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Old 11-22-2004, 02:50 AM
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what do you need to do it yourself besides a spring compressor?
 
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Old 11-22-2004, 02:56 AM
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Yea my older brother works at a garage and they charge 50 an hour just for labor...but on the plus side i get all my upgrades and stuff put on for free at home cause he can borrow engine pullers and all that good stuff...
On a different note i just bought new 16" wheels that i will be putting on in the spring and i just needed to know what i will need to get the speedometer accurate cause i know with larger tires the speedometer wont be accurate what would i need to buy or adjust??
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What you need to do is measure the circumfrence of your stock rims with stock tires on them. Then when you go to look at tires find the one that closely resembles the circumference of your stock tires.

So, basically you'll be getting lower profile tires as they will closely match your stock tire size.
 
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Old 11-22-2004, 04:55 PM
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They have these online already....no need to measure your stock rims w/tires.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

You put your stock settings in there and then the new size you're going to. Then you can change it to get it as close to the stock rim/tire diameter which will keep your speedometer reading the same.
 
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Old 11-22-2004, 11:11 PM
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i just bought a 99 neon rt 3 weeks ago and was already lowered. i dont know how it was done but the car rides extremely rough like to the point where you get sick at times. what could the problem be?
 
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Old 11-22-2004, 11:16 PM
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The problem could be that its lowered.

When you change the suspesion for handling you lose comfort. If you don't like the way it rides, bring it back to stock specs.
 
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Old 11-22-2004, 11:19 PM
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how can i make it a little less bumpy. maybe new struts?
 
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Old 11-22-2004, 11:21 PM
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New struts can help it ride a little less rough. But it'll still ride rough.
 
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Old 11-23-2004, 12:02 AM
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struts normally make a ride stiffer ride without struts and you have a spongy ride
 
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Old 11-23-2004, 01:05 AM
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What? If you drive without struts you go nowhere as the car would be sitting on the pavement, your car needs sturts. I may have misread what you wrote but thats exactly what you said.
 
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Old 11-23-2004, 03:41 AM
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Like crazy said...if you want a smooth ride, I repeat "DO NOT LOWER YOUR CAR". Your lowered car no matter what strut/spring combo you go with it will always be a rougher ride than stock.
 
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