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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by dc/dc
The company is called Tein.

Also, do your own research as to what will do the best for you and your car. Tein makes a great suspension, but you may want to look at other options like Ground Control, Megan, D2, Omnipower or JIC Magic. If you have your heart set on Tein, get one of the systems that accepts EFDC, and purchase that add-on. This will help you achieve street comfort.
It's called EDFC.

Anyways, I've owned/drove cars with tanabe,tein,hks,and a number of other coilover setups and to me tein by far was the worst on my 240sx. IMO/from what I've read elsewhere, tein is a middle class suspension company that spends ALOT of money on marketing in america and since you see it everywhere you end up thinking it must be good. Granted my experience with them was just a tein basic coilover setup for the 240sx(which is garbage) I've drove in a tein drift spec 240 and it was a HUGE improvement but still not as good as other companies out there. I would look into the new tanabe sevens or fives, silk road,cusco or so on. But it all really comes down to budget. Tanabe has their version of EDFC that can be programed to change rates according to mph which could be very useful. Think about it, you could have a specific rebound/damping setup for each turn on a track.
Old Jun 10, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by EEK
omni = junk2. no differnce, the guy who founded omni is one of the founders of junk2. i think there both crap
no no no OMNI is not crap, my OMNI's are 12krear 8kfront. Tell me junk2 can match that. and junk2 rides like shit, my OMNI's have a great ride quality.
Old Jun 10, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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Default Re: Tien Suspension.

Originally Posted by JustaGSR18
no no no OMNI is not crap, my OMNI's are 12krear 8kfront. Tell me junk2 can match that. and junk2 rides like shit, my OMNI's have a great ride quality.
no, my friend had the same Omni's in his EK. they were crap lol. i hated them..
Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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the moral of the story is...

just because it rides better than lowering springs on stock shocks, doesnt mean it is that good.

no point in making reccomendations if you have little basis for comparison, or havent done any research.
Old Jun 10, 2008 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by EEK
no, my friend had the same Omni's in his EK. they were crap lol. i hated them..
no, Jack had the street version I have the sport, also he probably changed the spring rate to change the height rather than adjusting the sleeve, that will dramatically change the ride comfort.
Old Jun 10, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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he adjusted the sleeves, but i wasnt refering to jack. im talkin about someone else who had them for a HPDE Setup
Old Jun 10, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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oh, ok well as long as you get the sport setup they have been good to me
Old Jun 11, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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i made mine kinda a hybrid between skunk/omni. skunk2 10k spring with omni shock and onmi 10k rear full setup. worked great all around. not too stiff at all.
Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:10 AM
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Default Re: Tien Suspension.

Originally Posted by broke_honda
i made mine kinda a hybrid between skunk/omni. skunk2 10k spring with omni shock and onmi 10k rear full setup. worked great all around. not too stiff at all.
The the OP:
Like the poster above suggests, get a good spring rate, and get some used koni yellows revalved or something if you are on a budget. For example, a set of Ground Control Coils w/ a good spring rate + revalved konis will outhandle most anything. It will be the best track setup you could imagine outside of a 2k coilover. One thing I did not mention before about buying Tein - do not buy anything less then Tein Flex.
Old Jun 12, 2008 | 07:47 AM
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We carry several manufacturers of suspension. It all depends what your looking for and what your budget is. Please pm me or call me and we can go over details. My name is Justin. 703-339-5566
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