suspension drop, the best solution... Options

[My2Celi]

What's the best way to drop your car with comfort? I like drop car, but from what I read its uncomfortable unless you get the right parts. let me see if i can show a pix of how drop i want it. well its in this topic of the honda civic " The Civic"

[tovejas]

Tein SS coilovers are great if you can afford them, I bought a set late last year and I love them. However, I realized that the design and dimensions of the strut and spring assembly compared to the stock design results in a much harder ride.

If you look at the Tein's, the whole assembly is very narrow and thin compared to stock or aftermarket springs for our cars.....heres a picture to show you what I mean by this.



The Teins are more narrow and the spring really hugs the strut unlike stock which has a great big seat for the spring to sit in and "give" a little more....If you look at the stock fronts you'll see what I mean. Obvously the springs that come with these have a pretty high spring rate also, so that adds to the roughness a little. But I think that because the impact of hitting a bump is expressed through such a narrow shock and spring as opposed to dispersing the impact over a wider area with a stock configuration or even Tein springs with KYB's, the ride is obvously rougher than if you went with the latter.

So I would go out on a limb and say that if you want a better balance between ride comfort by design and handling as well as saving a wad of money, Tein springs and a set of stock replacement shocks is for you. If you want a better handling car and can sacrifice some comfort for your car feeling like a go-kart, then go Tein SS.

how easy/hard was it to put those ss teins on? what major difficulties did you under go, if any?

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Tein SS coilovers are great if you can afford them, I bought a set late last year and I love them. However, I realized that the design and dimensions of the strut and spring assembly compared to the stock design results in a much harder ride.

If you look at the Tein's, the whole assembly is very narrow and thin compared to stock or aftermarket springs for our cars.....heres a picture to show you what I mean by this.



The Teins are more narrow and the spring really hugs the strut unlike stock which has a great big seat for the spring to sit in and "give" a little more....If you look at the stock fronts you'll see what I mean. Obvously the springs that come with these have a pretty high spring rate also, so that adds to the roughness a little. But I think that because the impact of hitting a bump is expressed through such a narrow shock and spring as opposed to dispersing the impact over a wider area with a stock configuration or even Tein springs with KYB's, the ride is obvously rougher than if you went with the latter.

So I would go out on a limb and say that if you want a better balance between ride comfort by design and handling as well as saving a wad of money, Tein springs and a set of stock replacement shocks is for you. If you want a better handling car and can sacrifice some comfort for your car feeling like a go-kart, then go Tein SS.

how easy/hard was it to put those ss teins on? what major difficulties did you under go, if any?

The install was very straightfoward....you just need to ditch your old shocks and springs, and the coilovers bolt right in place of them. Defgeph came over and helped alot on my install, however it really isn't very difficult aside from getting the bolts unseized and off the car and removing the rear sway bar end links from the factory struts. Chances are you'll need to replace them since they use allen key ends and will strip easily. If you have some mechanical skill its really not a hard install, just time consuming.