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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:39 PM
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HEy i have civic coupe, its got tein s-techs on it right now on stock struts, there about dead so i want to replace the struts...but i dont know which way togo, i like to drive curvey roads and such so something good for that, but i dont need anything real fancy....any ideas?
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:47 PM
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Hey i have an eg sedan and i plan on getting s-techs with some tokico blue HPs. From what i've heard there are a good combo for daily driving. Also he you are on a budget KYB AGX is also good. Good luck!
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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lowering springs are good, but if your looking for performance i would recomend stepping up to a full coilover system such as omni power or teins. i just dont see spendsing 400 for struts when i can get fully adjustable height and dampering coilovers for a little more.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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i would love full coilovers but i dont have a grand to blow on em
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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this is kinda off topic, but how did they ride? and how long have u had em on the stock struts? i want to run s techs on my stockers.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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they ride great i have over 100k on the car and they are still good, just getting a little to bouncy, and i just did my turbo so its just suspension is next on my list...but i would deff go with it if thats a setup your looking at
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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wow.. you've had the stechs for 100k on the stock struts before you had any problems?

interesting.

just a little headsup, the gr2s and tokico blues are oem replacement struts. if you would like something better id step up to the agx / illuminas.

but since im broke, im going ot have to run em on the stock struts
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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acutally the tokico blues are 15% stiffer then stock.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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Hopefully the blues are stiffer because i'm not going to waste 350 for nothing. LOL!
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 06:50 PM
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have you ever thought about getting kyb agx's 4 way adjustable's. there not bad i have them on my crx with ebay coilovers. my cost for all 4 of the kyb's and the coilovers together was under $400.00 which fit my budget
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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Default Re: need some new struts! (userdead626)

Yeah man, go with some tokico hp blues
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 07:01 PM
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So which would be a better buy, the blues or the agx;s?
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 07:14 PM
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agx's by far. they are also adjustable!
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by userdead626 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So which would be a better buy, the blues or the agx;s?</TD></TR></TABLE>

agx is the next level up
kyb gr2= tokiko blue = oem
kyb agx=tokiko illumina = next level up
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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if intrested, i have a set of four tekico shocks with evotion 2 /1/2'' drop
they were rode on for about 300 miles, they have not even fully settled thats how new they are. payed over $900 get rid of them for $375
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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i say wait a lil longer and then go for the full coilovers!!!! will be worth it, omni sells a whole suspension overhaul for a grand. includes lcas, camberkit, tie rods, apr Lowertie, and Omni coilover all the way around, thats what im doing, save ur money and do that!!
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