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Originally posted by Mrcoilover
I don't know man. I think you have it out for Tein's even though you do own them. Anywayz, I am very pleased.
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LOL, I dont have some personal vendetta against Tein. If they were outstanding, I've rave about them, but I'm just pointing out the flaws.
The Teins are much better than lowering springs with stock shocks. If you have the Teins I would not put them on the lowest setting. On the middle ride height setting, the ride is decent. I havent tried, but on the top height setting they should be good (1.5" drop or so). The front will have more room to work and let the springs do their thing. Springs should be the major controller of your ride quality, not adjustable shocks.
The main problem here is that lowering our cars more than 1.5" (I have mine on 1.7" or so) will eventually bring you to the point that I'm at: hating a lowered ride. Our cars have very little suspension travel when lowered. The lower you go the worse the ride is overall.
The Teins suffer from some understeer. Not a big deal to most people here who are looking to lower their car and just have it ride "decent", but I wouldnt dub Tein as "the best" as some people have.
If you're looking for a performance setup I would not recommend Teins. If you are looking to lower your car and have a better ride than Eibach/Stock, HKS/Stock or Intrax/Stock, then yes I'd say the Teins are for you.
If you want more "performance" than Teins "lowering kit" will offer, I'd suggest:
Koni with Ground Controls
AGX with Ground Controls (no guinea pigs yet)
JIC-Magic
and possibly B&G although theres not enough info on them so I cant say.