richyrich1988

so my brother is looking at buying a 07' MDX but there is no "low" support out there for it...my wife has a 08' RDX....i was doing some research and both the MDX and RDX have the same MacPherson independent strut design and independent multi-link in the rear....and the curb weight difference is only 500lb's between the MDX and RDX (MDX is fatter) so do yall think i could make the RDX lowering springs work on a 2nd gen MDX? if not....i can always put them on the wife's car...has this been done before?

hypnotini

not done to my knowledge but in for results.

richyrich1988

:update:

my brother and his wife bought the car....doing more research still.....thinking of leaning towards coils instead of lowering springs because of the added 125 lbs that will be on each spring (500/4) and since the springs rates are intended for a RDX not an MDX....i suspect just RDX springs would destroy the MDX shocks in no time....that way we can set the height and posssibly adjust dampness and stiffen to save the shocks..... will update when we get things figured out.... just letting you guys know who wanna follow this that this will not be like a two week turnaround....it's gonna take time

justnspace

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one aspect that you are not thinking of; is if the mounting points have changed....?

what if RDX top hat cant fit onto MDX?
what if RDX control arms are different?!

richyrich1988

no parts have been ordered yet...as stated in previous post...we are still in the research phase...good thing is my wife has an 08 RDX so we can actually put the two cars side by side for comparison...i realize the mounting points may be different have not had the chance yet to compare....although i have also heard somewhere where honda odessy springs have been used on MDX but that's about it..have not found specifics on that subject

richyrich1988

for anyone following this thread i have made an official thread covering all the aspects of this project *with pics* located here:

https://acurazine.com/forums/1g-2g-m.../#post15362523

i wanted this posted in the correct place....so there it is....check it out and let me know what yall think!!!