mazda 818

[peterbarber123]

i have recently bought a mazda 818 and really wanna sort the suspension out as it sits aruond 7ft off the floor and handles about as well as a yank pickup:)
 
what parts are available in the uk? also i want sone nice stiff shocks and possibly lowering blocks for the rear leaf springs
 
cheers pete

[steve garbutt]

Pete leave it standard.
Oh and swap it for my ford focus

[peterbarber123]

Pete leave it standard.
Oh and swap it for my ford focus

gonna keep the standard parts so it can be put back to stock if needed,
oh and gonna keep the car too;)

[jon newman]

818 sedan wants a bit of know how does it?
 well heres a tip get on to http://www......-rotorsport.com/index.php or go to the sothern hemisphere. where they are plentiful and well known.

[kiwiracer]

think thats the old school crowd called e x i l e ,i think,me mate showed me their site to check old schoolers,being from nz i like to keep up with the old stuff here in the uk as well as the new stuff,give them a call fella

[Brett]

Funnily enough, there are quite a few people on here who know their old school stuff as well...

[peterbarber123]

few pics and the reason why she needs lowering :Laugh
 

 

 
oh and maybe a rotary lump too carl:wave

[Jojo]

U sellin the house to pay for the car??  Looks a beauty to me...congratulations on ur purchase. more pics when u get the chance please

[Jojo]

Well someone answer the man\'s question!!!!! I can\'t...I dunno-sorry Mr Barber!! :o

[Brett]

There are a few manufactureers who can make things to order - the price isn\'t too bad either.  I\'ve been doing some digging around to find ideas for the Montrose.  IIRC Gaz can do suspension to suit, and theres a lot of other options out there too.
A few google hits

Stiffer ARB\'s seem to be a good first step on the older Mazda\'s IMO :yes

Theres a few places in the USA and Aus/NZ doing carb kits as well.  What lump do you have in yours atm?  (Can\'t get the pics to load at work)

[peterbarber123]

sadly its a piston lump but soon to be either a 12a or 13b n/a;)

[Brett]

Lol - I still have the 2.0L MA boinger in mine - so you\'re not alone

[travellinbob]

so whats the general concensus??? i reckon lowering blocks in the back of it, and a coil over conversion (like an old skool escort type thing) on the front. That way the front would be adjustable and could cope with a rotor in it and not upset balance etc. Because even though there is lots of good adice on here according to brett! no one has said that the spring rates on a 818 are different to that on a RX3 yet.
  really like the car mate too. Would be sweet as with a nice little 12a bridge in it! keep us all informed on how you get on with it.
 cheers, michael.

[kiwimazda]

Does any one know where I can get some fake orange tan and a medallion from please

[peterbarber123]

Does any one know where I can get some fake orange tan and a medallion from please

try boots mate, they sell all sorts of .... for retards:mmmm