TIEN S-Techs on 07 TL-S
07-29-2007, 04:07 PM
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TIEN S-Techs on 07 TL-S
I got my TIENS installed last night...check em Out...the ride quality is actually way better then the stock setup..I am impressed with the Tiens.. 
07-29-2007, 04:09 PM
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TIEN S-Techs on 07 TL-S
I got my TIENS installed last night...check em Out...the ride quality is actually way better then the stock setup..I am impressed with the Tiens..
07-29-2007, 06:29 PM
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looks sexy! You should consider gettings new shocks or coilovers later on though 
. Also not really feeling the tein sticker on the windshield, makes the car look cheap.
. Also not really feeling the tein sticker on the windshield, makes the car look cheap.
07-29-2007, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by TLheaven
looks sexy! You should consider gettings new shocks or coilovers later on though . Also not really feeling the tein sticker on the windshield, makes the car look cheap.
. Also not really feeling the tein sticker on the windshield, makes the car look cheap.
i probably will later on, but for now the tien basics will do...and i got the sticker on because of my little car crew we got going on...
07-29-2007, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TLheaven
Do you have basics or s-techs? In your thread title and sig you stated S-Techs, but in your previous post you stated basics?
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07-29-2007, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by TLheaven
looks sexy! You should consider gettings new shocks or coilovers later on though . Also not really feeling the tein sticker on the windshield, makes the car look cheap.
. Also not really feeling the tein sticker on the windshield, makes the car look cheap.
ummm so what else can i do to make the car look expensive?
seems like you know the way...PLEASE LEAD ME!!!
07-30-2007, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
I got my TIENS installed last night...check em Out...the ride quality is actually way better then the stock setup..I am impressed with the Tiens..
I installed Tein SS's on my '06 Accord V6. I thought it ruined the car. The fronts were too soft (softer than the stock TL-S) - even when they were cranked to maximum.
The rear "clunked" over small ripples/imperfections because they don't use any rubber isolators between the springs and their perches. (The fronts don't, either, but apparently the extra weight up there is enough to dampen spring chatter).
07-30-2007, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by harddrivin1le
I installed Tein SS's on my '06 Accord V6. I thought it ruined the car. The fronts were too soft (softer than the stock TL-S) - even when they were cranked to maximum.
The rear "clunked" over small ripples/imperfections because they don't use any rubber isolators between the springs and their perches. (The fronts don't, either, but apparently the extra weight up there is enough to dampen spring chatter).
The rear "clunked" over small ripples/imperfections because they don't use any rubber isolators between the springs and their perches. (The fronts don't, either, but apparently the extra weight up there is enough to dampen spring chatter).
08-01-2007, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
hmmm...and how would that be?
ummm so what else can i do to make the car look expensive?
seems like you know the way...PLEASE LEAD ME!!!
ummm so what else can i do to make the car look expensive?
seems like you know the way...PLEASE LEAD ME!!!
Slap a penis penetrating a vagina sticker on the car. Maybe someone will think you have a Bugatti Veyron!
Seriously though, what exactly does your sticker mean? As it stands, it says, "fuck Tein." But, why would you want to say that if you have Tein springs installed on your car?
08-01-2007, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
yea actually it is kinda softer then the stock tls springs, but the ride feels good to me...
Teins aren't real performance pieces. Their main purpose is to drop the car. The result can be a decrease in vehicle handling when installed in a well engineered car like the TL-S.
08-01-2007, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AlterZgo
You need someone to explain to you why having a sticker of a hand flipping the middle finger makes your car look cheap? How old are you? Oh, 18. Nevermind. Carry on.
Slap a penis penetrating a vagina sticker on the car. Maybe someone will think you have a Bugatti Veyron!
Seriously though, what exactly does your sticker mean? As it stands, it says, "fuck Tein." But, why would you want to say that if you have Tein springs installed on your car?
Slap a penis penetrating a vagina sticker on the car. Maybe someone will think you have a Bugatti Veyron!
Seriously though, what exactly does your sticker mean? As it stands, it says, "fuck Tein." But, why would you want to say that if you have Tein springs installed on your car?
08-01-2007, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by minkl81
are they settled yet? looks like my h-techs dropped more than the s-techs
08-01-2007, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by harddrivin1le
Maybe you would have been happier with base TL, which rides softer than the TL-S. That would have saved some money, too.
Teins aren't real performance pieces. Their main purpose is to drop the car. The result can be a decrease in vehicle handling when installed in a well engineered car like the TL-S.
Teins aren't real performance pieces. Their main purpose is to drop the car. The result can be a decrease in vehicle handling when installed in a well engineered car like the TL-S.
08-01-2007, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
actually the base tl can kiss my ass, the handling actually improved, and the car has less drag in high speeds..other then that, put down another 3 grand and get the type S
You couldn't pay me enough money to put that junk in my '07 TL-S.
The difference in drag due to lowering the car is negligible at anything resembling legal highway speeds.
Furthermore, the front Teins are SOFTER than the stock TL-S units AND you dropped the car.
Guess what that means? You'll be bottoming your front end - just like I did with my Accord (with a mere 1/2" drop and the Teins cranked to max).
08-01-2007, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
I got my TIENS installed last night...check em Out
The bone stock TL-S suspension is much better engineered than those Teins. Those Teins are LOUD, too...(No rubber isolators between the springs and the upper and lower perches.) That might be find in a weekend Civic autocrosser, but it's nothing I'd want in a ~ $40K luxury/sport road car (or, for that matter, a $26K Accord).
