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Old Feb 3, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
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yeah the k-sport will give you one of the lowest drops out there
KW is a good brand and i would recommend them more than teins
k-sport over teins? wow that the dumbest comment i have ever heard
He didn't say that. Besides, why you would bump a thread that's a couple months old, just to give someone a hard time is beyond me.
oh right, I must be a little tired when i was was reading. I swear I saw K-sport instead of KW
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Originally Posted by Domo
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yeah the k-sport will give you one of the lowest drops out there
KW is a good brand and i would recommend them more than teins
k-sport over teins? wow that the dumbest comment i have ever heard

Im under the impression that you think that KW and K-Sport are the same company. If so you're horribly mistaken. TEIN coilovers and K-Sport coilovers both suck compared to any KW coilovers.
well your mistaken, who the heck doesnt know the difference? Its common sense that KW is different from K-sport. For example where does the W play in K-sport? Either way K-sport sucks and I have no idea why you would think KW coilovers are that much better then Teins. Tein has over 20 years of experience in the tuning industry. There products IMO are top notch and from the cars I have sat in they are incredible. Oh and Teins are not just ment for a drop, if that was so then they wouldnt win any of the 5+ rally championships they have achieved. The only Teins that were really just meant for a drop are the S-techs that you ride on. So im guessing thats where you got your impression on Teins.
Yea, but then you gave him problems again here... check the attitude a bit, okay?
Old Feb 4, 2009 | 03:02 AM
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ok
Old Feb 4, 2009 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Domo
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yeah the k-sport will give you one of the lowest drops out there
KW is a good brand and i would recommend them more than teins
k-sport over teins? wow that the dumbest comment i have ever heard

Im under the impression that you think that KW and K-Sport are the same company. If so you're horribly mistaken. TEIN coilovers and K-Sport coilovers both suck compared to any KW coilovers.
well your mistaken, who the heck doesnt know the difference? Its common sense that KW is different from K-sport. For example where does the W play in K-sport? Either way K-sport sucks and I have no idea why you would think KW coilovers are that much better then Teins. Tein has over 20 years of experience in the tuning industry. There products IMO are top notch and from the cars I have sat in they are incredible. Oh and Teins are not just ment for a drop, if that was so then they wouldnt win any of the 5+ rally championships they have achieved. The only Teins that were really just meant for a drop are the S-techs that you ride on. So im guessing thats where you got your impression on Teins.
Not to nit pick and argue over minute differences but TEIN has two divisions, TEIN Japan and TEIN USA. Although the parts are made in Japan TEIN USA R&D's the H-tech, S-tech, Basic and Super Streets for the USA, pretty much they take their Japan market products and test them and make the adjustments to their product before they are released in the USA. So therefore I was mis-stated my previous comment. TEIN USA sucks, TEIN Japan doesn't. I apoligize for not being specific. Now the problem is the only TEIN suspension products available in the USA for the xA/xB are; H-Tech, S-Tech, Basic, and Super Street all of which are biased towards drop, and not so much in handling. If TEIN had Mono Flex's available in the USA for the xA/xB, I would rock them and be all for it. My comments come from my personal expirence in building track cars.

BTW You'll be surprised how many times people confuse one company with another, which is why I made the statement that I was under the impression that you did the same.
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OK so here it goes. KW is a european brand and makes competative coilovers. if you are comparing tein and KW first thing first is which line are you comparing. I think basics and SS from tein sucks, so if you are comparing the variant 1 with the basics or ss then I would go with the KW. But if you go high end I would choose tein without a doubt. The problem with KW is that even their highest end coilovers called the variant 3's are twintube coilovers, which in my opinion sucks. If I had to choose between the variant 3s or the mid level tein monoflex's I would easily go for the mono-flexes. In other words if I had to choose between tein and KW, I would go with Tein.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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twin tube is designed for the streets, momotube which holds more oil is meant for track and rally.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ninjlao
OK so here it goes. KW is a european brand and makes competative coilovers. if you are comparing tein and KW first thing first is which line are you comparing. I think basics and SS from tein sucks, so if you are comparing the variant 1 with the basics or ss then I would go with the KW. But if you go high end I would choose tein without a doubt. The problem with KW is that even their highest end coilovers called the variant 3's are twintube coilovers, which in my opinion sucks. If I had to choose between the variant 3s or the mid level tein monoflex's I would easily go for the mono-flexes. In other words if I had to choose between tein and KW, I would go with Tein.
Did you even read my posts? I'll explain this one last time so read carefully. TEIN USA only released the Basics, Super Streets, S-Tech's and H-Techs for the xA/xB platform in the USA. So xA/xB owners in the USA got the shaft from TEIN, KW makes the Variant 2 for the xA/xB which upgrades the comfort and handling of the xA/xB's way more than TEIN USA could ever hope to do. Why because no one actually released "high end" coilovers for the xA/xB, even Zeal only released their lower end products for the xA/xB because no one expects an xA/xB owner to care that much about handling, let alone track it like I do. Face it, KW is as close to high end as you can get with an xA/xB. This comment is based on what is available as I type this, if TEIN ever released MonoFlex's for the xA/xB in the USA I would be the first one in line to buy it.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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KW's are great quality and more evolved from racing application. Tein coil-overs are good as well, but imo go with KW's, I have installed them on a few cars and am impressed.

