Napsoner

I was at a local speed shop with friend. He was gonna purchase some Teins SS for his 03 TL-S. The guy at the shop has a 01 TL-P with the works, and he talked my boy into not buying the Teins. He mentioned that he had them on his car and they rattled so much that he had to change them. He now has koni yellows with a comptech drop and he loves it and recommended it to my boy. We live in Brooklyn, N.Y. with plenty of pot holes and he said, hitting small bumps and pot holes causes it to rattle.

So my question is are the Teins really worth it?

REDLINEN

I have the basic's and after having these I would never go with a regular spring and shock set-up again and why get springs when ya can get coilovers ??? just my .02$

shogun

i can see that you might if you dont height adjust, not to mention the koni warranty. i debated it for a while.

the rattling is something talked about in a few/bunch of other threads

Red-CL

I've heard that about the Teins also.

I too have the Koni's w/ a Comptech drop and love it.

ryguyGTSK

my tein ss's should be installed this weekend.. ill let you konw if i hear that rattle.

uncleb

i've got teins, no rattle at all.....at one point there was this little squeeking noise, noticable when i was going pretty slow (parking lots...etc), but that went away on its own.

i personally think the teins are badass because they give you so much room to play with and let you customize your look and ride exactly how you want it. mabye that guy just got a bad set...?

downside...more $$.

Pure Adrenaline

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Tein SS -- rattle in the rear. Lots of people have this problem, but no definite fix. So far, the best suggestion has been wrapping the coils with the rubber boots, because the noise is said to be coming from the coils hitting each other under compression.

fsttyms1

konis and H&R have always been the best

ou sig

are the HR sports any lower than the older silver Comptechs? I am about to get new struts and springs...I really love my current drop so I would like to stay the same - but my rear spring is all rusted so I need new springs. thanks all

samkws

my apexi is better than Tein IMO

Lawaia

Yep...by a 1/4".

ou sig

thanks...so a camber kit may be needed with those I guess?

Pure Adrenaline

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With the H&R Sport, you should be alright. I didn't need a camber kit with the Sport. But I don't need to remind you that you will need an alignment.

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

Bah, your car stood no chance through that same corner at the same speed as mine.

AcuraTL99

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For those with Tein SS, do yall have EDFC?

z3Ro

i have H&R Sports n stock shocks...if i get konis...wouldnt that lower my car a lil bit more?...

benzo555

Tein SS with edfc no problems whatsoever. Then again Im not slammed like most here are. No noises, no rattles or anything. Best mod ever! Teins ride less rough on the highest setting than the apexi setup imo. (sorry samkws haha) But if u look to autocross maybe the apexi is better suited.

Bxscig

Are you still interested in getting Teins SS coilovers?

guavawang

i have the Tein SS, and this is the first lower car i have ever drove. it rides better than stock and with more control on height and ride quality. i love it!!

i agree with Benzo on the TEIN SS.



the speed shop!!

lot's of ppl on this forum has the TEIN SS setup.

Bread-A Spec

yeah man.....Tein Coilovers is more popular than the Apexi Coilovers in this forum...

asloudasitgets

i have teins and the edfc unit. I just love the ride and the different settings it has to offer. no rattles or squeaks, tht guy at the speed shop must be on the crack pipe. I hate speed shops they are always young kids that sell parts and really have no idea about what they are selling.

and they have a nice pretty green color to them

asloudasitgets

asloudasitgets

Bread-A Spec

see.....one more nice car is using Tein's also.....

grl808

i have tein basics on the lowest setting. no problems

makaveli284

what are the minimum and maximum drops for Tein Basics ?

grl808

i'm not 100% sure what it is...i don't remember. but i'm at about a 2.1 inch drop and that's all it goes down. i had to raise it a few months ago and it was basically stock height.

wookstuh

I just installed the Tein SS myself and there are no problems with rattling or noise. It is one of the more smoother system i ridden on. Plus i dont trust any sales person because i used to be one of them and its all nothing but lies and opinions.

pimpravi

mine accually squeek but i really dont pay much attn to it.. maybe its cuz i didnt put the plastic boot over the springs ( ~5k miles on them so far )
but it doesnt bother me at all

makaveli284

Doesnt sound like its that much of a pain, i asked b/c in another post someone had stated that 2.1 was the MiNiMuM drop(as in, you install Basics and you are 2.1 inches lower and cant go any higher) . . and I am pretty sure 3.5" is the max drop. Correct me if i am wrong. Thank You.

grl808

i think they were looking at the adjust range. on the website, it says the front is 2.1 for the front and 1.7 for the back. and then for the adjust range, i think the 3.5 is the difference from the lowest (2.1 you can put it on the lowest), to the highest setting. so when you're at 0, you can go 1.4 more higher.

well here's the site if you want to check it out

http://www.tein.com/badamp.html

@cUr@-TL

I have Tein SS coilovers on my TL and I love them. The ride is smooth and handling has definitly improved.

I would go with Tein before Apexi cuz I heard the ride on those suck... I'd go with a H&R/koni combo before Apexi too.

samkws

Apexi isn't that bad, just that it's firmer

I found Tein SS is softer than Apexi even at the firmest setting, but still not like punishing ride and very smooth overall

NICKTL

what does the edfc unit do?

NICKTL

nevermind i read about it on the website.