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Old May 13, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...QrdZ1

please help me out
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Old May 13, 2006 | 05:44 PM
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imo no..try these company's tein, eibach, koni, skunk2. watch out when your buying things from ebay a lot of there stuff that's sold on there is fake. whats your budget for your suspension?
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Old May 13, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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WOW i didnt know they made fake coilovers, any way my budget for coilovers ,shocks and springs is 500 , something decent maybe its not enough but help me out
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Old May 13, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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yea there been fake tein springs going around and my friend just got a set of fake skunk2 coilovers from ebay..if you want to go with coilovers you have a couple of options tein, ground control and skunk2 just to name a few but generally coilovers are more expensive, if you want to go with springs and shocks then it would fit your budget better. try these sites http://www.prostreetonline.com and http://www.ptuning.com
and when you find something you like post what you found and ill help you out with the company's
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Old May 14, 2006 | 01:26 AM
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the Tenzo R "coilovers" arent a generic brand, tenzo r is pretty well known, mostly for their wheels...but no, they are not good suspension. tenzo lacks the R&D and quality that you will find in other companys. plus, tenzo R overall is not one of the better brands out there anyway(in my opinion, other people may think different). and those are not real coilovers, there simply sleeve-overs that allow you to adjust height like a coilover. a real coilover by definition is a coil spring over a damper(strut/shock)...

with $500 for both springs and damper your real limited. what are your goals? do you just want a lowered ride? if a lowered ride is all you want, you should look into tein s.tech springs, and they will work with your stock damper(if they are still in good shape).
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Old May 14, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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I think tenzo R is well know.... and not some backyard company, but they are not expensive as other brands out there.
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Old May 14, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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don't just buy springs, unless there oem specs. Its not a good idea because your shocks wont be able to keep up with the different spring rate, i think if you had a little over 500 you could get a relatively good set up..but it all depends on what your trying to achieve. what year and model is your accord?
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Old May 14, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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my accord is a 95, and i think im going to go for the eibach pro-kit since you can use them with stock shocks
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Old May 14, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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i would recommend getting shocks sometime down the line just to be on the safe side..you can get those springs with some kyb shocks for 460. you will at some time need to get new shocks with those springs or something like the tein s-tech springs that say you can use them with oem shocks/struts


Modified by mattf22b1 at 8:14 PM 5/15/2006
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Old May 14, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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h&r springs with some kyb agx struts/shocks are a pretty affordable/common combination
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Old May 14, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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what are the average prices for labor, what would be a reasonable price to pay so i wont get raped
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Old May 14, 2006 | 08:43 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tonyjrp19 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what are the average prices for labor, what would be a reasonable price to pay so i wont get raped </TD></TR></TABLE>

buy a haynes book and learn to do it yourself. its not very hard
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Old May 15, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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im going to install my suspension soon..ill post pictures and instructions to let you know how it goes
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