JohnBarbagallo

What's up guys.

Just wanna get your feedback before I do this. I already purchased my Tein S-Tech springs for $180.00, and I'm looking for shocks to go along with them. I'm 99% sure I'm going with Tokico HP Blue shocks, which I'm getting for $319.00.

Anyways, the place that is supposed to do the installation said they'd do it for $250.00. Do you guys think that's fair?

asianspec

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as for installation, id say do it yourself.

JohnBarbagallo

Not only do I not know how to install the suspension, I don't have the equipment, and I work practically 6 days a week. I'd rather have someone who really knows what they're doing (RCT Performance in College Point, NY) install my suspension.

Is that a good price for labor?

97BlackAckCL

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S Techs with the Tokico is a good combo, I'd go either Tokico blues or KYB AGX's

jimmyeatmud

The equipment can be rented from your local auto store for pretty cheap. Autozone might have them for free rental, (check me on that).

$250 seems steep to me, but I have never had my suspension changed.

97BlackAckCL

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not really, for the amount of labor involved, $250 is reasonable, but you could def do it yourself. Just go to a shop and have them break your bolts loose for you, they may charge you $20. I swapped my own suspension back to stock and it wasn't THAT bad, better than the $600 I paid getting it and all my bushings installed in the first place

Palayah8ta

320 + 150 = $470 For Tokico Blues?!? + S techs is a rip off.

whynot just get tein basic coilovers? $580

JohnBarbagallo

Because:

a) I don't want to spend 580 just for the suspension
and b) I've heard shitty reviews about coilovers on the first gen cl's in general. Anyone want to confirm this?

jimmyeatmud

I believe the Tein Basics are shocks and struts. If the whole package is tein, then the quality should be great. I do not know more than that.

97BlackAckCL

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This is true, and I don't know where you heard bad reviews from, but coils are the way to go. You are paying a little more, but the shock and spring are matched for each other, not to mention for the bit of extra money, you get the ability to adjust your height up or down as needed

asianspec

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you can get some used ones for like 60 bucks. i think that garfieldwithcl is selling his still.

Palayah8ta

bro, whats an extra $90 for the ability to adjust ur car up or down. I think its WELL worth it, also the tokico's arent damper adjustable, so once ur put ur setup in, u cant adjust shit. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, get coilovers and get it over with. ive been through 5 setups

Cocoa

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$250 is reasonable as mentioned.

dragon084

how much does it cost to get bushings installed normally.

sorry4tehhijack

97BlackAckCL

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Mine was about $300 labor

AcAttAcK98

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580 for teins?.. from where?.. I just got my agx's and I'm waiting on my neuspeed's I'd kill for the teins though

civic_slayer

this looks like a good deal
Tein Basic

Blenz

Sounds like a pretty good deal to me, go with it

starboy2nv

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ill do ur suspension...

klepto

what? if you "heard" about these shitty reviews, then how did you miss the hundreds of threads where people recommend coilovers, and say good things about them?

SupraManAG

Mine cost about 6hours

97BlackAckCL

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JohnBarbagallo

lol.

Palayah8ta

That Rust will Fuck u up!

Ofockerr

I think That's a little over priced. I have an 01 cl-S and i paid 120 to do my instalation

teh CL

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coils FTW

97BlackAckCL

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Dan3952

My package was $1000: Eibach Prokit and Tokico Illumina. I think a full coilover will always give you better handling than a mix and match package. If you're going to have the car for a long time and it's your toy and don't mind spending a bit of money for a few goodies I would rather have the full coilover if I had it to do over again. Prokit is a very streetable choice and good if you want to keep your ride almost as good as stock but somewhat conservative. Tein is probably going to be more performance oriented.

97BlackAckCL

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You paid a grand for prokit and tokico???? Even in canadia that's a LOT of money

Dan3952

Well I figure the best I could have done on Ebay out of the USA would have been $740 plus duty. There's an extra $48 built into my price because I sent back the KYB AGX's (there's a bad review online for an Accord). Also I had seized rear bolts, which I never could have dealt with if I did my own install, so if it costs a bit more to have someone familiar with tuner cars and knows what they're doing perform the work, it's worth it to me. I was also told nobody stocks that stuff in Calgary, it's all special order.

acura2.2cl

Palayah8ta
I bought car yesterday same colour which is in ur profile same colour same alloys same low
but when i drive the car its dam hard i mean too stiff when i go in bumps so i like to know is it normal or the chocker are gone?please reply me privitely i am new in this fourm.and i need information about gearbox the cluch paddel is to high is it easy if i change the cluch disc my self?
Thanks

CNDC

Get coilovers. It's worth it.