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Old Oct 4, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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is the ride real stiff or is it smooth.
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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how is it compared to coilovers on the softest setting
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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Nothing beats coilovers
Old Oct 4, 2008 | 11:08 PM
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yeah i know coilovers are better but i wanted to know how they compared on the stiffness
Old Oct 5, 2008 | 12:02 AM
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Just add $100-$200 more on the spring/strut setup and get the tein basics. You wont regret it. Trust me. To answer your question, my buddy has that setup on his civic hatch. It was almost like ridding a wooden coaster when compared to my bilsteins and ground controls on my eg civic. Not sure how it would be on a tC, but given that the tC weights more, I would say prob like a heavier wooden coaster on bumpy roads. But then again you live in Hawaii. SLAM THE ISHT out of your car. Hehheh.
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is the ride real stiff or is it smooth.
ur gonna feel every single bump in the road.
Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:07 AM
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anyone has this setup? hows the ride?
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 04:10 AM
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i had stech and kybs on my altima and i felt everything! it was a great ride for handling but there were time i wanted to kill myself.

dont know how the tockios are tho, i imagine they cant be much different. just get coilovers.
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i have this set up you do feel every bump on the road its a big difference from riding stock. I went from trd to hotchkis to stechs and stechs are the roughest. I never experienced coilovers to tell you the difference.
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i guess i just have to drive slow now, haha
wont coilovers be more rough because its more stiff
Old Oct 8, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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it's not the worst setup. I like it. It's smooth on smooth roads I live in Louisiana and the roads are horrible
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