2013 Skyactiv Mazda 3 Sedan
Alright I looked around on a lot of these forums and posts about these coilovers but I could never find any good reasonable posts about them. So I just went ahead and bought a set just to see for myself what they were like. I have read a lot of the VW forums and all of them seem to really favor these coilovers, most with little to no problems. All over these Mazda forums however I see nothing but bad comments. Everyone seems to say buy BC coilovers as a fix to everyone’s problem. I am not going to use this car on the track or anything of that nature. So why would I spend that much money on some high end coilovers. I only want to lower my car and be able to adjust it when I finally get a set of rims picked out. I believe coilovers are the only way to get a proper looking stance. Spring and Strut are just going to lower you but if you ever get rims then you will not have the control you want to set your ride to the best height.
I bought a set of ultimo, just because the price difference was only around $30. I spent $490 shipped to my door. Shipping only took around 4-5 days to come in and boy was I excited. The shipping is, who cares. Good enough to not damage any of the parts. I don’t give a crap if it was wrapped in special bubbles that were handmade in Egypt. The construction seemed legit. However I am no mechanical engineer. I am in electrical so I would not know much about the construction like others might. I know that they were adjustable and a nice color.
Installation of these coilovers was kind of a pain. No instructions came in the box but if you have any knowledge of suspension components then you can suck it up and get them to fit no problem. The fronts did need a good bit of aggressive work to get the stock strut assemble out and the new coilovers in. Just a bunch of beating. I can go into more detail if anyone needs but I’ll keep this post to a more general review instead of an install guide.
The coilovers made me very nervous at first because I did not know what to think, due to all the mixed comments. I knew that no matter what I was going to drive very hard on these coilovers for a week or so because of the 30 money back guarantee.
REVIEW!!!!
Ok so I have been on these coilovers for a little over 3 weeks. And I have yet to have any types of problems. There is not any noises or any type of vibration or any popping. Just a bit stiffer than the stock springs. That’s what I paid for though. The corning is a completely noticeable difference. I wanted to be able to take an off ramp without my passenger attacking me from their seat. Surprisingly I feel as though I can hug the corners a lot closer and with way less body roll. Completely what I was looking for when I purchased these coils. The look is 100 times better. I remember being eye to eye with people in mini vans and it kind of made me depressed. Idk why they made a sport sedan so dang high from the factory. I went from being around a 27ish inches all the way around to being right at 25 inches all corners. That measurement is taken from the ground to the fender. So take it from me that if you install everything properly and drive your car like a sane human being then I would see no problem in ordering a set of these coilovers.
Alright I looked around on a lot of these forums and posts about these coilovers but I could never find any good reasonable posts about them. So I just went ahead and bought a set just to see for myself what they were like. I have read a lot of the VW forums and all of them seem to really favor these coilovers, most with little to no problems. All over these Mazda forums however I see nothing but bad comments. Everyone seems to say buy BC coilovers as a fix to everyone’s problem. I am not going to use this car on the track or anything of that nature. So why would I spend that much money on some high end coilovers. I only want to lower my car and be able to adjust it when I finally get a set of rims picked out. I believe coilovers are the only way to get a proper looking stance. Spring and Strut are just going to lower you but if you ever get rims then you will not have the control you want to set your ride to the best height.
I bought a set of ultimo, just because the price difference was only around $30. I spent $490 shipped to my door. Shipping only took around 4-5 days to come in and boy was I excited. The shipping is, who cares. Good enough to not damage any of the parts. I don’t give a crap if it was wrapped in special bubbles that were handmade in Egypt. The construction seemed legit. However I am no mechanical engineer. I am in electrical so I would not know much about the construction like others might. I know that they were adjustable and a nice color.
Installation of these coilovers was kind of a pain. No instructions came in the box but if you have any knowledge of suspension components then you can suck it up and get them to fit no problem. The fronts did need a good bit of aggressive work to get the stock strut assemble out and the new coilovers in. Just a bunch of beating. I can go into more detail if anyone needs but I’ll keep this post to a more general review instead of an install guide.
The coilovers made me very nervous at first because I did not know what to think, due to all the mixed comments. I knew that no matter what I was going to drive very hard on these coilovers for a week or so because of the 30 money back guarantee.
REVIEW!!!!
Ok so I have been on these coilovers for a little over 3 weeks. And I have yet to have any types of problems. There is not any noises or any type of vibration or any popping. Just a bit stiffer than the stock springs. That’s what I paid for though. The corning is a completely noticeable difference. I wanted to be able to take an off ramp without my passenger attacking me from their seat. Surprisingly I feel as though I can hug the corners a lot closer and with way less body roll. Completely what I was looking for when I purchased these coils. The look is 100 times better. I remember being eye to eye with people in mini vans and it kind of made me depressed. Idk why they made a sport sedan so dang high from the factory. I went from being around a 27ish inches all the way around to being right at 25 inches all corners. That measurement is taken from the ground to the fender. So take it from me that if you install everything properly and drive your car like a sane human being then I would see no problem in ordering a set of these coilovers.
