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post Jan 13, 2006 - 12:15 PM
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What's the best way to drop your car with comfort? I like drop car, but from what I read its uncomfortable unless you get the right parts. let me see if i can show a pix of how drop i want it. well its in this topic of the honda civic " The Civic"


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post Jan 21, 2006 - 1:23 PM
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QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Jan 20, 2006 - 12:54 PM) [snapback]381512[/snapback]

Tein SS coilovers are great if you can afford them, I bought a set late last year and I love them. However, I realized that the design and dimensions of the strut and spring assembly compared to the stock design results in a much harder ride.

If you look at the Tein's, the whole assembly is very narrow and thin compared to stock or aftermarket springs for our cars.....heres a picture to show you what I mean by this.

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The Teins are more narrow and the spring really hugs the strut unlike stock which has a great big seat for the spring to sit in and "give" a little more....If you look at the stock fronts you'll see what I mean. Obvously the springs that come with these have a pretty high spring rate also, so that adds to the roughness a little. But I think that because the impact of hitting a bump is expressed through such a narrow shock and spring as opposed to dispersing the impact over a wider area with a stock configuration or even Tein springs with KYB's, the ride is obvously rougher than if you went with the latter.

So I would go out on a limb and say that if you want a better balance between ride comfort by design and handling as well as saving a wad of money, Tein springs and a set of stock replacement shocks is for you. If you want a better handling car and can sacrifice some comfort for your car feeling like a go-kart, then go Tein SS.




how easy/hard was it to put those ss teins on? what major difficulties did you under go, if any?
post Jan 23, 2006 - 1:57 AM
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QUOTE(tovejas @ Jan 21, 2006 - 11:23 AM) [snapback]381892[/snapback]

QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Jan 20, 2006 - 12:54 PM) [snapback]381512[/snapback]

Tein SS coilovers are great if you can afford them, I bought a set late last year and I love them. However, I realized that the design and dimensions of the strut and spring assembly compared to the stock design results in a much harder ride.

If you look at the Tein's, the whole assembly is very narrow and thin compared to stock or aftermarket springs for our cars.....heres a picture to show you what I mean by this.

user posted image

The Teins are more narrow and the spring really hugs the strut unlike stock which has a great big seat for the spring to sit in and "give" a little more....If you look at the stock fronts you'll see what I mean. Obvously the springs that come with these have a pretty high spring rate also, so that adds to the roughness a little. But I think that because the impact of hitting a bump is expressed through such a narrow shock and spring as opposed to dispersing the impact over a wider area with a stock configuration or even Tein springs with KYB's, the ride is obvously rougher than if you went with the latter.

So I would go out on a limb and say that if you want a better balance between ride comfort by design and handling as well as saving a wad of money, Tein springs and a set of stock replacement shocks is for you. If you want a better handling car and can sacrifice some comfort for your car feeling like a go-kart, then go Tein SS.




how easy/hard was it to put those ss teins on? what major difficulties did you under go, if any?

The install was very straightfoward....you just need to ditch your old shocks and springs, and the coilovers bolt right in place of them. Defgeph came over and helped alot on my install, however it really isn't very difficult aside from getting the bolts unseized and off the car and removing the rear sway bar end links from the factory struts. Chances are you'll need to replace them since they use allen key ends and will strip easily. If you have some mechanical skill its really not a hard install, just time consuming.


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Posts in this topic
- My2Celi   suspension drop   Jan 13, 2006 - 12:15 PM
- - Bigmeanbulldog55   Quality parts = Quality ride Simple as that, man....   Jan 13, 2006 - 4:29 PM
- - pure_dx   tokico? eibach?   Jan 13, 2006 - 9:06 PM
- - 97lestyousay   kyb, koni, bilstein   Jan 14, 2006 - 10:06 AM
- - Gen6-GT   If you're going to spend $$$ on...   Jan 16, 2006 - 8:58 PM
- - Jen   Eh, while this is being talked about. When I had m...   Jan 16, 2006 - 9:11 PM
- - My2Celi   okay ill look into that. But whats the difference ...   Jan 16, 2006 - 11:51 PM
- - 95CelicaST   Coilovers are adjustable sleeves. You can use some...   Jan 18, 2006 - 3:34 AM
- - Coomer   No-one makes shortened struts for our cars. To hav...   Jan 18, 2006 - 3:11 PM
- - My2Celi   nnoooOOOOOOO. man this is gonna b tough now. custo...   Jan 20, 2006 - 7:06 AM
- - Coomer   If all goes well, I'll make a how-to on shorte...   Jan 20, 2006 - 12:07 PM
- - Silver94CelicaOwner   Tein SS coilovers are great if you can afford them...   Jan 20, 2006 - 12:54 PM
- - playr158   i noticed the same things with the AROSPEED coilso...   Jan 20, 2006 - 1:04 PM
- - rjbibeau   did you use the stock bearing plates for the teins...   Jan 20, 2006 - 5:27 PM
- - 95CelicaST   How much do the Pillow Ball Mounts cost?   Jan 21, 2006 - 2:57 AM
- - celiracer   Dan did you aerospeed coilovers ride smooth tho? o...   Jan 21, 2006 - 12:22 PM
- - playr158   stock struts defenitly not goin to hold up that lo...   Jan 21, 2006 - 1:19 PM
- - tovejas   QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Jan 20, 2006 ...   Jan 21, 2006 - 1:23 PM
|- - Silver94CelicaOwner   QUOTE(tovejas @ Jan 21, 2006 - 11:23...   Jan 23, 2006 - 1:57 AM
- - celiracer   Well what kinda struts would i need to buy to be a...   Jan 21, 2006 - 5:02 PM
- - LewFX   coilovers have struts + springs in one and are adj...   Jan 21, 2006 - 7:23 PM
- - celiracer   O, well i'm buying dan's aerospeed coilove...   Jan 21, 2006 - 7:38 PM
- - playr158   get a set of KYB GR2 or KONI if you got the cash f...   Jan 21, 2006 - 11:45 PM
- - celiracer   ok, thanks so i'm just getting the adjustable ...   Jan 22, 2006 - 2:26 AM
- - deliriouzgtfour   anyone know where i can find new sperical balls fo...   Jan 23, 2006 - 5:51 PM
- - soulshadow   Lowering springs will cause an unstable alignment ...   Jan 27, 2006 - 10:15 AM
|- - Coomer   QUOTE(soulshadow @ Jan 27, 2006 - 7...   Jan 27, 2006 - 11:48 AM
- - playr158   yea i'm in agreeance with coomer on this... s...   Jan 27, 2006 - 5:53 PM
- - My2Celi   soooo.. go with springs instead of coilover. for c...   Jan 28, 2006 - 11:37 AM
- - soven   forget the custom strut   Jan 28, 2006 - 1:55 PM
- - playr158   its all going to depend....no "custom" s...   Jan 28, 2006 - 3:09 PM


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