Hey everyone, my name's Ben. I'm 19 and this is the progress thus far of my 2009 Mazda 6. Pretty much getting y'all caught up on the last year or so of the car's progress. I told myself I wouldn't start a thread and then never do anything, so I opted to do many things and then start a thread. As the thread title says, pretty much no one mods these cars, but it isn't uncommon in a cool, quirky Saturn or Civic wagon type of way. The second gen 6 was a bit of a sales flop and it gets overlooked for the 1st and 3rd gens. Or Camries. Or passing clouds.
Was looking at a Cobalt SS/SC but the dealer basically threw the car at me for a great deal and I could no longer afford to maintain my Volvo S60 R. The car had absolutely retarded wheel gap when I bought it. (It's a V6 with absolutely no options, so it has the 17s off of the 4cyl model.) Anyway, here's stock.
The first thing I did after I finished my spring semester was buy a set of B&G lowering springs to at least get rid of the wheel gap. Lesson learned; just save up for what you actually want. Also, there was still around three fingers of wheel gap front and rear.
Note: This was during my brief plastidip phase. We've all been there. Also smoked the ugly orange side markers!
For about the same price as XXRs alone, I found a deal on a set of Ray's/Volk/etc OEM G35 coupe wheels.
Specs: 19x8 +30, 19x8.5 +33; 225/40/19 and 225/45/19.
A lot better than the 17x7 +55 all around I had before. Yakima rack, for scene points! Actually, for holding my downhill bike. It was stolen so I guess I'm a poser now because I have no bike lol.
Retarded camber for being that high up. Note vanity plate; it was an impulse decision.
Now, this brings us to roughly today. There are very few coilover options for this car; the most popular of which is Ksport. (By popular, I mean like 4 people have bought them.) D2 Racing's headquarters is actually in Durham, NC so I decided to give them a call. Actually got a really good deal provided I picked them up and paid cash.
Installing them was a HUGE BITCH. I have little to no mechanical ability but I was not gonna pay $500 to get them installed by a shop. D2 didn't include M10 1.25 pitch nuts for the strut mounts, and we had to drill the OEM mounting holes out to 11mm to fit the studs on the front coilovers. All in all, we were working until 2:00 this morning. Drove it home, passed out, woke up, and took pics. This is my first lowered car so it's taken some getting used to! Let me know what y'all think as far as future improvements. I know it's not that low and I know it's not done.
Was looking at a Cobalt SS/SC but the dealer basically threw the car at me for a great deal and I could no longer afford to maintain my Volvo S60 R. The car had absolutely retarded wheel gap when I bought it. (It's a V6 with absolutely no options, so it has the 17s off of the 4cyl model.) Anyway, here's stock.
The first thing I did after I finished my spring semester was buy a set of B&G lowering springs to at least get rid of the wheel gap. Lesson learned; just save up for what you actually want. Also, there was still around three fingers of wheel gap front and rear.
Note: This was during my brief plastidip phase. We've all been there. Also smoked the ugly orange side markers!
For about the same price as XXRs alone, I found a deal on a set of Ray's/Volk/etc OEM G35 coupe wheels.
Specs: 19x8 +30, 19x8.5 +33; 225/40/19 and 225/45/19.
A lot better than the 17x7 +55 all around I had before. Yakima rack, for scene points! Actually, for holding my downhill bike. It was stolen so I guess I'm a poser now because I have no bike lol.
Retarded camber for being that high up. Note vanity plate; it was an impulse decision.
Now, this brings us to roughly today. There are very few coilover options for this car; the most popular of which is Ksport. (By popular, I mean like 4 people have bought them.) D2 Racing's headquarters is actually in Durham, NC so I decided to give them a call. Actually got a really good deal provided I picked them up and paid cash.
Installing them was a HUGE BITCH. I have little to no mechanical ability but I was not gonna pay $500 to get them installed by a shop. D2 didn't include M10 1.25 pitch nuts for the strut mounts, and we had to drill the OEM mounting holes out to 11mm to fit the studs on the front coilovers. All in all, we were working until 2:00 this morning. Drove it home, passed out, woke up, and took pics. This is my first lowered car so it's taken some getting used to! Let me know what y'all think as far as future improvements. I know it's not that low and I know it's not done.
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