I searched this and did not find much at all......, I was wondering how long a good coilover (like Tein) would last if it wasnt used at the track..., just on a everyday driver.... Will the performance last long under these conditions?? Or is it something that will not perform that well after some use? I guess it depends on who you ask....., but I wanted to here what people have to say....

 

For the price you're paying, i'm sure the aftermarket coilover will probably last longer than the OEM. If not use on the tracks or hard driving etc..

 

Out of all the coilover sets I have sold in the last 3.5 years I haven't had one come back yet for any rebuilds. I would imagine 5+ years and over 75k easily without any serious abuse.

 

when you say rebuild them......., what does that usually consist of....? and how much.....?? in comparison to the origional cost....

 

the only rebuildable coilover that tein has are the flex iirc.

Im not exactly sure what consists of a rebuild, or how much it is (if anything).

 

I've had 4 different sets of TEIN coilovers in 4 different cars. The longest one being the TypeHA (no longer available, been replaced by SS) in my Prelude. I had it on for 5.5 years and could've gone even longer without a rebuild. But I decided that I wanted stiffer springs and stiffer dampening for auto-x, therefore I had them revalved. I still have them on the Prelude. So far, it's been over 8 years (including the time after the revalving), and probably over 145k miles on them. They still perform good, however I might revalve them again. This time I want even stiffer springs and dampening for dedicated track use.

I'm not exactly sure what is involved in the rebuild process, but I think they normally replace and refill the shock fluid, and possibly replace the pistons and washers inside the shocks.

 

thanks for all the helpful info guys........

 

^ i second that!

 

It depends on your driving and the road conditions. If you do alot of tracking or hard cornering, it will wear the coilovers out sooner. In fact, it's just the shock absorber that's going to wear. Springs generally don't wear out in a car's life expectancy. If you drive around where there are many potholes and bumps, it will shorten the life of your coilovers.

All in all, depends on your usage and the stress the coilovers are subjected to.

 

Agreed, and if you go by what the likes of D2 promote with theirs - million cycles and not one leak or problem, then as long as the springs are of good enough quality to minimise sagging (which they will do at some point), then 75K could be a very conservative guesstimate.

 

^ yup..what everyone said. And usually, the stiffer/harder you set your coilover set-up, the less years they will last. The softer it is, the longer it is, but i heard it makes very little difference.

 

agree, but even w/o track usage its likely that COs will not de very depandable, especially if you live where roads are bad. street usage can be even worse than trach due to potholes. i had a set of JICs on my maxima and they were super unreliable, blew a pilowball mount on the first big hole. the handeling was insane tho! id hightly recomend a good set of shoks/springs over coilovers.