Tein Street Advance Coilovers

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by 7thgear

coilovers are (potentially) long term investment. Why wouldn't you spend the 3-4 grand now to have a solid set for 5 years than spend 1 grand and be eternaly disappointed after the first few months.

given that the "need for coilovers" is often misguided. The people that wnat certain aspects don't bother researching cheaper and more effective altneratives and instead jump on the coilover bandwagon

I wish everyone had your mentality.

[ZDan]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

I dont think comparing an entry level damper and a $3k-ish set of Ohlins is very fair.

When people are considering spending X amount of $$$ on their cars, and it's going to be a DOWNgrade, it's fair to let them know.

You get what you pay for, and the Teins will be a marginal upgrade from stock.

I'd like to think that they've improved, but if these are no better than the Super Streets I had, they are not a "marginal upgrade", but rather a significant DOWNgrade.

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

That's a completely unfair comparison too... your S2000's stock dampers are better than the Ohlins DFV, when it comes to quality and durability.

This is my point exactly. The stock FR-S and BRZ dampers are going to be LEAGUES better than any "entry level" coilovers.

However I totally disagree that the Ohlins DFV are lower-quality than stock. The ball-joint uppers do have a shorter life than factory rubber isolators, that's a given.

I'd rather have good dampers for my chosen spring rates than 2- 3- 4- or 12-way adjustability.

The DFV's on my FD are at least as good as the factory dampers on my AP1, while dealing with much higher spring rates.

[CSI:86]

Thanks everyone for their input!

So is Tein Street Advance Coilovers considered "entry level" coilovers? The general consensus around is that there seem to be "one of the most comfortable STREET spec coilovers" but most of the posts seem to suggest that there are crap. My friend is selling to me for 600 plus installation. I was planning to go sportline springs but however am worried about the stock dampeners screwing up. So decided to go coilovers whilst keeping the stock springs and dampeners for future use.