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Old 08-26-19, 06:01 PM
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Default Coil overs

Picking up a set of coil overs, I was thinking of tein coils. Any recommendations on coils in the same price range? 7-800$
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Any suggestions on coils? I was thinking on going with teins. 700-900 budget. I wanna go low low.

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Pretty much anything in that price range is going to be the same generic Chinesium dampers. Get whatever has the best warranty, I guess.
TEINs coilovers in that price range don't have adjustable length, hence the low price.
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Originally Posted by firelizard
Pretty much anything in that price range is going to be the same generic Chinesium dampers. Get whatever has the best warranty, I guess.
TEINs coilovers in that price range don't have adjustable length, hence the low price.
Tein flex z or bc racing Extreme low?
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If that’s the case, my budgets 900-1300. Any recommendations? Any suggestions? 01 Gs
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I Might have some bc extreme lows with swift springs for sale soon.
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My Tein street base z coilovers were only $450 and "are" ride height adjustable. Just not dampening. I closed up my wheel space with around a 2" drop. Have more than double that amount left of lowering available on them.
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BC or megan lp's best bang for the buck
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Originally Posted by TrueGS300
My Tein street base z coilovers were only $450 and "are" ride height adjustable. Just not dampening. I closed up my wheel space with around a 2" drop. Have more than double that amount left of lowering available on them.
They are only adjustable via the spring seat. The strut length is not adjustable. With the Flex it is, along with damping adjustment. At $860USD it's one of the better values out there. For a lot of cars they're over $1,000. It's nice that the Tein Flex is so cheap for the S160

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Originally Posted by TrueGS300
My Tein street base z coilovers were only $450 and "are" ride height adjustable. Just not dampening. I closed up my wheel space with around a 2" drop. Have more than double that amount left of lowering available on them.
I've got a set as well, almost no complaints, not too stiff. about 1.5 in the front and 2" in the rear, about 30k miles and over a year on them, the front driver strut has begun to leak a little bit, mind you I drive pretty aggressively and have had my fair share having fun off road, so probably abused a bit .
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Default Choosing coilovers

Any opinions on the tein flex z? I’m thinking of going With those or should I save up my cash and get something else? I wanna go lowwwww without sacrificing comfort completely. Please help!!
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Originally Posted by firelizard
They are only adjustable via the spring seat. The strut length is not adjustable. With the Flex it is, along with damping adjustment. At $860USD it's one of the better values out there. For a lot of cars they're over $1,000. It's nice that the Tein Flex is so cheap for the S160
In your opinion should I go with the flex z?
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Merged three threads on same topic
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TEIN is a reputable company and the Flex Z is good value.
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