Whats up everyone. Names Jeremy from South Jersey. I drive a 93 miata that should hopfully be slammed soon. I recently got Tein street basis coils but they DO NOT go low enough. Fuckin sales people tried telling my they could put my frame on the ground but anyway heres the car! Any suggestions or questions are welcome!

hi there.

Welcome

Could you guys help me with a problem? Curious about something.

What might this problem be?

So as I stated I got the Tein Basis coils for my miata. Problem is when i bring the spring all the way down the shock completely compresses so it cant come down farther. Would extended top mounts solve this problem? Any other ways to get my coils to go lower? I really regret buying them..

from what your describing, yes extended top hats should help but I dont think they'll get you as low as your hoping. Are your bump-stops still in? and welcome btw

yes they are, Should I remove them? I was also thinking of taking the lower perch off

nice miata, i might buy one in the near future seeing all these,

have you considered getting different springs? FWIW, most coilover springs are interchangeable, just get the correct spring rate and overall height for your needs. when i had my EK civic, i had tein basics on it, but I used EF springs to go from "lowered" to "dumped". just a budget friendly idea.

What size/rate springs do you think would be good?

I'm currently running 425lb front and 390lb rear (aprox 8k/6k). i'm not bouncy and its actually pretty comfortable, considering the ride height. you would just need to measure the overall height of the spring and find one with a comparable spring rate but shorter overall height. email tein and see what they offer.

Sounds good. Ill shoot them an email and see whats up. Thanks by the way!

no problem man, i hope i at least helped you save a couple bucks. coilovers are expensive!!

I know... Once I blow a shock or something I'm just going for stance.

welcome Jeremy!

Thanks man! I really like this forum. It's the first I've found where people don't get cybersmacked for asking a question haha. You guys seem chill.

Welcome. Nice car. I think for the most part all the tein coilovers don't go very low. I have monoflexs and just about have them maxed out and my car isn't close to being slammed. For your next set of coilovers I would recommend Stances or BCs.

EASTTTTT CAWWWSSSSSSSTTTT! <3

Hell yeah ahahah. I see mostly everyone here is from Cali it seems!

florida

Welcome

x2!

Anyone from farther up the east coast?

i think slim with the dsm is from ny

Im trying to head down to florida in the summer actually. Any good meets down there?

jacksonville is pretty weak, everything decent is near orlando and tampa

^ im near tampa and I dont see many real good meets but I hang out with mostly air-cooled guys and all we do is sit in parking lots till 3am and drink beer lol.

sounds like a good time!

lol yup. we need more tampa burglars, they know how to do it right.

I need more Jersey burglars.. Theres ONE slammed kid I know. He has a civic and it's decently low. He's the only kid around here though. Everyone I work with says this exact thing "why do you want to be so low? Why dont you make your car fast? Camber looks stupid." No respect over here man. haha

damn

im from way up on the east coast. upstate NY. did you mention if you still have bump stops?

Yeah I have em still. I ordered new coilovers though. Should be slammed next week ;] Where in upstate ny? Ive been up there a few times. I used to tour with a band and we played around there

sorry i took a while to reply. i live up near Lake George. about 50 miles north of Albany.

Im from Connecticut! Although no car yet

same here in illinois, theres a very select few who actually respect being slammed everyone else wants to have the fastest car and end up in jail apparently

yea, same here. me and a kid with a MK1 cabrio (slondabox) are the only ones up here.

Haha funny thing about the gofast kids. Two days ago this auto supra that ruined 2 of our meets around here got arrested after a car chase. He crashed into a curb or something. Karma for the dbag. Nate did you ever hear of a band called state champs from albany?

miata is clean goo look at mine and tell what you think im with a big offset lol

Sooooooo I sold the miata and got an integra for the fact that I'm having a baby which I'm super excited about but of course ill be slamming it! I am ordering coils tonight and then wheels next weekish. Heres some pics guys. I'm gonna go with a ratty/boso look for this one. Hope you guys like it so far.

After this I bought new fenders, a lip and a bumper. I have a new rear bumper/finish plate but i havent got to putting them on.


Then I did this.

I feel sorry for your baby having to ride around in that.

why?

Really?

:|

edit: atleast you sold your miata, one less dumb looking miata.