i wonder how much stiff they are going to be. I had tanabe DF with stock shocks and they weren't that stiff at all.

Now on my old WRX, i had ground control coilover sleeves with KYB Gr-2 shocks.. It was so stiff, it made all my sodas go flat

 

The answer is dependant on the valving.

But your DF210s weren't stiff because the spring rate was probably as soft, if not softer, than stock. For one thing, the rates of the DF210s in the front are lower than NF210s, and if you look at the design of the spring you can see that the front is linear, but the coils are closer which lead me to believe the overall spring rate in front is soft compared to stock. The rear on the other hand was probably around the same as stock, but it's hard to tell due to the dead coils in the design, but the stated spring rates point out that the rear is as soft, if not softer than stock.

 

called tein today. I'll be picking my xb back on friday around 6.

Can't wait...

 

got my xb back tonight. Goin from Kia Rio to xB with coilovers is extremely different, but i can tell that this coilover is pretty stiff.

I'm still on my stock steelies at the moment due to the r&d requirement. But even with the stock steelies, tires don't squeal as much during hard turns...

I'll take some nice photos as soon as I put my 18's back on. I'll be doing some more review on it as well!

 

Did they give you any specifications?

 

no specs. I'm pretty sure it's similar to the tc

 

Pics are up! These coilovers handle extremely well. even with stock and my 5% life remaining falken tires.


Here are some pics of the coilovers!




Rears:




Review:
These are just basic dampers but the handling capability is superior. My box does not handle like a box anymore. I took it for a quick test drive at a near by canyon road and responsiveness to the steering wheel is amazing.

Even with my falken ZE912 tires which have about 5% of life, tire squeals are minimal and body roll has been extremely reduced.


Tein told me that it should be released in about 3~6 months and I HIGHLY recommend any 2nd gen xB owners to get yourself this nice coilovers.

 

how much will these release for?

 

so ure the first to have them?!? congrats bro definatly awesome to be the first wit those. congrats man. how low can they go?

 

Not sure.. I know the MSRP for tC and the 1st gen xB is around 1000 so.. somewhere around there?

I dunno how low they can go yet. Right now, it's lower than my Tanabe DF210 springs and you can see the height adjuster still has room to go down another inch or two...

 

they look great none the less man. so they were free?

 

that tire is bald as hell

 

had to pay rental for 4 days out of my pocket. Other than that, it was free

 

You should talk to them and see if us as a community could get a discounted group rate on the first batch of these for like ten people. When BC Racing developed a coilover system for the 3rd gen Prelude They sold the first 10 to Preludepower.com members for like $675 a piece! I would 100% buy these if they could do SOMETHING for us.

 

x2^ i would jump on the band wagon too

 

How do you call that 5% treadlife? You can almost see the air in that thing. If you're down to the wear bars, you have 0%...so that makes you like negative 20% since you're in the belts.

 

x2, I would never drive on those, you need new tires to go with those coilovers bro!

 

any more pix?

 

i'll try to take pix of my car.

 

oh, and the group buy sounds cool. but we'll still have to wait until the production model comes out