99HORSEPOWER

Please don't bash me but i have one question does anyone have a picture of when they were installing their coilovers in the rear?, the reason for asking is how big of a washer (width wise) do I need to use and is the washer used on the bottom through bolt or on the strut tower itself? Im kind of confused about this part

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iTrader: (2)

The information had been answered in one of the old thread, I couldn't find it anymore.Anyway, just be patience there will be some one will answer this. BTW, may I ask you what kind of coilover did you used and did you have to drill out the upper mount hole? ThX.

99HORSEPOWER

tein street basis, i just ordered them, and as far as i know the old tophats (WITHOUT THE RUBBER SEAL) are a basic drop in and the coliovers bolt right up with the use of the old forks on the front of course. Its only in the back where a washer is needed. Someone correct me if I'am wrong.

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Is it the new Tein street basic or the old model? I've heard the new one is pretty good.

99HORSEPOWER

I believe its the new one its off of ebay the cheaper one lol as it did take me some time to get the money for this haha

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LOL. Has it arrived yet? I can't wait

STGTLS

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Yes we want to know if you got them yet

99HORSEPOWER

Front ones are installed ->only lowered the front to about two finger lengths to be equal with the back plus i dont want to kill my tires haha

STGTLS

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Pics

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NICE, yes we do need some pics. LOL, I know what you mean. I want to lower my car too but my tires only has less then 3000 miles on it. So I have to wait a little bit, instead im working on my stereo

Nicnakpattywhack

Hey I'm a new member, and I just recently purchased my 2000 rl and ordered coilovers, was wondering with the drop, does the rl have any problems going over speed bumps. More so than a regular slammed car? Because the rl is really long.
I was planning on dropping to no tire gap.

99HORSEPOWER

Over regular speedbumps slammed on stock tire size meaning 16's you wont have an issue but with a passenger your exhaust will scrape, at least thats what i experienced

Nicnakpattywhack

I think my stocks are 18s ?.. I'm not positive though because I bought it used.
But thank you ! My coilovers come in some time with the next 2 weeks hopefully

99HORSEPOWER

What kind of coilovers are you getting?

Nicnakpattywhack

I'm going with tsx coilovers. I was going to go with ksport legend coils but a friend recommended the tsx ones

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Lol, we know you used the coilover from the tsx, but the question here is what brand is the coilover tein, megan, form and function...And can we see some pics.

99HORSEPOWER

I got the tein street basis, it rides rather well (i have a 2 finger gap in my wheel wells), i heard that the function and form are pretty stiff

99HORSEPOWER

Haha man i still have to put my rear ones on but im lazy at the moment

Nicnakpattywhack

Lol I totally forgot this thread was about tsx coils
I ordered the tein street basis ones. Still have yet to come in

Marvaless81

Are the ksport legend coils & tein street basis a prefect fit or do you need to do some modding to make them fit.?

99HORSEPOWER

The front teins are a direct fit you just have take out the rubber from the oem tophats amd bolt them down, like I said I have yet to put rear ones on but what I have read is that all you need to do is add a washer to make them fit hope this helps you out and I reccomend having an extra set of hands once youre putting them on bec it never hurts hope this helps

kid spartan

Thanks for bringing this back up and answering the questions! I went to my local speed shop and got a quote for the Tein Basis. I'll hopefully be installing them soon enough!

kid spartan

Also forgot to ask (too late to edit) do you need impact tools to do the job? I have a friend who has them so it's not a problem, but I was wondering if I can complete the job at my house...

pmendoza502

will Ksport coilovers/struts work with the oem top hats?!

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Why do you want to do that? I thought all ksport coilover for tsx have damper setting on them, so using the oem tophat on a coilover with damper setting is a waste to me.

pmendoza502

because from what i gather, the TSX top hats wont fit on our cars, and i really dont feel like finding front pinch forks to use the legend version of the ksport suspension...

I had my friend call Ksport and ask if i could get a tsx kit with the top hats from a legend kit and they said, (and i quote) friend-"they said, not possible" me-"did they say why?" friend-"they guy was kind of a dick, he's like, 'no, cant do'..."

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Ok lol that is a very bad customer service, but anyway, a member here had a TSX Megan EZ coilover with damper setting and all he did was drill out the holes a little bigger. I don't know if the mounting stub on the megan is the same as the ksport or not.

pmendoza502

from what i hear, D2, Ksport, and Megan are all made by the same manufacturer, just produced in different colors... ( but im not 100% sure)

anyways, i figure doing this is alot more inexpensive than buying the legend forks, and still buying a drill bit to make holes for the strut tower bar bolts...

pmendoza502

what size drill bit might i need to use to make a big enough hole?

thaillest30

I actually found a few Legends in junkyards in my area. I thought about ripping the headers off a Legend engine but alas no time and no patience.

pmendoza502

yea, i live about 30 mins away from like a whole mile long stretch of junk yards, but im just too lazy... plus i really dont want to have to pay alot to make things work lolz...

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Thaillest30 will answer this for you lol because he is the one with that set up.

thaillest30

Yes it is a 1/2 inch metal bit.