DO you guys know any vendors who sells coilovers for the TSX?

 

Mugen and Phase Racing are the only ones I know of so far. I believe Tein and JIC may have kits as well.

Does anyone here have the Mugen coilovers? I'm very interested in the ride and handling qualities.

 

I think Mugen has spring/damper kits, not adjustable coilovers. For now, TEIN, BuddyClub, and Phase Racing have coilovers for the TSX.

 

Buddy Club Racing Spec Coilovers

http://www.aj-racing.com/project-AJRCL7.html
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InspireS

 

as far as i know, there are:
Buddy club
FEELS
M&M Honda
RG
Phase Racing
TEIN
BILSTEIN(JAPAN only)
KW
H&R
and Tanabe's in developement.

as far as i know, Tein and FEEL's have the softest springs(least spring rate). H&R and KW are not damping adjustable(and phase, too?).

 

The Phase Racing ones are rebranded RG (Racing Gear) Coilovers, very nice quality and good reputable company.

Can't say much about TEIN as I've had friends that had horrible experiences with the coils seizing due to corrosion.


InspireS

 

hey inspire do you know if phase has adjustable dampers? or just the coilover itself?

 

after so many years of trying diff suspension setup on diff cars, i think this setup sounds almost perfect if it does become avalible. Gonna save up for this unless it's priced too ridiculously.

ProDrive USA

sounds almost too good to be true.

 

Aric what rims did you say you slapped on your car? looke like some buddy clubs

 

Looks cool, but I anticipate a MSRP of $3000 US.

 

those were sold, havent decided on what to buy next.

No one buys stuff at MSRP. :p if it does what it says, i think i can probably justify spending a max of US$2500(actual price) on them. anything over that will require very very deep thought.

 

I believe that Ground Control is out for this car too

 

The Phase Racing Coilover Set is made by Racing Gear, and yes they are height and dampening adustable. I don't think there is a Japanese company that makes only the adjustable perches like Ground Control. Those in my opinion are not even considered coilovers.

InspireS

 

those are just adjustable shocks not coilovers. they just go with springs and allow adjustment of dampening and not height.

bilstein, koni, tokiko, kyb, h&r etc make just the shocks as well as coilovers.

 

those things sound nasty.

 

Which one are you refering to? I assume you're talking about the GC? If so, then GC's aren't even shocks. They're just coilover sleeves (with springs) that you can put over almost any shocks (even your stock shocks) to have the height adjustability.

 

Ummm...your sig's a little wide.

 

naw i wasnt talking about the GCs. I was talking about what i am looking for. sorry for being unclear

 

aj-racing.com has the buddy clubs in stock, 2450 CAD, about 1885 USD
Just got the e-mail from them today in fact!

 

so wuts the main difference in coilovers vs springs?

 

One thing is that u can adjust the height on Coilovers...and with springs it just a set drop.. no adjusting

 

Wait, adjust between drives, or with a button while at a stop light? It'd be fuckin awesome if you could have it adjust while you drive. And have the vertical stabilizer wings come out of the trunk while we're at it... and the chain gun would pop up from the hood... and yeah, make my ladyfriends hotter.

 

tein makes an EDFC adjuster unit that can adjust the campening from within the car i believe.

 

Is it something you could do while moving?

Edit: Looks like it's more for controlling damping force without adjusting the actual height of the vehicle.

 

hmm that i do not know. im sure you can find out if you did a search somewhere

 

hey the tiens are the flex and they are $1400.we carry them at autowerks 248-545-8903 10:00am to6:30pm .that with pillow mounts i think.and the efdc is like $ 398or something like that

 

I have ground controls on my TSX, they are the same part # for the new Accord. Ride is pretty decent, but definately more stiff. Got to give up something to get something. No wheelgap is AWESOME.

 

can u post a pic. with the ground control install..and your talking bout the 04 accords right...how much u get them for 350 im assuming

 

I plan to take some pics this weekend. All I have right now is a "sneak peak" Don't know how my pics will help you make a decision about purchasing, as I may have my car lower than you might personally like. They are adjustable, Eibach made, great overall build and quality.



I didn't buy them, they were included in the price of the car along with some other OEM extras. Retail on them is about $400, not including installation or alignment.

 

How many inches did u drop it 2 inches im assuming

 

Not sure how low it was dropped, just told them to eliminate the wheel gap.

 

Very Nice

 

It's kinda funny that your dealer insist on installing an aftermarkey product on N_Smith's TSX. I couldn't even make my dealer install a short shifter lol.
N_Smith: Did the dealer say anything about your warranty at all?

 

My dealer has speedshop tied in with the Service Dept where they perform modifications and warranty them as well. They are so tied in with Comptech, that when the Supercharger comes out, I just may have them install it. (My warranty goes until 2011 or 100k) hehe

I received a 1 yr/12k warranty on the coilovers themselves, just in case something goes wrong. Now if I blow a shock out, then they probably won't cover it because the car has been lowered. Is that a big deal? Nah, i'll just upgrade.

-Nick

 

so are your dampers different from stock? because i called eibach and they said that they don't have anything for the TSX available yet.

 

You kind of just answered your question.

Yes, they are stock.

 

hey N_Smith..

your car was on honda-tech right? so you purchased your car from valencia acura and they included the GC coilovers in with the payments? if you dont mind me asking did they get you a good deal with the car body kit and coilovers? thanks.

 

I am friends with a former Regional Manager (Now promoted to Corporate), so yes, I got a very decent deal. The guys at Valencia really are friendly, hell I can name off quite a few names there just because I talked with each of them at one point or another:

Brian Fleming
Paul Terwilleger
Kevin Comer
Jet Salas

Dealt with the dealership for 4 months from the time they tried searching for the TSX I wanted, to ordering it, to waiting and waiting and waiting, to delivery and FINALLY the SALE. They'd always have a Dr. Pepper for me when I walked in, 100% satisfied with my experience.

 

To the guy with Ground Control coilovers, what shocks are you using?

 

Revived from the dead, but he said he was using stock shocks.