So i go to install the Comptech springs on my '01 CL-S only to find the passenger side front strut is blown and the driver side is on its way and ive only had the car for 10k and its got cumulative miles of 52k .. wtf? is this normal? now what do i do? if i had known this i woulda just ordered some tein ss coilovers.. now what do i do? i really dont have the skins to go crazy here.

 

u woulda had to replace em sooner or later with aftermarket springs

 

should i just ditch the CT springs and go for the tein ss? or is there some decent adjustables that i could get at a good price?

 

i'd ditch em and go for the teins

 

why would you ditch the comptech springs? just buy new struts, like infamous said you would have had to do it sooner or later anyway since you are putting on springs.

just get some tokico blues for 270 bucks and you'll be fine.

 

bump for some more help

 

What else exactly do you want to know?

You say you don't have the money to go crazy, but you are talking about getting ss coilovers? Those cost a grand.

You've got a blown strut. You don't really have many options. You can replace with oem, which will detiorate quickly with the aftermarket springs. You can get koni yellow adjustables or tokico illumina adjustables for $500-550. Or you can get tokico blues for around $300.

I'll sell you my oem shocks if you want to go cheap, $100 shipped.

 

well although i really dont have the money i can put it on a cc... if im gonna do it im gonna do it right.. my question is how do the blue ride? should i just get the iluminas or the yellows? and if im gonna spend the money on those then for a couple hundred bucks extra i could get the tein ss

 

i have the blues on my car they ride on the firm side.

 

just go with the blues you will be fine.


where in CT are you located excelerate.

 

ive been readin thru the archives and it seems that the blues are like the iluminas on settin number 3... but are the tein ss really worth it? are they better than the CT springs w/ Koni yellows or Iluminas?

 

im in Branford, CT .. which is New Haven County.. i just opened up a performance shop in Branford too, thus my screen name

 

I went to Central CT for a semester, lived in New Britain. Grew up in Ridgefield.

Anyway if I was you I'd go with the Tokico blues. Everyone I have talked to has been happy with them. They are cheaper because they aren't adjustable, but they aren't cheap quality ya know.

I'm actually dropping my 01 cls off today to get comptech springs, tokico blues, and comptech sways installed. I can give you a review of them when I pick up my car at 5pm.

 

i have the illuminas

no problems so far

my setup is comptech springs with illuminas struts/shocks

if i did it all again i would have gotten the TEINS

because i want to go lower and stiffer now!

sidemarker

 

well i mean its really not that much of a money difference.. i already have a shop so i get the parts at wholesale pricing.. i just wanted to see if the consensus was that the tein ss were better than any spring/ shock setup available.. and btw BeetRoot if youre in the Connecticut area i do installs.. weve already installed tons of Comptech stuff and Tein SS and EDFC on a TL and my CL

 

 

u did EDFC on ur CL? i thot that wasn't possible...

 

no we installed the EDFC on the TL-S w/ the Tein SS... weve installed CT stuff on my CL-S

 

so the Tein SS is the recommendation? BEETROOT how did your setup work out with the CT springs and Tokico blues?