Bathurst Bilsteins = Back backing ride...need help!

[ohms]

Hi all,
 
I\'ve just bought my first REX and am absolutely smitten with the purchase. Some of you may well know the car, it has been in the club for quite some time. I purchased it from Richard Moakes and it is in absolutely stunning condition, my only gripe with the car is the Bilstein suspension...it is just way too hard for UK roads!
 
I basically wanted to know the options available for saving my poor spine from anymore punishment. I test drove a few RX7\'s prior to buying Richards car and all of these standard cars had a very compliant ride which I found to be more or less perfect for what I want.
 
can standard springs and dampers still be purchased from Mazda UK, or is there anywhere I can get brand new UK spec springs and dampers from for my car?:chat
 
Thanks chaps

[peterwolds]

welcome got rid of mine replaced with tein superstreets from clive miles better, see MRP top of page

[Spen]

Welcome to the club Ohms. Glad your enjoying your purchase:) You should post up some pics.

Noticed your from Telford, a few of us meet up at the Wood Bridge pub in Ironbridge usually once a month.

[chopper2k22]

Welcome, are you chap whos got the black one, that came to the meet in ironbridge?? i had the white RX

[ohms]

Hi Spen,
 
Know the woodbridge well, and would love to attend a meet.:guinness
 
Not sure how to post pics, will have a play bout and suss it out.:yes

[ohms]

No, wasn\'t me mate, only picked it up yesterday.

[michaelb]

Hello mate

Welcome to the club.

I also have a Bathurst (96 jap import).  I have a tein suspension which is fully adjustable to haw hard or soft you want your ride to be.  My car is alos lowered to 5" off the ground and it is a daily driver !!!

Out of 14 positions / turns of the key ( I Believe ) I am set on 12 and I am in London dealing with London humps every day.

 You may want to consider tein for your car…as I said it is adjustable.

Good luck with the beast..take it easy on wet !!

Regards,
Michaelb

[olly-civic]

do they come with bilsteins as standard? thats what mine came with

[ohms]

It grips like **** on a blanket round the twisties, but alas is too compromised for british blacktop. I would really like to try out the standard Uk spec suspension as I\'ve had adjustable suspension in the past and never found a setting which I thought was to exactly to my liking. The way i see it, these manufacturers spend millions of pounds on R&D for specific situations so I\'d like to go with what Mazda would have originally designated for the car.
 
Can these parts be purchased from Mazda? Anybody??:Thumbs-up

[Spen]

Ricco had a standard uk spec car and changed his suspension for Teins so he would be a good person to talk to about the comparison.

[clive]

Hello and welcome,

Thats one very very nice car that you have brought, I have know Richard and his car for years.

In answer to how soft is a u/k car, I had a u/k car for many years and it rode the bumps like a Rolls Royce compaired to an import :Thumbsup!

[ohms]

Thanks Clive, I feel very priveledged to have bought this car it is as you know absolutely immaculate and has been cared for on a level that beggars belief.
 
Now if i could just sort this ride quality issue out I would have the perfect FD3.:rolleyes:
 
Anybody know part numbers or a UK spec chassis number i can enquire at the dealers with?:cheers

[TonyC]

Got to agree with Clive there, I\'ve now managed to drive a standard FD and it was so nice compared to the modded imports I\'d driven before. The suspension was soft and compliant. made the car so much more composed and exploitable on the normal road. Liked it a lot as a road car. If you only ever drive on the public road I doubt you need to upgrade it much at all.

[ohms]

Should also make it a little more forgiving at the limit...Certainly snappy once the rear end comes round at the mo, you\'ve got to be awake to catch it.:driving
 
A lot of fun, but could be much quicker IMO if it didn\'t make such a meal of a bumpy B road.:2Confused
 

[Mazdarotaryparts]

U/K Rear shock absorbers will cost £110.32 plus Vat each and the Rear springs would cost £63.25 plus Vat each.

Hope this helps