I'm damned excited

[sheepdog]

http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/5199/kittys0154ig.th.jpg (http://img325.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kittys0154ig.jpg)

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These are for my GC8, but I figured I would show you guys what I got myself for christmas :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[shazapple]

mmmm purdy

[Huffer]

At full hard - be surprised if you can stand on the door sill and get the car to bounce.... ;)

[sheepdog]

This, in combination with the polyurethane bushings and rear sway bar, should eliminate my much-hated understeer

[Huffer]

A huge rear swaybar could have done similar things... ;)
though probably with less finesse.

[shooter]

sweet set up... its gonna change the ride for the better for sure :)

Out of interest you know what the spring rates are on those?

[Wiscon_Mark]

Tein makes a thing to go with those coilovers so you can adjust dampening within the car :D

[strat81]

mark... that's what the edfc is in the second pic... it's the electronic damping force controller :P

tein's are nice... i've ridden in a friend's festiva that is equipped with tein basics (yep, i said festiva) anyways, i want to pick up a set of the ss's and the edfc for my cavi at some point.

[Sarra]

Do you have the option to change ride height with these? I'm most interested in a lift, although it would be nice to be able to lower the car as well. :) I looked for information, but I couldn't find any...

[belladonna]

awh, i'm so jealous :lol: you'll have to take lots of pix of this ordeal and do a write up on the handling results :-D

[Huffer]

Height adjustment is standard on TEIN coilovers.
Fairly sure you can adjust the height higher than stock, but I wouldn't use TEINS for offroading excursions.

[scottzg]

Sweet! Anything that adds more electronics boxes to the interior is goodness. 8)

you have a 4 door wrx?

My cat is the same color.

[sheepdog]

haha I forgot my cat got in the picture

Yep, mark, what do you take me for? Of course I got the EDFC ;)

I dont know the spring rate off the top of my head. I'll look later.

The GC8 is a 4 door. you can see a pic of it in members rides 2 I think, look for my traitorous project

I'll look for the height adjustment specs, see if itll go higher than stock. I am not going to be dropping the car very much, so I know I can do stock height with these. I was in between these and the gravel spec coilovers, the reason I got these was I wanted the EDFC and they dont make rally coilovers that are compatible yet, and these will do the trick for what I will be doing with the right adjustments.

Bella, they will be going on at the same time as the EJ22t, so the difference will be profound I'm sure lol. I'll definitely do a writeup with tons of pics as the swap progresses!

EDIT: Oh, and did I mention Marti, the guy at SpeedFactor that I ordered them from who is a master distributor for Tein, mentioned that these are one of 3 sets like it in the states :twisted:

[Huffer]

EDIT: Oh, and did I mention Marti, the guy at SpeedFactor that I ordered them from who is a master distributor for Tein, mentioned that these are one of 3 sets like it in the states :twisted:

Which damper system (strut) is this?
I have a friend that lives not far from me with a 2.5RS that has the EDFC units installed on his Teins.

I think there are more than 3 sets in the whole of the US...

[sheepdog]

Maybe he meant there were 3 sets left, Ill ask him again

[Huffer]

One other thing - while your contact might be the master distributor, they're not the only ones. So he might have sold 3 sets, but that doesn't mean there aren't more than 3 in the country.

Just didn't want you to get hung up on the "exclusivity" of such items.

A few months back, JDM projectors were rare. Now every second enthusiast has them! ;)

[sheepdog]

Theyre no hot shot shop, just a local deal, all I know is what I heard. Turns out I misunderstood, it was that Tein only HAD 3 sets of these available, there are plenty on the streets already. My bad guys. Still, now there are only 2 sets of these coilovers left until they make more ;)

[gator gt]

I like the quality of Tein. Never riden in anything with them...but have heard nothing but goodness about them.

They don't make a complete car setup for the 2nd gen Legs do they?

GGT

[Sarra]

Height adjustment is standard on TEIN coilovers.
Fairly sure you can adjust the height higher than stock, but I wouldn't use TEINS for offroading excursions.

Yeah, I thought about it and hte first thing that came to mind was 'autocross'.

Still looking for a suspeions for my car that has a lift and softer ride. :(

[Huffer]

They do, just not in the US. :(

Tein's coilovers are pretty good - though lately their quality has gotten somewhat suspect (last 3-4 years). When the RicerBoom hit (F&TF), Tein sold a lot of S and H-tech springs... which are pretty much just for show.

[sheepdog]

Can't blame them for capitalizing on civic owners wanting their cars to scrape speed bumps and ride like shit :lol: me and one of my friends made a fake intercooler out of an old radiator we had and sold it to a guy for 100 bucks. I'll check with Marti about coilovers for the 2nd gen, see what he knows.

Edit: No coilovers from Tein for 2nd gen. D2 makes them though. $1275. Email Martin@thespeedfactor.com, he can hook you up ;)

Sorry for the sponsor plug guys lol

[BAC5.2]

I like Tein's for the EDFC.

I might look into a set of the Gravel Spec's, but I'll probably get some H&R coilovers.