Tein Basic Coilovers

katchkillah · Posted: 5/16/08 12:23AM Post subject: Tein Basic Coilovers

ok it's finally listed with a price so is anyone running these? i was happy with these in the xb.

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 684

i saw those the other day and was gonna make a post about it. $1170 is kinda steep for me, but tein makes good stuff. if they had s. tech or h. techs available, i probably would have gone that route instead of tanabe.

katchkillah · Posted: 5/16/08 9:06AM Post subject:

yeah true, but i don't want to be like my xb. do the spring route then after so long swap um out and pick up coilovers. so this time i pretty much now the availability to do coilovers i wanna go straight to coilovers.

pickledchang · Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Posts: 684

good point, saves you money doing it that way. i have not seen anyone here with those coilovers. most everyone here is doing springs. i know someone was trying to get ksport to develop coilovers. i would take the teins over those, personally.

eight08customs · Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 1019 Location: Honolulu Hawaii

so kory when we installing those coilovers.. ????

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2461 Location: SoCal

Oh my god those coilovers are expensive! They list them at $1170 on their site. For the basic coilovers! I didn't think they would be that pricey for the basics. Then again I've never looked at coilovers hehe.

katchkillah · Posted: 8/10/08 1:58PM Post subject:

LOL. don't know. gotta see what jon has to say. yeah that's a sacrifice. chels. then just buying springs. but then i get to adjust the height to my desire. of course not as luxurious as air bags like marshall.

katchkillah · Posted: 8/21/08 11:05PM Post subject:

well the teins run pretty good a little more stiffer now. but i'm definitely alot lower now. well i'll post pics soon. really really want to but need to wait for the opening of the show. so here's a sneak peak. LOL

katchkillah · Posted: 8/23/08 2:49AM Post subject:

here's what the basics can do. hehehehehe

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2461 Location: SoCal

And you can adjust the height right? Is that as low as you can go? I'd love to get those but.. I has no monies :(

katchkillah · Posted: 8/23/08 11:27AM Post subject:

yup the luxury of coilovers letting you adjust the height. at this moment the front still can adjust to drop another inch. and front if i take out the perch i can get another inch in the back.

katchkillah · Posted: 8/24/08 4:41PM Post subject:

xravexboix · Posted: 8/25/08 3:17PM Post subject:

Tein's prices recently were increased. The SS-P for tC was around $1400ish, now they are in the 1600 area. I bought the SS for my Solara in 03 for $1100 (listed at $1340).

They are height adjustable, but the seat bototm doesn't adjust, so preload may become an issue. A slight adjustment is fine though.

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2461 Location: SoCal

Oh my.. they increased the price??? There goes any hope of affording Teins :cry:

katchkillah · Posted: 8/25/08 6:55PM Post subject:

oh that sux. heheheeh well good thing i jumped on these.

MtnRunner · Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Posts: 32 Location: LA, CA

How stiff do the tiens ride? im looking to minimize body roll and improve responsiveness. xravexboix did an awesome write up of the tenabe springs and said they dont do much of anything. I need a suspension to keep me glued when im being stupid!

xravexboix · Posted: 8/26/08 11:40AM Post subject:

MtnRunner wrote: How stiff do the tiens ride? im looking to minimize body roll and improve responsiveness. xravexboix did an awesome write up of the tenabe springs and said they dont do much of anything. I need a suspension to keep me glued when im being stupid!

The spring rate on the Tein Basic is about 1.5x the Tanabe (so probably about 1.6x stiffer than stock). That's enough to do away with about 60-70% of the body roll when used in conjunction with the rear sway bar.

Tein Basic sounds like the way to go for you. Hopefully the Super Street model will be available. That is definitely the best street-friendly coilover I've used. It's a great balance.

katchkillah · Posted: 8/26/08 12:08PM Post subject:

it is a tad stiffer from before since i've had it on the road for a few days now. but haven't really driven it. LOL. since i'm usually stuck in traffic everyday.

MtnRunner · Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Posts: 32 Location: LA, CA

let me know when you get a chance to test them out more, im wondering how the body roll is

katchkillah · Posted: 8/27/08 5:14PM Post subject:

hmmm not sure if i'd take it that hard. LOL. just on a little stretchy tires too. but will try when i have time.