Well I got my Teins in on Wednesday. But I had to wait to have them put on. So today after meeting the Prez. of the company, we went straight into the job after lunch of course!

BEFORE


and AFTER




And some misc. pics. The last one is my favorite!

FRONT COILS
The factory front coils sat at 26.5in. After the install, the TEINS sat at 25in.

REAR COILS
The factory rear coils sat at 27.25in. After the install, the TEINS sat at 26in.

Mind you the springs still need to settle, I'll have to measure them again here in acouple of days.




Can someone say "slammed!!!!" ...hehehe...only wished! maybe some time in the near future. +40s the purfect offset to tuck some rim!!! One of the techs wanted to see what it would look like slammed, if it was rid'in on air. Surprisingly enough, the wheel was able to turn. But if you only saw what I did...the suspension wouldn't last you 2 months MAX!! You'll need a 'balljoint' budget to maintain the ride...


I've got more photos...but I'll throw those on my cardomain site, when it gets going...

Overall, the car looks great...and it rides awesome! I'm very pleased with the results, and I can't wait to change out the factory front and rear sway after the 1st of the year. I called Hotchkis, I was told that late Jan. would be the release date for these parts. So now I just enjoy what I have for the time being...SIKE!!!!!!

Steve if your read'in this...I'm ready for my c/f hood.... :mrgreen:

 

Awesome! Looks perfect, not too slammed, just right.. Very nice :D Where did you buy them? How much $? Those will definately be the ones i'll get.

 

No rubbing at all? How's the ride? Are you still using the stock shocks?

 

looks great man. congrats!

 

are they progressive or linear??

and as someone else asked how is the ride quality?

I had my old car dropped and the ride was horrific. It didnt bother me but my girl wouldnt ride in my car.

Put it this way is the ride bad enough that you wouldnt put a baby in the car? And will it blow the struts immediatly?

 

are the rims 18s or 19s..and do the tires rub at all?plmk

 

Mine should be in Early next week....I am in VA so it takes longer...I'll post pics as soon as I get back from NY (for New Year's that is!).

 

SWeet

 

damn loook realy good :D

 

are these the same springs you got 2.4 front 2.0 drop for the back

http://www.creativecompacts.com/Merc...ontcsuspension

 

y r ur headlights yellow?

 

oh nevamind you got coilover

 

The title says coil springs not coilovers :?

 

Car looks sweet man, But now im unhappy I ordered mine before I seen them I was looking for a drop more like
This...
:D

Its weird the sprint springs are 2 inch and the tires tuck tein states these are 2.4 and 1.9 and its no where close... I hope they settle well, keep us posted...

 

Relax!! The wheels are only tucking in that picture because its on the lift. Look up and you will see the pics on the ground!

 

looks good.

 

looks good, but I was expecting a bigger drop too...

 

Looks a lot better.

The car does look really good with that drop. I dont really like when the rear is lower than the front but thats how you make a FWD car handle better. Id rather have slight height in the rear so the car slops forward??

Still looks great!!!!

 

Thanks guys! I've been waiting for all this to come together for quite sometime, and I'm very happy how things came together as quickly as they did. Much Thanks goes out to Nilo for the rims | Island Motorsports for the tires | Vitek @ Kozz Tuning for the TEINs.

I couldn't have asked for a better offset of the wheels, they're **** on!! The inner lip of the rear fender to the edge of tire is about 3/4". NO RUBBING AT ALL on 19's !!!! The front isn't a problem either...plenty of room for clearence.

I was abit skeptical about about replacing the shocks/struts too, but after driving home last night after work...I couldn't even tell the ride had suffered any. It rides just as good as it did when I had the factory coil, if not 10x better! :D I'll be keeping tabs on the condition of the ride here in the next couple of months...I wouldn't replace if you had too, just if you wanted too. Ur shocks and strut shouldn't collapse that quickly, Macferson makes good quality components. The rides solid and tight.

Some of you need not be unhappy with the height afterward. It still has to settle, and will do so, for another acouple of days...so I'm not worried about the project height from TEIN. Today at lunch I went and measured the height again, the front hasn't moved but an 1/8", and the rear moved another complete inch. So right now I've got a total of roughly and inch and a quarter in the front , and 2 an a quarter in the rear.

So not to bad...sorry about that deceiving photo...I could only wish it came out that low. I cropped to photo to see if anyone noticed. But in reality...that would tear up your ball joints in no time....trust me!! Ur not getting that low unless your bag your ride.

 

he knows, he said he wished it looked like that.