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Old 07-30-2007, 06:53 PM
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06 RBP + tein SS

Just got my Tein SS installed this morning. Lowered it to one figure gap. Dampering setting is at 10F 12R. Handling is great compared to stock and the ride is NOT BAD AT ALL !!! NO clunk sounds . Got it from marcus@heeltoeato, he's amazing also i would like to thank drdamian for his advices.

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Old 07-30-2007, 06:57 PM
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how much did you paid for the TEIN. and did you installed it.
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Great pics
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how much did you paid for the TEIN. and did you installed it.
haha i got it from Marcus, $899. I got it installed at a local shop, $130 installation. Took them 6 hours to do the work ..... i heard Marcus can do it in 2 LOL
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Nice and low! 6 hours to install. I installed my tein coilovers on my accord in like 5 hours on my garage floor with jackstands and no air tools!
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6 hours. what took them so long. nice car BTW.
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holy crap tein ss's are $900? okay no drop for my 19s for a longgggggg time lol ;x
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Nice! what settings are you using? I noticed my ride quality went to hell, but then again i'm running on 19's....my settings are 14F/12R
Old 07-30-2007, 09:30 PM
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6 hours. what took them so long. nice car BTW.
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Nice and low! 6 hours to install. I installed my tein coilovers on my accord in like 5 hours on my garage floor with jackstands and no air tools!

THANKS i have no idea what took them soo long lol they rised my car up at 9 30am, started working on it. i went back at 2 they r still working on it lol. at 3 30 they finally drove my car out their garage
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holy crap tein ss's are $900? okay no drop for my 19s for a longgggggg time lol ;x

900 usd actually REALLY REALLY cheap. In Toronto Tein Basic is around 1000 Canadian and for tein SS its 1300 Canadian lol
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Originally Posted by JJaber06
Nice! what settings are you using? I noticed my ride quality went to hell, but then again i'm running on 19's....my settings are 14F/12R
i m running on stock with 10F /12R haha i believe it's ur 19 !! ur front should be softer than mine, btw i love ur rims, looks
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more pics !!!!







SHOULD i put a black "TEIN" sticker on my rear quarter window ?
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Tein SS's are for sure one of my fav drops. Did you get the EDFC as well?
Great looking car, just wait untill it settles your finger gap is gonna turn into a tuck.
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Originally Posted by sT04Louis
Tein SS's are for sure one of my fav drops. Did you get the EDFC as well?
Great looking car, just wait untill it settles your finger gap is gonna turn into a tuck.
Nope i didn;t get the EDFC, i'll get it when Marcus comes out with a strut bar that will fit the EDFC tho. haha i hope it won;t settle too much because there's a lot of snow in winter
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I had my Tein SS installed by Marcus at HeelToe. He did the install in about 2 hours while carrying on a conversation. That included our test drive as well. Get guy to deal with. Rides incredible and most importantly...NO CLUNKS!!
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Originally Posted by lamv225
I had my Tein SS installed by Marcus at HeelToe. He did the install in about 2 hours while carrying on a conversation. That included our test drive as well. Get guy to deal with. Rides incredible and most importantly...NO CLUNKS!!
Yeah I can't say enough good things about Marcus. Car looks sweet bro.
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Originally Posted by vc123
Nope i didn;t get the EDFC, i'll get it when Marcus comes out with a strut bar that will fit the EDFC tho. haha i hope it won;t settle too much because there's a lot of snow in winter
Looking at atleast another 1/8 inch. Think mine was close to that about a week or so after install. Also did you go with a camber kit or was stock adjusters enough for ya to get back into specs?
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man those TEINS are always lookin' good.... .... nice RBP. not a common color. alot of potential.
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I think imma run teins next year.
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Looks great, but I'm partial to ABP/RBP !
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Originally Posted by sT04Louis
Looking at atleast another 1/8 inch. Think mine was close to that about a week or so after install. Also did you go with a camber kit or was stock adjusters enough for ya to get back into specs?
nope i didn;t get a camber kit, that dude at the shop told me my car is pretty close to stock specs, however i m still goign to do an alignment.
Old 07-31-2007, 05:26 PM
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BLACKURA- Thanks, i saw ur thread about ur TL, i hope everything will turn out fine.
triton3k- TEin SS is the way to go haha
AMIC- thanks, ABP / RBP is not as common but it is nice ! !
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About the "ride height"
One thing I'm noticing pretty consistently is if you follow the directions from Tein, they specify 1" space from the bottom of the flange collar to the bottom of the threaded shank on the body should = 13 inches (wheel center to fender apex). That spec may be true when they're new, but they will settle.

I bought mine used (7K miles), and the Tein specified setting left me with 12.5" in the front and 12" in the back - LOW...

I'm now running exactly 1 inch if thread like this:


1" of thread in the front and 1 1/4" thread in the back... That gave me 13 1/4 all around, which is one nice fat finger gap...

What I'm seeing here is that everyone is low in the back if you follow Teins directions. If you kneel, and look at the gap, you'll see what I'm talking about... probably because the front fender is cut a little deeper. Either way, suggest you guys go a take a look, and possibly raise the back a 1/4 in.

Raising the rear a bit will also help that really off camber (mine was -2.1)
Old 08-02-2007, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Kennedy
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About the "ride height"
One thing I'm noticing pretty consistently is if you follow the directions from Tein, they specify 1" space from the bottom of the flange collar to the bottom of the threaded shank on the body should = 13 inches (wheel center to fender apex). That spec may be true when they're new, but they will settle.

I bought mine used (7K miles), and the Tein specified setting left me with 12.5" in the front and 12" in the back - LOW...

I'm now running exactly 1 inch if thread like this:


1" of thread in the front and 1 1/4" thread in the back... That gave me 13 1/4 all around, which is one nice fat finger gap...

What I'm seeing here is that everyone is low in the back if you follow Teins directions. If you kneel, and look at the gap, you'll see what I'm talking about... probably because the front fender is cut a little deeper. Either way, suggest you guys go a take a look, and possibly raise the back a 1/4 in.

Raising the rear a bit will also help that really off camber (mine was -2.1)

hmm b4 i gave the suspension to the shop i set the height to 1" between the spring seater and the locks. (i read ur DIY thread b4 i got my SS, GREAT JOB!! it was really helpful). i told the dude i wanted a 1 finger gap and he told me he had to do some adjustment, 1" of thread didn;t give me a 1 finger gap. I m going to rise it a bit b4 winter comes.

Any tips on how to protect the threads from getting stuck with sand and salt?
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Nice drop man, can I borrow those hook spanners? I bought my set of Tein's used and the owner did not give me the hook spanners. I just need it to adjust it back up a little once winter comes. You know how it is in the winter time in T.O.
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Originally Posted by VoLLy_1llusioNz
Nice drop man, can I borrow those hook spanners? I bought my set of Tein's used and the owner did not give me the hook spanners. I just need it to adjust it back up a little once winter comes. You know how it is in the winter time in T.O.

hook spanners r the 2 silver thing rite???
sure no problem, PM me whenever u need it, we'll meet up somewhere.
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