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I'm working with them on a possible public release. not sure just yet.
As for my opinions on tein-
I have had no exposure to thier entry level stuff. Just the HA's, Flex, and RAs.
For a street/casual track setup, i guess they are ok. But their marketing builds them up as if they are some super respected japanese race company. And that they are not. I can only speak to the Teins that I have used and also dyno'd. And my experience was that there is an unacceptable variance in the valving from one damper to another. In testing 4 dampers that were supposed to be the same, only 2 of them were remotely similar. They were far enough off that we put another brand coilover on the machine to make sure it was working properly. Suprisingly, we have had the same experience with Advanced Designs.
The other thing I don't really like about them is that thier dampening range is very very small. So small that it hardly seems worth having adjustments at all. This isn't uncommon however for average coilovers.
I would take a set of the KW coilovers with no dampening adjustment any day over a set of Teins. Dampening control is just that much better.
I guess my grip is that Tein bills themselves as a company with racing roots. But in reality, there are no JGTC cars running Tein, and no competitive super T. cars running them either.
Didn't mean to rain on anyone's parade. Just a personal opinion and experience. And you know what they say about opinions...
Matt
As for my opinions on tein-
I have had no exposure to thier entry level stuff. Just the HA's, Flex, and RAs.
For a street/casual track setup, i guess they are ok. But their marketing builds them up as if they are some super respected japanese race company. And that they are not. I can only speak to the Teins that I have used and also dyno'd. And my experience was that there is an unacceptable variance in the valving from one damper to another. In testing 4 dampers that were supposed to be the same, only 2 of them were remotely similar. They were far enough off that we put another brand coilover on the machine to make sure it was working properly. Suprisingly, we have had the same experience with Advanced Designs.
The other thing I don't really like about them is that thier dampening range is very very small. So small that it hardly seems worth having adjustments at all. This isn't uncommon however for average coilovers.
I would take a set of the KW coilovers with no dampening adjustment any day over a set of Teins. Dampening control is just that much better.
I guess my grip is that Tein bills themselves as a company with racing roots. But in reality, there are no JGTC cars running Tein, and no competitive super T. cars running them either.
Didn't mean to rain on anyone's parade. Just a personal opinion and experience. And you know what they say about opinions...
Matt