I am finally gonna drop my CL-S and I just wanted to see if anyone else has something close to these. I have seen
any number of different suspension setups. Does anyone have the Tein H-Techs?

http://www.tein.com/tech_info/h94-ya4.html

I did a little photoshop with some rough measurements and came up with this. It looks a little lower than the pics
on the website but i do have 19's.

BEFORE:


AFTER:


I am looking at the H-Techs because of the limited drop. I don't want the car slammed, i just want to close the gap
without major mods to the suspension or a camber kit. This springs are designed to be used with stock suspension
parts so i don't have to worry about blowing my new parts. I am going to have the fenders rolled/cut to
accommodate the lowering. I haven't decided which yet, I'm still partial to both. There is a local tire shop that
will roll 'em for $25 each.

I would like to see if anyone has this springs or similar setup. Opinions welcome.

 

The threads that have stuff and pics on H-techs are like 5 million years old

I tried finding some for reference when I was trying to sell mine a week ago!

Lucky for you, I have the links right here lol
Info: For those of you who were curious, I've compiled a few threads
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-100/tein-h-tech-oem-shocks-593440/
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-100/impressions-koni-yellows-tein-h-tech-springs-577122/
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/tein-high-tech-springs-pics-inside-542898/
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-photograph-gallery-53/first-mods-tein-h-tech-drop-new-18-s-%2A56k-warning%2A-473404/
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-tires-wheels-suspension-54/tein-luxury-h-tech-springs-%2Apictures-466941/
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-tires-wheels-suspension-54/tein-lixury-master-high-tech-springs-koni-yellow-installed-466533/

 

Those were perfect! Thanks man, for some reason i couldn't find anything on them. Ironically none of the CL links had the pics hosted any more. Just what I needed to see. Appreciate the links!

 

Lol yeah, thats what I was bummed about too! Damn photobucket and broken links!

And no worries!

 

I have H.techs. The springs are cushy, im guessing close to the stock ride feel. but looks much better then 4x4 stock. less strain on your suspension compared to S.Techs. but i do miss the awesome handling of my S.Techs.

 

htechs will get u nowhere close to the "after" pic u posted. Its hardly a noticable change, people will ask you "so when are u gonna lower it". Go with stechs or eibachs. Oh and u wont need to roll fenders with htechs

 

one more thing, the tein site u posted is missleading, because they used the exact same pictures for the Htechs as they did with the Stechs and every other product on the page

 

they really do show the same pics. but it is a 1.1in drop all around. im sure you can guage that.

 

Haha, i never even noticed that. You would think that a company would try to represent their product properly...not cool! You really think I won't need to pull the fenders at all with the drop?

 

im thinking you would if you have passengers or carry stuff in the trunk

 

Well my trunk is only for my system, and i rarely have people in the back. But if i can get it done cheap or i do it, then why not. Can't hurt the car.

 

1.1 inches is nothing i think ull regret it. If u want something like the "after" pic u posted then i say dont go with htechs

 

Gary, you should end this un-certainty and post a pic of your ride. you are still on h-techs right?

 

Thats what I was askin for. I was hopin someone has some pics. Of all the links only the TL's still had pics.

 

The H-techs I have on my CL-S looks more like your Before pic than the After one. Nice ride, but w/ a bit more initial body lean than I expected. Suspension aligns within spec. You may have to roll your rear fenders depending on offset/tire combo.
If I were to do it again I would get H&R Sports and call it a day...in fact I have a set of these ready to go on next week.

 

pics as requested. but OP is looking to run with 19's so i dunno how they would look. This is 18's with 235/40/18 tires. A 45 series tire will close up the wheel gap some more. Right now its 2 fingers in the back and 3 in the front. I have a system in the trunk also.
Gap might be different with 19's and different series tires.

 

I know I keep preaching about this B@G set-up but i'm telling you It looks GREAT and everyone that drives my car cant belive how great it feels and handles (I also have progress RSB) But I found a whole new love for my car after the B@G and RSB!
BTW it drops it 1.6 inches and no need for camber kit and tires are wearing evenly after 3 months of having it!

 

Perfect! I'm just not a fan of the slammed look and this is the f*n money! I was second guessing myself for a bit. So you like the feel and are happy with the drop? I'm runnin 19's on 225/40 so the gap difference can't be that big... My buddy has a two finger gap on his GOAT and it sits perfect. From those pics, though it looks sick. Just enough to even out the gap! Any chance i could bother ya for a close up straight on of the front?

 

By the way, those rims ^^^ are hot! Five spokes FTW!

 

not sure what you mean by close up straight on the front but here are some more pics of the front end:





The ride is cushy, soft but im guessing its good because we're running 40 series tires. my guess is that the ride is pretty close to stock but i never rode on stock springs before. Its comfortable for sure, keeping the CL a great crusier but there is noticable body roll when taking corners at higher speeds. im on stock shocks so the feeling maybe improved with a rear sway bar and upgraded shocks. Its high enough so that i never scrape my front or backend and never rub my fenders. but since your running 19's you may have to roll the rears if you have a big system or go over big bumps quickly.

Thanks for the compliment. I see your running 5 spokes as well

 

Lol, the first pics are really small. But i meant a strait on shot if your looking right at the wheel from the side of the car. Sorry I wasn't clear. Just want to see a side profile of the height up close.

Yeah man, i love 5-spokes! I just put new shocks in a couple months ago so we'll see how the ride is. They are a step up from OEM but not performance ones by any means.

I've been looking into the sway bar as well. lots of threads on noticeable change in handling. The car has some decent body roll already, so getting that tighter would be great.

 

I think this is what your looking for then:
Front wheel pics:




3 finger gaps in the front like i said. sorry for the crappy phone pics.

 

Oh damn! Thats money!

 

lol so im guessing thats what your looking for?

i think i saw a set of used H-techs in the BM also.

 

Yeah, thats perfect for me! I didn't see them! I'm looking right now.

 

found it before you:
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/nib-tein-h-techs-ska34-bub00-1-2-drop-01-03-cls-99-03-tls-728156/

dunno why anyone isnt lookin at them. check the price, maybe its a little high. i would also try not to buy Tein springs on ebay. ive heard there are a lot of counterfeits out there

 

Damn, thanks for the link! I couldn't find it either so that helped. I'll keep my eye on 'em.

 

Lol I sold the pair I had for around $80 shipped

 

lol u dont like the slammed look yet your photoshopped pic of what u want isnt exactly what u call a "conservative drop", more of a 1 finger gap in the front and NO gap in the back.

 

yea, i sold my S.Techs for 120 shipped. but Tein's prices went up as well.

also check our venders and see what they're prices are.

 

Haha, i was thinking the same thing when i did the PS. I thought i did a good job 'measuring' the pic so i could do a decent guess of what it might look like. but when <aznboi2424> posted those pics i knew that was what i wanted.

 

if you got a set up like you had in the photoshop, it looks almost certain that you would have rubbed unless you did some pretty MAJOR modification to the front and rear splash guards and rear fender.

With H-Techs, im sure you'll be okay with just fender rolling/cutting in the back.

 

Yeah i was looking around today for shops that would roll the fenders for me. Hoping to have 'em on before the first meet on the 6th!

 

sweet. cant wait to see the pics.

 

Oh I'll be doin a mad photo shoot next week hopefully. Springs comin in, new brakes shinin threw the rims and some freshly painted calipers to boot!

 

Nice man gonna be looking good!