Ryan's Miata Project

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Two new things:

This went in ...

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And these will go in soon ...

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Nice!
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Well, the fronts are awesome.

Rear is as low as it'll go and still needs to come down another 2" ... back to the drawing boards.

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Looking at the pics of the coil overs, you should be able to remove the lower spring perches that came with the shocks. With my ground control kit, it was recommended. The adjustable sleeve would then sit on the clip that holds the OEM perch up. That would give a bit more drop, but I doubt you would achieve your 2" goal.

The other option is to buy my Ground Control setup. That would give you the adjust ability you are looking for.
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Yeah, I think I'm going to remove the OEM bilstein perch, then see if I can slide the sleeve over it somehow and position the height with the supplied set screws that go in the sleeve.

If that doesn't work, I dunno. brb gotta put on thinking cap.
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Looks sweet! Love those wheels.

Want your fender roller tonight?
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'08 9.3 SportCombi - Family Wagon.
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'91 Legacy AWD - Sold :(
'74 MGBGT - Stage: Welding project.
'87 4Kquattro - Gone, but not forgotten
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Yeah I'll shoot you a text when I'm back south.

Gonna stop by Ethan's machine shop and see if he can put some new grooves in my bilsteins, 2" below the current ones, for the snap rings. I think that's the best solution for my ride height issue, short of new shorter springs.
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Cool, just let me know.
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Looks like 2" was a little too far to machine the new ring groove in the rear shocks ...

Solution: lower front even more!

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Put an OEM sway on the back. Feels soo much better now, more planted and stable. Can't wait to throw a front one on.

Starting to love this car, don't want to get rid of it. But, if I keep it, I'll need a turbo. :censor:
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