Yes, yes and yes…
It’s narrow high road humps that are the issue and need to be approached at an angle.
I had a chance to examine the underneath this weekend, there’s one bit of chassis that curves down a bit more than others at the rear that takes the scrapes which sound far worse than the witness marks suggest.
We will continue to blat around Scotland as per normal, just with less roll
My ND is in for Eibach fitting today
You will feel how much more planted the car is.
Assume you are having full 4 wheel alignment too.
So, what’s your verdict following the lowering of your ND Sport Recaro.
Assume it sits on Bilstein shocks, the same as my ND 2ltr sport.
Haven’t driven it yet as I’m working away from home - back tonight though so should give it a blast tomorrow 
Ok just came back from a 40 ish mile run around Reeth in Swaledale.
The roll is virtually eliminated by the new springs, steering is much more precise around the centreline and the general steering feel is much improved.
Handling - initial turn-in is better, feels more grippy and because of the roll elimination you can really lean on the front-end if you wish to do so. The car is better planted on the road and dive under braking is much reduced, making it feel more controllable (under braking). The effect of the reduced pitch down under braking is reflected under acceleration it feels like the car can get the power down better when exiting corners, it feels like you can really exploit the LSD when powering out of both fast and slow corners.
I managed to get the car airborne a couple of times - not something I’d ever had happen before, probably a combination of the different springs and the fact it feels more exploitable so I might have been going a bit harder over the tricky bits of the route.
Looks? -much improved it is lower and better for it - IMHO.
Downside - maybe the ride is a little harder (but I’ve just spent the week in my motorway barge) also it feels better over rippled surfaces as the body is better controlled, the “patter, patter” and unsettled feeling has gone .
Ground clearance - well gonna have to watch the speed bumps until I get used to it.
Overall well pleased, feels like the car has transformed from good to now outstanding real drivers piece of kit, I had an M235i before the ND and tried an M2 - 50k for the BM !- no way, much prefer the 5 anyway, after the spring upgrade no contest.
And no increase on my insurance policy
Your comments sum up my findings exactly, the car is just improved all round, a must have upgrade.
Well, after much dithering I had the Mazda dealer option Eibach springs fitted to my ND 2.0 Sport Nav. I had been worried about hard a uncomfortable ride and ground clearance issues. Well all my fears were completely dispelled after a fantastic road trip to Scotland taking in much of the NC500. The car was an absolute joy to drive, even fully bombed up! Under normal driving conditions the ride was not noticeably any harder and the roll is significantly reduced but not totally. The only thing that I did notice was that I felt the car was a bit harder in severe compressions, but that was very rare. I did very gently “ground” the plastic flaps that dangle in front of the front wheels at a very severe transition from the road to a steep driveway, but with a little more care it did not happen again. I do wonder how the non Sport cars would fair with the standard fit factory shock absorbers compared to the Bilsteins on the Sport model. They may bottom out a bit more readily. The springs were fitted by P.V. Dobsons at Levens in Cumbria. They did the job including suspension geometry check/re-alignment and headlamp leveling for £420. The car does under-steer perhaps a little more than I would prefer on the entry to very tight extended corners but that is not to say that the handling is anything less than outstanding. The car will keep to your chosen line no matter what the road throws at it. The front cambers are measured at -0 deg 14 min and -0 deg 48 min for left and right respectively which is within the -1 deg 30 mins to + 0 deg 30 mins factory tolerance. I think that a little more negative camber could reduce the under-steer but I would appreciate any input from people who are more in the know. The car also looks much better (and right) with the wheels nicely concentric with the wheel arches. My insurance company Privilege Insurance charged me just £31 admin charges for the change and have added £250 to my compulsory excess which seems fair enough as I have added £420 to the value of the car. By the way if you are in the vicinity of Callander (on the A84) in Scotland I strongly recommend a detour onto the A821, it is a fantastic road with tight/medium extended corners every 50 yards or less (most of which have good visibility) for about 10 miles. It is just like a go-kart track but wider!
Have you any more detail, measurements or settings for using our fitting these please?
Hi all, long time lurker, 1st time poster, trading my 2016 ND for new, on order due in a couple of weeks. It’s a 30th Anniversary.
This will be my 3rd MX5, always wanted them lowered, mainly for appearance but never had it done. I would prefer to go Eibach Mazda dealer for warranty reasons. Thinking of getting it done before handover but have a few questions:
Should i drive it as standard first to appreciate the differences or get it done before collection?
My O/H will be driving it a lot and i don’t want complaints about it being too harsh.
Does the price for Mazda include everything, headlight realignment, full geo?
Can Mazda be trusted with the alignment or should it go to someone like BBR or Wheels in Motion for alignment after fitting?
Not that i’ll be selling anytime soon but will it impact resale?
Any advice/comments appreciated
From my experience I would drive the car as stock for a couple months and see how you get on with it.
I had the Mazda lowering springs -30mm fitted to my previous ND 2ltr Sport by my Mazda dealership after 2 months of ownership. The ride quality on the lowering springs was fine, the handling was much improved. Speed bumps were not really a problem.
The Mazda dealership checked and set the headlights for me in with the price for fitting the springs, be sure to ask them to check the headlight settings if you go ahead with the change.
I would recommend you let the new springs settle for a few days prior to having the alignment done at a specialist.
Luckily my dealership had the alignment carried out at a local specialist adjacent to their site. Mazda recommend the car has a full tank of fuel prior to carrying out the alignment.
The lowering did not affect the value of my car when I sold it, in fact I don’t think the salesman realized it had been lowered!