Lowering Springs, TRD Lowered Springs or Tein S Tech Options

[Red123]

Hello guys.
What would you recommend me for lowering the car? TRD or Tein Springs? or any other brand?
What's your opinions?

Thanks

[Box]

I have Tein, have ridden in other vehicles with Tein and liked them. Only other brands I'd consider would be Tanabe and Eibach, and of course TRD/Nismo/Mugen etc... where it applies.

[trdproven]

I have Tein, have ridden in other vehicles with Tein and liked them. Only other brands I'd consider would be Tanabe and Eibach, and of course TRD/Nismo/Mugen etc... where it applies.

Honestly alot of the Japanese coilovers are considered mediocre in specs, dampening, spring rates because in japan the roads are not that bad and is for slow speeds cus its too crowded there. they arent made for US pot holes and roads that feel like construction never completed. put it this way, my halfway settings are still better than Teins most stiffest setting and mine still rides better. Teins lack adjustability and options. almost outdated when compared to new style coilovers. Tanabe, TRD, and Tein are just Ok really. If you really like Tein, I cant wait for your reaction when you try something better. Surprisingly i really like the Chinese parts bin a lot better and Im all for Japanese products just not their suspension for realllsss. You cant imagine with all my cars how many suspension ive purchased and bought and how many ive ridden on my friends cars. Like I said I put on my Tein coilovers 1 day, rode for under 2 miles, then bought BC coilovers the same day. I literally threw those Tein suspensions out the window in fact 1 shock blew in that time. and all my friends say the same thing they blow early. BCs are pretty good, could have gotten higher end ones but already wasted money on crap Teins. All my friends say dont ever get Teins, and I was like YEAAH i thought it was only me. and this comes from friends who have slammed cars, heavy cars, and autocross cars. Actually just rode in a Lexus Tein Coilovers, ohhh man, they sucked, he had to slow down in every single bump on the road, so i took him in both my cars and drove it like it aint dropped and he freaked out, he said next set is whatever I got, but he is just one of the many proof of a dissatisfied owner of Tein. For me, id rather get the budget coilovers like Megan and BC since they are cheap and ride a lot better than Teins, and even by the time they blow, it wont be that bad to buy them again. instead of spending for 3k or more on coilovers that could blow in the same time or just get older in time by the time you get new budget ones. ive changed suspension on all my cars so much it aint even funny. my 6gc by itself went through 3 suspension setups meaning coilovers or springs, and ive changed almost 90% of all my suspension in the suspension diagram. Imagine what i had to do to my other cars ive had. I have nothing against Teins, I was just expecting more from a Japanese company, and it didnt help that not even 1 of them satisfied me. i just want to give people the heads up for any car. I recall reading the manual when dropping it, i lowered it first and it was soo freakin high so much finger gap, so when went back to the manual i was like what the hell, its even already dropped lower than the freakin recommended specs and the car was still a 4x4. freakin pissed me off. I can only think that if you use Tein coilovers to drop 1" ONLY maybe you might be ok but at that point you might as well get eibach or TRD springs.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Aug 29, 2012 - 5:58 PM