You should only need the control arms if you drop it. Why aren't you though. Thats a lot of money to spend on suspension if you're not planning on lowering it. I have the same kit by the way with EDFC, and love it, also have the 3sx control arms.

 

It doesn't hurt to get them but if you really don't plan on lowering more than 1" then you don't need them... btw, i love my teins.

 

Well, the person that sold the car to me didn't bother to tell me the suspension was shot. I've heard that aftermarket suspension is much better than stock for this particular vehicle, so that's why I'm getting the teins. I may lower it, but probably not [the roads around here are not desirable]. I'm planning on getting the EDFC as well, so I'll be prepared if/when I drop it. Thanks for the replies guys.

 

hmm, well if the roads are reallly really bad, the teins may be too stiff for your liking, maybe find a local member who can let you ride or test drive on them to see if its something your ass will like...

I LOVE mine though. IMO EDFC is a little overrated, but it is a neat gadget. I don't really ever change my settings during normal driving so its not even usefull for me.

 

Anodized,

I have the Tein Flex with the EDFC and they are awesome!!!
I like the EDFC as the roads here in MI go from good to horrible in the blink of an eye. I use the 3 pre-sets as a way to "tolerate" the ride on the bad roads. I go out of my way to AVOID the really bad roads as I get bounced off of the headliner...

FYI, I'm a Purdue alumn, so I get back to W. Lafayette very often. The roads there are about as bad as here in MI....

If your car is a daily driver, you may not want to get the Teins. They do ride very rough and would probably be untolerable on the mid-western roads every day...

You shouldn't need the adjustable arms if you aren't lowering the car.

I wouldn't spend the money if you aren't going to lower your car (one of the key reasons for Teins) and if it's a daily driver... Just my $.02 worth,
John

 

I have the Tein flex coil overs, I was never told I'd need to change the rear control arms, could someone explain this for me?
-Dan

 

I have the Tein flex coil overs, I was never told I'd need to change the rear control arms, could someone explain this for me?
-Dan

If you cannot get rear camber into spec you need them... Usually needs to be 1.5" or so lower than stock.

 

Just my opinion but if you're spending that much money on the Tein Flex system, I would consider the adjustable control arms part of the cost of the upgrade. No sense in getting all of that only to find out you won't be aligned properly and you eat your tires up. I was told that I was already at the max of my rear camber adjustment when I was at the stock ride height.

 

I got mine for 50% off as my front two struts/springs were damaged in an accident (while my car was parked) and covered by insurance. The company that did my alignment said everything was well within spec however...
-Dan

 

95wildtt, thanks for the info on that...They're already on the way though :\.

 

Anodized,

I go out of my way to AVOID the really bad roads as I get bounced off of the headliner...

John

I get that a lot with my tein flex - its kind of scary when it happens the first time .
Other than trying to avoid certain roads - is there a specific setting youve found that handles these condition any better?
(until i saw this post of yours i was starting to think i got a bad set or something)

 

From my experiece I found that 6 clicks in the front and 10 in the rear are pretty good all round. but as the gas tank empties the ride gets a little more bouncy in the rear. I feel you when you say you avoid some roads.

 

well, avoiding known bad rough roads is great - but yesterday during a "spirited" ride thru some twisty mountain landscape it got reall bump & I was literlaly launched out of my seat, bumped my head on the ceiling and bounced bounced bounced til I slowed down almost to a stop.........thank "insert your god here" this all happened on a straight away, if it was on one of the turns, I dont want to even think about it.

Can it be that the Tein are great for a well upkept track only?
Ive lost confidence in the meantime until I work out the suspension , either figure out whats wrong with my Tein Flexs or buy something else that works better (at this point I am missing the stock shocks)

:sad:

 

well, avoiding known bad rough roads is great - but yesterday during a "spirited" ride thru some twisty mountain landscape it got reall bump & I was literlaly launched out of my seat, bumped my head on the ceiling and bounced bounced bounced til I slowed down almost to a stop.........thank "insert your god here" this all happened on a straight away, if it was on one of the turns, I dont want to even think about it.

Can it be that the Tein are great for a well upkept track only?
Ive lost confidence in the meantime until I work out the suspension , either figure out whats wrong with my Tein Flexs or buy something else that works better (at this point I am missing the stock shocks)

:sad:

Stay away from the K-Sports. They'll do the same thing to you but with poor brake line mounting and weird noises.

I don't think most coilovers are meant for any sort of street driving. It's even worse because some morons seem to purchase them to "slam" their car down to the ground. Stupid. I think someone even posted a picture of it in the K-Sport thread. Completely useless if you actually want to drive the car around town.

The best suggestion I could give you would be to make absolutely certain you have NO preload dialed in on the springs at all and then set your dampening on the softest it will go. This coupled with getting used to predicting what the car will do in this setup will help you a lot.

 

You can order different, softer, springs for them also. i haven't done it yet but i am planning on it later once i get the car running.

Grant

 

You can order different, softer, springs for them also. i haven't done it yet but i am planning on it later once i get the car running.

Grant

only slightly softer or you have to get them revalved.... probably not free either. since it looks like they throw every coilover kit together with the same parts no matter which car....

 

If you read the owners book it dose say the suspention is for off road or show use only. Ha who reads the instructions.

 

If you read the owners book it dose say the suspention is for off road or show use only. Ha who reads the instructions.

"Off Road" hehe I know they mean like "the track" but that just sounds funny.

 

I use there 3 settings on mine...

#1... For GREAT roads (6 front, 10 rear)
#2... For Average Roads (8 Front, 12 rear)
#3... For BAD roads & RR Tracks (16 Front, 16 Rear)

The handling is incredible!

 

so I take it 16 is the softest setting and 1 is the hardest??? I thought it would be the other way.

 

Where is the best place to get the Tein Flex kit? I was told that they are not even in stock for the FWD 3/S yet.

The link below says that stock is N/A for FWD and AWD. I'm confused. A shop in the area also says that the Flex kit is not available for the FWD yet but will soon but I see many of you already have it.