I had considered the same at one point bc of ground clearance at hiking or biking trailheads but I did come across these 40mm strut spacers: Complete Lift Kit 40mm for Mazda CX-5, Mazda 3, Mazda 6 | eBay

 

Have you called suspension companies? Apparently they have tons of 'raising' options when I call, but no specific lowering options, naturally.

 

Have you looked at other Mazda models for ideas? Most Mazdas have quite a few parts that can be swapped, perhaps the CX-5 suspension, or some of it at least, can get you what you want. The springs will swap over, probably the shocks too.

 

Really I was hoping I could get by with spacers. Literally one inch would be fine with me. The lip from the aero kit is really what's got me, but I like the look too much to remove it.

 

I'm pretty sure the springs from a CX-5 will fit, and give you maybe an inch.

 

They might, that's just significantly more costly. I'll keep looking, maybe I'll find something.

 

A set of 2nd hand CX-5 coil springs is cheaper than these spacers.

 

Anyone ever installed spacers or something similar to lift the 3 a bit? I've been scraping my bumper in a few places in my town, it would be nice to have the car even an inch higher. I have a 2014 sGT if it matters.

Reduce the exaggerated rake a bit by LOWERING the rear a tad more than the front, not too much to remove the rake altogether. Yes, crazy....but I did exactly this experiment on the 2DJ...
Left pic shows front bumper ground clearance of a stock ride height 2. Right is of a lowered & rake-corrected identical car. Latter gained front bumper clearance while losing wheel gap. 2nd pic shows how that car currently sits. 3rd shows how much rake & wheelgap a stock 2 has.

 

Will lifting not affect car ride?
Cornering?

 

It will.

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So it's not advisable to lift?

 

Depends on your needs. If you need more ground clearance then why not? Yes, it will affect the suspension characteristics, mainly cornering, but if you are not racing then I don't see issues. Will need suspension alignment after install.

 

Planning on getting this for the winter time. Getting tired of hearing my skid plate get smashed up from the chunks of ice that fall off the trucks. Will update later down the road.

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How'd it go? I'm perusing these lift threads trying to decide if I want to sell my Mazda3, or spend some money on CX-5 springs or maybe spacers.

 

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I might have something useful... I had some spacers and extra camber plate studs machined to add 1.25" to the top of a BC Racing coilover setup trying to resolve some clearance issues for more camber. I wasn't satisfied with the results, but the spacers should work as a lift. Let me know if you'd like details on these.