tup:

i like the look alot, congrats to him :tup:

vw’s…lol

Alignment asap.

I am surprised… It’s a coilover that’s not a coilover. The basic damper is advertised as such though… Pretty cool stuff.

nice, i likey

They look small. I am not a fan of that design but the drop is very nice.

i think that the style/pattern of the rims dont fit the car, just not my style i guess. but its not my car and to each his own. :tup: on the nice mods though. now it needs turbo

yea, he got the rims because he Auto-Xs every weekend,and he wanted 17X7.5 rims, and he found these Falkens on Ebay(unused) for 320$ shipped(all4!) so he could not pass it up…and it does look much better in person…
…the rims look small, due to large wheel wells and a small car to begin with…think of putting 17s on a miata, they will also look small(possibly not look even 17"s)

i dunno man my borther has 17s on his Miata they def look like 17s

could be the lack of tire. looks to me like the rim is hanging out a little bit. could be the offset too. I dunno. :tup:

The 350z has the same rear suspension set up.

Looks good

that is so sexy with falken rims

me like :tup: