helper spirng or no helper spring?????, probably going with tanabe coilovers. Options

[urbandork]

Ok so who went with tanabe coilovers instead of tein coilovers? and how do you like them? did you get the ones with the helper spring or not and what was the reason? Is there any reason y i wouldnt get the one with the helper spring? I know tanabes are not adjustable like teins but the tanabes have a stiffer sprig rate then the teins. Plus for me adjusting might be a pain in the butt as ill always want to play with it.

The reason why i ask is because after reading all the coilover threads most of the ppl on the board seem to have gone with teins and i havnt read one speck on anyones views with the tanabe coilovers. Other then tein and tanabe are there any other companies that make a full coilover and strut set up that wouldnt be a custom job? Ive recently seen D2 making coilovers for our cars but how r those?

as a side note i also plan on using ST swaybars front and rear.

from what ive seen this whats out there

tein
spring rate 7.0/5.0
adjustable
monotube???

tanabe
spring rate 8.0/6.0
non adjustable
daul chamber (not so good for wear right???)
helper spring

D2
spring rate 7.5/5.1
adjustable
monotube (good idea for wear right???)

i figured that with the tanabe's ill lose adjustablity, which i dont mind as its one less thing to mess around with, however ill gain a stiffer spring rate and the helper spring should help with comfort a bit.


thanks a bunch guys and gals.

This post has been edited by urbandork: Apr 4, 2007 - 11:10 PM

[urbandork]

still no replies. wow.

thinking about going with these instead

http://www.ksportusa.com/products/kontrolpro.html

very similar if not the same as the D2's but with a spring rate like the teins 7/5, but unlike the teins it has an adjustable lower mount so i can adjust ride height with out affecting shock travel

plus like the d2's its a monotube design which tanabes are not.

so y the orange over the purple d2's... simply cus im also not intrested in ksports bbk which have orange calipers instead of the purple ones d2 has. both look exactly the same but the orange would compliment the blue lip on the weds sports sa90's i plan on getting (check out my other post too please)

let me know what ya think thanks