1990 Suspension - Spoon feed me please
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Have a 1990 Miata 1.6 turbo. Has Tokico HP blues and Tokico 5053-3 (I think) springs on it. Rides like crap.
I'm looking for a comfortable street yet sporty type ride. This is not a racecar or an autocross only car. I may autocross here or there but not looking to break any records. From what I have been reading I was planning on going with Tokico Illuminas and FM springs but it looks like they have been discontinued? What would be the next best choice. Budget is ~$800 give or take.
I'm looking for a comfortable street yet sporty type ride. This is not a racecar or an autocross only car. I may autocross here or there but not looking to break any records. From what I have been reading I was planning on going with Tokico Illuminas and FM springs but it looks like they have been discontinued? What would be the next best choice. Budget is ~$800 give or take.
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Thanks for the spoon feed and kick in the ***. From what I had been reading everyone pointed to the illuminas, but it looks like that ship has sailed. I read the first dozen and and last dozen pages of that thread before posting. First thoughts were that it seemed janky; I was looking for off the shelf option that was easy and proven. Apparently the modded bilstein's have credence. I'll read thru that thread.
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Thanks for the spoon feed and kick in the ***. From what I had been reading everyone pointed to the illuminas, but it looks like that ship has sailed. I read the first dozen and and last dozen pages of that thread before posting. First thoughts were that it seemed janky; I was looking for off the shelf option that was easy and proven. Apparently the modded bilstein's have credence. I'll read thru that thread.
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Doubt it's gonna happen.
I think it goes something like: those that took the time and effort to read it, understand it, make informed choices, and then apply all of the above to building a proper setup aren't going to then sit for hours summarizing and spoon feeding some lazy entitled n00b.
Wanna be lazy? That's totally fine. Go pay a vendor and receive all of the above for a price. Most will be biased though, and most don't even know suspension 101, because they're just flipping parts they know little about.
So really, just don't be lazy
I think it goes something like: those that took the time and effort to read it, understand it, make informed choices, and then apply all of the above to building a proper setup aren't going to then sit for hours summarizing and spoon feeding some lazy entitled n00b.
Wanna be lazy? That's totally fine. Go pay a vendor and receive all of the above for a price. Most will be biased though, and most don't even know suspension 101, because they're just flipping parts they know little about.
So really, just don't be lazy
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I just opened this thread because I was curious how many neg cats it had. Kinda surprised at only -3.
Lol'd at better billy thread literally right under this one.
This is one of the things that bothers me about FB groups, ppl make threads similar to this on a large group and ppl go through the same arguments. Where as forums have loads of data and conversations regarding it right on the first page of the sub-forum.
I have nothing to add, I'm just complaining.
Lol'd at better billy thread literally right under this one.
This is one of the things that bothers me about FB groups, ppl make threads similar to this on a large group and ppl go through the same arguments. Where as forums have loads of data and conversations regarding it right on the first page of the sub-forum.
I have nothing to add, I'm just complaining.
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Buy:
1) Nb Bilstein sports
2) Sleeves/perches (Ground control, Allstar thru Summit/jegs, or 5x Racing)
3) Bumpstops (make informed decisions)
4) Springs (make informed decisions)
5) Top hats (make informed decisions)
Stir vigorously. Install on car. Profit.
There is NOT a one-size-fits-all answer to a Bilstein setup. That's why the thread is long.