I know this question that has been asked many times, but how "harsh" is the ride? I’ve searched and read many different things. I understand that it all depends on your own personal opinion but I guess my question is if you set them to the 'least stiffest' setting, is it still that bad. I would like to go with this setup but would still need the adjustability for a pretty decent ride. If it was just me driving/riding in the car I wouldn’t care, but with a kid in the near future, I would need something that won’t kill the kid. I’m looking to go with a drop similar to the S-Techs, I’m not going to slam the car or anything like that. I hear the Tanabe coilovers ride similar to stock but the 2” max drop might not be enough for me plus they don’t offer the camber adjustments and upper mounts. (and if I did go with the SS-P’s, I would get the EDFC to easily change the damper settings depending on who’s in the car). But if the ride would still be too stiff, I suppose I would go with the S-Techs and shock combo. Thanks in advance.

 

Its not harsh... it has dapening controls so you can make it better. Thats the point of the edfc change it on the move

 

Like Keith said the ride is not that harsh at all but I would deffinatly not recommend it with a newborn. It is the sudden change in road height that is the most noticeable with Teins. The worst is when you enter and leave a bridge, the Teins do not have the suspension travel so they can't absorb these changes like the factory suspension.

Jeremy

 

it depends on what you compare it to. it is a lot harder than stock to the point of making cd skip relatively often. i don't know what kind of super teins everyone else got but even with the damper on softest setting it is not to comfortable of a ride over any road that is not perfect. softer damper does not equal softer springs!

 

the spring rates are gunna be the main factor in how harsh the ride is...not the valving of the struts. the tein basics and super streets spring rates are about 3 times stock. so yes its much harsher than stock which is great when you want to drive the car at its limits. but i guess its your call if your gunna be carting around a child. i dont think the harsh ride would injure the kid...but might definatly make em cranky.

 

Make a cd skip? damn somthings wrong with your radio then....

 

i had mine on stiffest most of the time and it was very harsh on bad roads. sounded like my car was breaking but thats normal. i did ride in my coilovers again after i sold them and the settings were 8/10 (16 being stiffest) and it felt a lot smoother over bumps. i never go to test them on 1/1

 

Thanks everyone. I've been debating on which setup to go with ever since I got the car. I think I might have to go with springs though... I have a pretty long commute to the office each day (fun roads though) but I don't think I'd ever really use the coilovers to their full potential. BTW, best prices on S-Techs?? Thanks again guys.

 

www.illusivecustoms.com

 

my cd player is a brand new alpine 9833 so not cheap at all, it was the overly high spring rate keith.

 

They ride nice and firm but not uncomfortable.

As for the cd skpipping.... Well my alpine cda9855 has NEVER skipped, nor my cd/dvd drive for my computer nor the hard drives for my computer, so i think something is also wrong with your radio.

 

i think s tech's with stock strut's is going to give worse ride than coilover's any day. if you go spring's make sure you get new strut's and shock's.

 

maybe the roads in illinois are better than here in orlando because i never had problems after i got rid of those coilovers.

 

its not that tein are ubearable or anything i am just trying to get the point across that coilovers are much harder than springs. i see a lot of posts on here where people are telling everyone how their coilovers feel the same as stock until they take a corner then its hard and perfect. and it just not that way, i put around 3000 miles a month on my car and its all city miles and its great if you want to drive aggresively all the time but if you want to relax sometimes it can get anoying, thats all.

 

in no way are my coilovers as smooth as stock but i think they ride much better than when i had my spring's on. the spring's where a little bouncy but the coilovers are valved for the higher spring rate so there is a much more predictable ride to them no bounce and as long as the road is not tore back it provides a good ride

 

Hey guys, I ended up going with Tein SS-P’s and got them on Friday (Thanks to Keith at www.illusivecustoms.com for getting them to me; excellent service btw). All I can say is WOW…I can’t wait to get them on my car. Just a few questions about them:

1. The install seems pretty self-explanatory. Just wondering if you guys had any issues during the install. I’m pretty mechanically inclined (I’ve done some installs before, but not coilovers). I also don’t have access to any air tools, so would it be safe to tighten everything up without them?

2. Also, how much of a drop is it if I set the height to the recommended specs (20mm)?

3. And lastly, which direction do I install the upper mounts for the fronts. Out of the box, the camber plates were adjusted all the way to one side. So should I want play going towards the middle or out?

Sorry if these questions seem stupid. My car has been in the shop for two weeks now getting fixed (long story short, some lady cut me off - $2200 worth of damage) so I haven’t been able to check out my car. Thanks again in advance.

-Jim

 

You dont need air tools just get a torque wrench to know you wont have problems.

Out of the box it should be set to the recommended height. I believe its s-tech stance.

Theres markings.... put it on the center mark for the camber plates.