I just bought a 1999 GSR. And want to throw on some coilovers. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences with the Tein Basic, Tanabe Sustec Pro s-oc Type II, or Omin Power coilover units? I am trying to decide on one of them. This car is mostly going to be used for daily driving with the occasional touge run and autoX days. So, any advice? Thanks.

 

i have tein basic, my lil bro uses omni streets

 

Take a look at one of the PIC Performance setups. They're a bit more robust than the Omnipowers and they're lighter than the Tein's.

 

the consensus i've found is ground control sleeves and koni yellows out-perform all full coilovers under $1200

 

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agreed

 

have tein basic... hate it for daily driving... koni yellow + ground control is the next setup

 

i have ground control on kyb's

 

my buddy has some omni full coilovers and they ride good as too

 

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my experience w/ GC was negative, therfore i disagree with you

 

I love my GC's and Koni Yellow's. I also bought the top hats for extra travel. They were more than worth the money. I also bought st front and rear sway bars. The car is a whole new machne. It acutally rotates instead of pushing, sliding or leaning.

 

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my experience w/ GC was negative, therfore i disagree with you</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wonder what went wrong with your past setup. I have Koni/GC setup and it is cool.

 

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I wonder what went wrong with your past setup. I have Koni/GC setup and it is cool. </TD></TR></TABLE>


i dont care to go into it because everyone on here is like "no ******* way GC is the greatest product since condoms, you are wrong, you did something wrong" blah blah blah. my experience with their product was negative, i recommend progress auto

 

Are progress auto springs or coilovers? And how much are they for a DA?

 

i have the teins basic and i love them. my car is slammed. the car drives great and for me its very comfortable. i would recommend them.

 

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they make both, the springs should be about $170, the coilovers are about $1200

 

koni yellows and GC sleeves and i couldn't be happier.......

 

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If you could post or pm the info that would be great. I am thinking of switching from my comptech springs to 400/450 gcs.

 

Discontinued Tein HA for a Type R on my GSR.

It's been daily driven for 5 years now. Still stiff, eventhough I know I'm speeding down the wear process since I'm slammed and there's barely any shock travel.


EDIT: Tein Basic = Garbage. You can't even adjust the shock dampening. It's basically what it says... The most basic full coilovers you can get.

 

my car's on omni streets

 

i got blue tokicos with sustec and i love them

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NightRider-gsR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Discontinued Tein HA for a Type R on my GSR.

It's been daily driven for 5 years now. Still stiff, eventhough I know I'm speeding down the wear process since I'm slammed and there's barely any shock travel.


EDIT: Tein Basic = Garbage. You can't even adjust the shock dampening. It's basically what it says... The most basic full coilovers you can get.</TD></TR></TABLE>


if its built right to begin with you shouldnt need dampening adjustability

 

If you havent had both the koni yellow setup with gc's and tein ss coilovers on your car, why are you arguing that one is better than the other, you don't know for sure.

 

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who are you talking to

 

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What about for street vs. track use? Not everybody wants to be on full stiffness riding down a bumpy road, but if you take your car to the track or even for a spirited drive, going to a stiffer setting would be a plus.

 

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Adjustability is suited for people who require different levels of dampening.
I have a daily driven car that is an occasional weekend warrior.


Why waste $600 is it for Tein Basics. You get no shock dampening adjustability and weak *** spring rates.

Just because it's Tein doesn't mean its superior. Don't get me wrong I support Tein's products (some in this case).