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Old 11-11-08, 06:48 PM
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Default Megan LP coilovers OR Tanabe Sustec Pro 5

What would you guys prefer? Im in a debate between the two.

People who already one any one of these can you post your opinions about them?

How is the ride? is it smooth?
What about the lowering height?

any other opinions would be appreciated.
Old 11-11-08, 07:11 PM
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I prefer Megan coilover.. Why cauze the car ride comfy and no hassle feeling.. They have 32 adjustable way dampers, and it come with top upper hats.. Two of my friends have Megan coilover and they love it..
Old 11-11-08, 07:14 PM
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is the ride smoother than the tanabes? or do u kno if it is?
Old 11-11-08, 07:27 PM
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I've had my Tanabe's for about 8000 miles or more now.. drove from Miami to New Jersey and back... and Tampa a couple times as well... and they still ride the same as when I first put them on... for the Price and Quality....... you really can't go wrong!

TANABE SUSTEC PRO 5 ...FTW!
Old 11-11-08, 07:28 PM
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Im with VIS250P hes the reason i bought my megans... there awesome
Old 11-11-08, 07:29 PM
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smooth ride and coilovers are never used in the same sentence...unless its oalong the lines of "my smooth ride is gone ever since i got my coilovers."
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Originally Posted by EyeEstwo50
smooth ride and coilovers are never used in the same sentence...unless its oalong the lines of "my smooth ride is gone ever since i got my coilovers."
LOL, buy Megan coilover and let's see your comment how the ride goes??
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I know the ride is not gona be like stock but Ive had the tein s techs springs and i thought they were pretty rough. I just wanted to know if its similar to the tein s techs or just different in a whole new way.
Old 11-11-08, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by NODNARl3
I know the ride is not gona be like stock but Ive had the tein s techs springs and i thought they were pretty rough. I just wanted to know if its similar to the tein s techs or just different in a whole new way.
Your not going to get an OEM soft ride throwing lowering springs on OEM struts.
I am a fan of the Megan- have them on my car, and have used their products on past cars.
They have several advantages over the two other "popular" brands. They are cheap price wise-about the same price as getting the F-sport Spring and schock combo, but the quality is outstanding. They do not require re-use of oem parts, it is a complete bolt in suspension system- unlike the two "popular" brands. The do not use the spring perch for height adjustment, unlike the two "popular" brands. They have 32 way dampening adjustment. They are monotube shocks.
That said, my car is approximately 2 inches lower that OEM height and I have the dampening set at slightly firmer than what the OEM set up felt like. So far no complaints except that it took about a month of tweaking to find a ride height and damper adjustment that I was completely satisfied with.
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i love the megan coilovers, still tweaking the 32 way dampening adjustment, as of rite now i just adjusted it 2 the softest setting front n back.
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Is it easy to tweak the 32 adjustable dampening system?? Also anyone with the megans can you post up your settings? so that i can go straight to that?
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let's show pic of the car with Megan coilover.. (sorry IM bored)

HEre is mine:


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Old 11-11-08, 08:53 PM
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stop posting pix of ur sexy car .....
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vis250p is your car jacked up from the rear
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i'd like to say tanabe cause i have the n i love the ride. but i will say i wouldnt mind if i could go lower. meganns r looking pretty nice about now haha


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