Tein Basic Coilovers

[TypeS]

Wow... Sounds like your really trying to defend your purchase of Tein Basics "TypeS". Have you received a lot of crap for purchasing them?

That’s none of your business.

Red_EG4 is offering an opinion, just because its not that same as yours, doesn't mean you can ride it out all together.

Where have I ridden it out? Before you start running your mouth, read the thread first.
I’ve defended a product, which I have ACTUALLY used, comprehend?

Also, your using this "shock blowing" argument... can you tell me what would prevent a coilover from blowing under the same situation? (IE Cruising around with a couple of fat asses for a while). I've known quiet a few people to have more problems with coilovers leaking (E.g D2) then with a decent set of springs/shocks... also never heard of anyone's shocks "blowing"... and if they have, 9/10 it would be due to age or doing stupid shit (Doing jumps)

Oh so you’d like to nit-pick my posts now.

Why are you comparing “decent set of springs/shocks” to D2’s? We know D2’s are of cheap quality, so what’s your point?

Compare your decent spring/shocks to something decent like teins for gods sake. And no I haven’t heard teins leaking, as much as a shock blowing, from a lowered spring.

You’ve never heard of shocks blowing? Do you live under a rock? No it’s not from doing stupid shit. It’s from using a bad combination of springs with shocks. People want to go “low”, so what do they do? Get shorter springs. What do you think is going to happen?

Its almost like your saying coilovers are the "be-all-and-end-all" of suspension... if they are so good, and your conventional "Spring/strut" is so prone to "blowing" why do 99% of cars run spring/struts?

Don’t put words in my mouth. That was never implied.

Coilovers are the prime choice for your everyday Joe. You know why? Because your everyday Joe, wants something which will give him the drop and improvement in handling he wants, right out of the box. He doesn’t want to be running around trying different springs and shocks.

90% of the spring/strut kits on the market will never give the drop you’re after.
It may be too low or too high. Do you think people want to be running around trying different springs?

That’s where the market for coilovers come in. They provide an out of the box solution, which will give the drop you want as well as an improvement in handling.

For the hardcore trackers out there, springs and struts are perfect for them. They’ve got the time and knowledge to try out different springs, with different dampers to see which will run best with their setup.

But for your everyday Joe prebuilt coilovers are the way to go.

99% of cars run spring/struts is because the manufacturer’s actually know what their doing. The springs are catered to the shock.

They’re not just getting any spring and matching it with some random shock. Countless hours of R & D actually go into it.


Now here’s a question for you. Why do 90% of modders take out these springs/struts and go for coilovers? And yes that includes those tein SS’s your running.