K sports are a waste of money, they fall apart.

KW's are awesome
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bB384
Originally Posted by ninjlao
OK so here it goes. KW is a european brand and makes competative coilovers. if you are comparing tein and KW first thing first is which line are you comparing. I think basics and SS from tein sucks, so if you are comparing the variant 1 with the basics or ss then I would go with the KW. But if you go high end I would choose tein without a doubt. The problem with KW is that even their highest end coilovers called the variant 3's are twintube coilovers, which in my opinion sucks. If I had to choose between the variant 3s or the mid level tein monoflex's I would easily go for the mono-flexes. In other words if I had to choose between tein and KW, I would go with Tein.
Did you even read my posts? I'll explain this one last time so read carefully. TEIN USA only released the Basics, Super Streets, S-Tech's and H-Techs for the xA/xB platform in the USA. So xA/xB owners in the USA got the shaft from TEIN, KW makes the Variant 2 for the xA/xB which upgrades the comfort and handling of the xA/xB's way more than TEIN USA could ever hope to do. Why because no one actually released "high end" coilovers for the xA/xB, even Zeal only released their lower end products for the xA/xB because no one expects an xA/xB owner to care that much about handling, let alone track it like I do. Face it, KW is as close to high end as you can get with an xA/xB. This comment is based on what is available as I type this, if TEIN ever released MonoFlex's for the xA/xB in the USA I would be the first one in line to buy it.
JIC's are also another high end coil-over to consider.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bB384
Originally Posted by ninjlao
OK so here it goes. KW is a european brand and makes competative coilovers. if you are comparing tein and KW first thing first is which line are you comparing. I think basics and SS from tein sucks, so if you are comparing the variant 1 with the basics or ss then I would go with the KW. But if you go high end I would choose tein without a doubt. The problem with KW is that even their highest end coilovers called the variant 3's are twintube coilovers, which in my opinion sucks. If I had to choose between the variant 3s or the mid level tein monoflex's I would easily go for the mono-flexes. In other words if I had to choose between tein and KW, I would go with Tein.
Did you even read my posts? I'll explain this one last time so read carefully. TEIN USA only released the Basics, Super Streets, S-Tech's and H-Techs for the xA/xB platform in the USA. So xA/xB owners in the USA got the shaft from TEIN, KW makes the Variant 2 for the xA/xB which upgrades the comfort and handling of the xA/xB's way more than TEIN USA could ever hope to do. Why because no one actually released "high end" coilovers for the xA/xB, even Zeal only released their lower end products for the xA/xB because no one expects an xA/xB owner to care that much about handling, let alone track it like I do. Face it, KW is as close to high end as you can get with an xA/xB. This comment is based on what is available as I type this, if TEIN ever released MonoFlex's for the xA/xB in the USA I would be the first one in line to buy it.
Cusco made some coils for the xB..I would say thats pretty high end.
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 01:00 AM
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Although Cusco makes very good "high end" coilovers for our cars, they're more for comfort and to "dump" the car, they don't make "race" coilovers for us. Also, I may be mistaken, but they really haven't released their coilover line in the USA, they have to be imported.
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 02:18 AM
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^^arent most coils imported? I mean they make em in Japan and then they are shipped to the US. I think this is the same for Teins. Any who GO HIN is having a group buy on them
Old Feb 18, 2009 | 09:57 AM
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^^arent most coils imported? I mean they make em in Japan and then they are shipped to the US. I think this is the same for Teins. Any who GO HIN is having a group buy on them
What I mean is that you have to have them imported directly from Japan. TEIN usualy has their parts in stock here in the US. Meaning I buy TEIN's today and I'm installing them within the week, I buy Cusco parts and I have fo wait for them to come in from Cusco in Japan.
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JICs tend to be really really stiff...what are the going prices for KW's? I need new shocks soon...might just go coilovers...
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