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Sorry man, i do not have recent pics of it. But I did drop it over 3 inches because when I had the intrax they were about a 2in drop. When I put on the megans without adjusting it yet, the gap closed. From there i did a significant drop again and then recently i did a quarter inch drop again. Actually I have pics in the multimedia section of the post a pic of your celica. It is not evident of the over 3 in drop but no way i can put my finger in that fender even if i slanted my fingers upwards.

how stiff is the ride out of the box? do you know what number setting it is on? being that there is 1-32 levels of adjustable dampening...

you can make it even softer than stock and fine tune it all the way to stiff. the question you are asking is basically you can get whatever feel you want. Unlike ksports those are pretty stiff no matter what tune. I'm at 20 which falls under common street use. The difference between this and Tein is most of the time if you don't pay the extra bucks you dont get Teins mount. Also the difference in adjustability is tein skips the in betweens so you can't fine tune it as much as megan.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Sep 27, 2009 - 10:07 AM

yea thats exactly what I have theres only one type for our celicas

Hmmm, I don't see the pictures. Must be a problem with my browser.

i put some coil springs on mine and it made it like 2 inches higher! what did i do wrong

Are you using something like this?



If so, you need to lower the two lower collars down the threaded sleeve.

As much as Megan is such a silly name for a company, I've read nothing but good things about their products. I was thinking of the K-Sports for the Celica but after reading that Nissan thread, I think I will ignore that fact and buy them...obviously after reading what the OP has to say about them.

Megan indeed is a lousy name but their products are amazing from suspension to performance parts especialy for their price.

the problem with coil sleeves/springs is that you adjust height by adjusting the spring load to make the springs tighter and closer. Problem with that is you jack up the spring rates and ride comfort. True coilovers adjust on the lower side, meaning it does not touch the spring load but adjusts by making the whole assembly shorter, thus you still have the lower ride height with the good ride comfort.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 4, 2009 - 6:42 AM

seriously trdproven, could you please drop your car as low as it will go and take a side shot so we can see the ride height difference between megan/tanabe/tein

^ PLEASE...do that, trdproven. When you have a chance and you're not feeling lazy, heh. I'm showing my car in a car show next year and I need to install all the parts before taking it to the paint shop. It would be cool to see the lowest possible setting on your car, because I want to show my car slammed.

Haha thats alot of work to adjust all those springs. But yea right now, I have it at 3.5. It is tucked but in my pics it doesn't look like it cus I need a wider rim or lower offset. Based off the Megan threading it looks like it can drop well over 4". thats way too much and pointless to drop it that low who would do that to their car, I mean I'm only at this height because I only drive it like 1-5 miles a week. For your case, car show, trust me its more than enough, you prolly won't even go past my height.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 5, 2009 - 1:20 AM

I was planning to buy Tein coils, but now i'm curious about thoose megans...Teins are around 1000€ to me, megans 670€, teins have 16 levels, and thoose ones 32, teins dont have camber unlike thoose ones but i am prety sure that if i set my right front level at 14 (like every other level) as the left one i'm sure that the softness is the same (unlike D2 and Ksport). Do u think its the same for megans too? or its lower price is for a lower quality too? Cuz i read on the web that D2 are good too if u have the right tools to set 'em good, but thoose tools are expansive XD I know that the same setting isn't really needed to use the car on the track, but i'd like to feel sure that 14 left is softer (or harder, dont matter) than 13 or 12 on the right...maybe i did some confusion...tell me if u can understand what i'd want to say

Maybe I understood this. Are you asking about quality comparison and then about soft/hardness setting comparison.

If so, Tein are better all around then D2,K-sport,Megan. Those 3 are made in the same workshop with different branding and slight changes. Tein are on their own. For track purposes, I would go with Tein, if you want to slam your car and run big camber, then Megan is a better choice.

I'm simplylooking for something that makes me corner faster...for the setting, no problem, i can do it and i've experienced supporters to helpme with what i cant do, but i dont have the tools to be sure the values i setted are really like the level says. I'm just asking, who have megan coils knows if level 28 is soft almost the same on every piece? I read that on D2 Coils (same for Ksport) level 14 (just to say one) on one piece could be lvl 9 on another one and 16 on another, this dont make u sure that the setting u think will really work goodcuz u cant be sure about the setting without testing it in some way...

So D2, Ksport and Megan too are almost the same in most of parts if its are made in the same workshop, that's it?

price vs performance - Tein Basics are no match for Megans. All my friends have Teins and I am not impressed with the fancy indoor adjustability and no strut mount, and 16 way adjustability, no camber adjustment. I get irritated its not a full assembly, you have to use stock components. My friends have to run really stiff just to get it comfortable. For some reason that is not good if they wanted to stiffen it up more for track. Megans I am somewhere in the middle and have lots of more room to adjust for stiffness. I am not saying Teins are a bad product. I am saying hands down, you are paying a lot more for something you don't get. Ive read online Teins lack the adjustability of Megans all around, and you dont need the internet to tell you that just by the specs, Megans even have better spring rates. Teins basics will blow faster than Megans. Megans > Tein Basics. If you get Teins make sure you get higher than the Tein Basics to beat out the Megans. Just research online.

Ok thats sure, the vantages of megans are obvious...springs are not that advantage, to set a track car good u must have more than one spring set...I'm just trying to know trdproven, did u tested if the same setting is the same softness on every piece? Cuz if the advantage of more regulations could not be that much if the same level doesn't match with the same softness on every shock absorber

not sure what you mean exactly or what you are trying to get at to prove a point.

While Driving, the human cannot nick pick the difference if the left front strut is set on 12 or at the same time notice if the right rear is set on 13 and so on. Is that what you mean? not everything in this world is created equal, motors to be exact, not every motor comes out exactly from the factory some will be more reliable or feel more powerfull but bottom line is, they are built as close to spec as possible. You can definitely feel the difference as you adjust them and drive. I hope I am making things clear for you.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Oct 13, 2009 - 10:17 AM

I think what he is saying is that he has heard that the valving on the shocks are all different, so in order for people to get the same dampening effect on each corner they had to adjust the dampner settings. He is also saying that he heard not all dampners are created equal. The stiffness of one unit at level 6 could be equal to level 16 on another, and so on.

I will tell you that no manufacturer would let something like that slip through QA. Unless another variable had been altered (spring travel) you can be sure that a level 14 dampner setting on one strut is a level 14 on all of them.