The Teins are a convenient (but not inexpensive) was to lower a car. Dynamically speaking, they are a far cry from a true high performance coil over.
Maybe all you care about is the drop....
08-02-2007, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by harddrivin1le
I had Tein SSs in my '06 Accord EX/V6/6 speed coupe...
You couldn't pay me enough money to put that junk in my '07 TL-S.
The difference in drag due to lowering the car is negligible at anything resembling legal highway speeds.
Furthermore, the front Teins are SOFTER than the stock TL-S units AND you dropped the car.
Guess what that means? You'll be bottoming your front end - just like I did with my Accord (with a mere 1/2" drop and the Teins cranked to max).
You couldn't pay me enough money to put that junk in my '07 TL-S.
The difference in drag due to lowering the car is negligible at anything resembling legal highway speeds.
Furthermore, the front Teins are SOFTER than the stock TL-S units AND you dropped the car.
Guess what that means? You'll be bottoming your front end - just like I did with my Accord (with a mere 1/2" drop and the Teins cranked to max).
08-02-2007, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
the drop is pretty low, but the streets here in va are clean and smooth...
My priorities are different, so I'd seek different alternatives. I plan on leaving my car ('07 TL Type S automatic) bone stock. I'll upgrade the (mediocre) tires when they wear out by changing to a 245/45/17 Eagle F1 GS-D3 or something similar.
08-02-2007, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by harddrivin1le
All that really matters is that the person who paid for them (you) is happy with them.
My priorities are different, so I'd seek different alternatives. I plan on leaving my car ('07 TL Type S automatic) bone stock. I'll upgrade the (mediocre) tires when they wear out by changing to a 245/45/17 Eagle F1 GS-D3 or something similar.
My priorities are different, so I'd seek different alternatives. I plan on leaving my car ('07 TL Type S automatic) bone stock. I'll upgrade the (mediocre) tires when they wear out by changing to a 245/45/17 Eagle F1 GS-D3 or something similar.
08-04-2007, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
it means to say fuck da world, not fuck tiens..and b4 u talk shit, try to afford the car first
You still didn't answer the question. Why would a sticker of a finger flipping off the Tein logo mean "fuck da world?"
BTW, stop spelling it "tien". Read the "world" sticker you have on your own windshield. It says "TEIN.
08-04-2007, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by XxAfG786xX
Yea, its all good...i cant keep my tl stock, its like a hobbie jus modding your car, I like to be different from the other tl's...
lol....I dropped my TL-S on S-Techs too...only "differrence" is mine is KBP....not too much to make a TL "different" unless you go all out custom....dont take it the wrong way though....
08-04-2007, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 3rdGenHybrid
lol....I dropped my TL-S on S-Techs too...only "differrence" is mine is KBP....not too much to make a TL "different" unless you go all out custom....dont take it the wrong way though....
08-04-2007, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AlterZgo
Sorry. We can't all be rich and cool enough like you to have a "Fuck TEIN" sticker on our cars.
You still didn't answer the question. Why would a sticker of a finger flipping off the Tein logo mean "fuck da world?"
BTW, stop spelling it "tien". Read the "world" sticker you have on your own windshield. It says "TEIN.
You still didn't answer the question. Why would a sticker of a finger flipping off the Tein logo mean "fuck da world?"
BTW, stop spelling it "tien". Read the "world" sticker you have on your own windshield. It says "TEIN.
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08-04-2007, 01:07 PM
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How bout you make your next investment a digital camera, instead of taking pics with a phone camera.......lol. I think it looks good, but its still hard to tell with the phone pics....lol. Im sure its lookin good tho.
08-04-2007, 01:34 PM
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How bout you make your next investment a digital camera, instead of taking pics with a phone camera.......lol. I think it looks good, but its still hard to tell with the phone pics....lol. Im sure its lookin good tho.
08-05-2007, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TLheaven
you must've gotten a bad set of tein ss's then.
Teins aren't real performance dampers. Anyone who's ever driven on both Teins and Koni yellows (for example) as I have knows that.
I saw greater improvments with a simple shock swap in other vehicles (e.g. Bilsteins in my Toyota trucks) than I saw with the Tein coil-overs.
I will scan and post my Tein sales receipt if you doubt my claims. I traded the Accord for the TL-S, due in large part with my disgust with the Teins.
08-05-2007, 03:07 PM
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UPDATE.
I just googled "Teins suck" and found this thread. (Nothing in there is my post.)
http://hondaswap.com/wheels-suspensi...-eibach-53349/
I just googled "Teins suck" and found this thread. (Nothing in there is my post.)
http://hondaswap.com/wheels-suspensi...-eibach-53349/
08-05-2007, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ililillilillilil
wow, there's some serious hating going on in here.
Nice looking drop though
Nice looking drop though
Tein doesn't offer a coil-over for these cars that provides overall handling traits that are as good as the OEM TL-S hardware. A-Spec is even better.
A-Spec can be had for $620 on E-Bay (plus $50 shipping). Why buy junk (Tiens) when you can own the real thing for less money (A-spec)?
BTW: I plan on leaving the suspension in my '07 TL-S bone stock. I'd have gotten a 335i before throwing big money at this car. Plus, Teins will destroy the resale value of these cars. MOST future buyers will view that as a big negative.