peewizzle

So bought a set of used 98-02 Eibach Sportline springs off craigslist and took me 5 hours and a 12 rack of corona to put on. I'm happy with the drop but my tires are super fat looking now. Rolling on 215/50 17 I need to get a lower profile I think.

csmaan12

Damn that's nice, what rims are those, me likey!

02type-s

Nice, i wouldnt go smaller on the tires tho. You don't want to go smaller than what was offered from the factory, will look like more wheelgap too.

peewizzle

The wheels are 17x7.5 Sendel S16.

The tires I actually have on right now, 215/55/17 are actually a bit larger than stock 205/60/16. I believe 225/50/17 would match stock circumference but I couldn't find a set of those cheap so I settled for something close. The speedometer is about 2.4% off according to miata.net's tire size calculator.

02type-s

Oooh you said in your first post you were on 215/50, which is the stock size for the Type-S.

peewizzle

yeah i realized after I posted my bad. I was posting from my car after the pics were taken lol idk how to edit a post though

peewizzle

monkeyman03

i think it looks fine.

KruznSolo

bye bye fender gap!

looks clean bro

peewizzle

thanks guys!

yeah i barely can fit a finger front and back

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

looks great bro !!!

jacksonstl03

Nice look. I see your local. Hope to see your car @ some meets this year.

AZN.M3NACE

Very nice. I wish I dropped my TL when I had her. But, she was getting too OLD lol

03tLsNBP

iTrader: (9)

nice! correct tire size for you would be 215/50-17. if you want to go wider it would be 225/45-17. but 235/45-17 is near perfect

peewizzle

thanks ya'll!

I'm worried to go wider because I'm already rubbing when I make sharp turns. I def can't wait to get to some meets this year, hopefully I'll have the type s lip kit before then!

mugenspire

iTrader: (4)

nice start! keep the mods goin. and you mean the OEM lip kit not the type s. what are your other plans?

peewizzle

Other than OEM lip kit, I plan on getting:
new struts
front/rear drilled/slotted rotors from BrakeMotive
debugging trunk
possibly Tsudo or Comptech axle back w/mid muffler delete
projector retrofit

whatever my budget will enable me to do next pretty much

Stephen00TL

Those brakes are not bad for 145 here is a picture of mine in another thread I just have to put them on

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/finally-last-part-my-brakes-came-847733/

MBP_TL

Overall it looks very clean as is. What projectors are you looking to retro?

peewizzle

@stephen00tl
so the legend calipers are 2 piston huh? hmmm i will have to remember that. yeah for $145 i like the price.

@mbp_tl
i saw the diy by sportsautotech and am probably going to get either the mini d2s or fx-r projectors they offer. i would LOVE to get S2000 ones but ehhhh idk if i can justify the price tag that comes along with them lol

i would love to do the retro next but still am a bit scared to heat my lights up hah

Stephen00TL

Yeah better contact with the pad and I got them for just under 100$ shipped and including core charge. I'll hopefully have them on by the end of this week so I'll make a thread of what I think about everything

Stephen00TL

Nice looking car as well. Once you get the oem lip kit it will look much better IMO.

peewizzle

thanks

yeah i have been dying to get OEM kit on there as well. look forward to reading the DIY u write up on the brakes and calipers.

03TLinAK

Looks nice man. Im gonna be lowering mine soon. Wanted to do it myself but Im not too familiar with stuff like that. Is it pretty complicated or easy enough to figure out?

westhaventl

Do the retrofit. So easy...just make sure the projector is placed correctly in the houseing before sealing up. I F'd that up and am gonna have to open mine up again and trim and adjust.

peewizzle

@03TLinAK
overall the difficulty of the lowering was simple...but time consuming. i used 2 3/8" socket wrenches with 14&17mm deep sockets, a 14& 17mm open wrench, spring compressor, and a hex bit socket set.

i did the fronts alone, which were super quick--about 1.5 hour for both. the rear was a b*tch because i stripped the strut rod trying to get the bolt off so do be cautious when you tackle the rear--since i stripped it i had to use an impact wrench to get the bolt off. otherwise when doing the rear, have someone with you unless you have arnold schwarzzenager body strength to do it alone. the rear took me about 3 hours to do lol but overall it's so worth it--its amazing how much a few inches of drop can change the appearance

@westhaventl
i really really want to do retro but its hard getting the balls to haha. is it better to use the heat gun or oven to open the lights up?

Skirmich

Yeah the TL looks hiper sexy lowered.... Super Clean bro!