Umm... ok so I decided to stiffen up my shocks today (Tein SS) and as I go to turn the adjustment **** on my front left shock, I found that it wouldn't turn by hand. I decided to try using the little TEIN tool (allen wrench with a green handle -- wooo) Well, that didn't work. Well... it did. The **** turned but didn't click, and as soon as I went to take the tool out, the **** stuck to the end. IT SNAPPED OFF.

So... Now I'm not sure what to do. I'm going to call the store I bought them from and see what can be done, but I never thought that this product would have such a problem.

Anyone have this issue before, or any other quality issue with a TEIN product? Do we know the warranty and/or procedures?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by COMplex. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Umm... ok so I decided to stiffen up my shocks today (Tein SS) and as I go to turn the adjustment **** on my front left shock, I found that it wouldn't turn by hand. I decided to try using the little TEIN tool (allen wrench with a green handle -- wooo) Well, that didn't work. Well... it did. The **** turned but didn't click, and as soon as I went to take the tool out, the **** stuck to the end. IT SNAPPED OFF.

So... Now I'm not sure what to do. I'm going to call the store I bought them from and see what can be done, but I never thought that this product would have such a problem.

Anyone have this issue before, or any other quality issue with a TEIN product? Do we know the warranty and/or procedures? </TD></TR></TABLE>


John... Tein sucks
You can contact Tein but you'll have to deal with who u bought it from

 

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John... Tein sucks
You can contact Tein but you'll have to deal with who u bought it from</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well... I wasn't patient enough to wait around for something else to come out when I bought the car a year ago.

What would you recommend for a full coil over suspension?

 

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Well... I wasn't patient enough to wait around for something else to come out when I bought the car a year ago.

What would you recommend for a full coil over suspension?</TD></TR></TABLE>

In a perfect world... Zeal B2's

In the real world... there is nothing out... or on the horizon that "blows my mind"...sadly.

 

I have a buddy with tein SS not 1 problem yet i always thought tein products where great i guess they slacked a little on the FG2 stuff.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WILD_WILL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a buddy with tein SS not 1 problem yet i always thought tein products where great i guess they slacked a little on the FG2 stuff.</TD></TR></TABLE>

THey're riding on their name. Better products out there, for better prices, but none for the apps you want!

 

sorry to hear it, but like i've been preaching everywhere (especially to 8th civic) Tein products = garbage. I would fight to get it replaced... but you'll probably have other gripes about the suspension later on down the road...

 

so far I have heard only goog things about Koni yellows and BG Coilovers.

Coming sometime this summer?

Any comments on these would be great.

 

Thats unfortunate, especially since their suspension products are sooo CHEAP IN PRICE.

 

thats sucks the same thing happened to one of my friends. He had the TEIN SS setup on his ep3 and then the rear passenger strut broke. I guess that's why I don't like coilover setups. IMO they're only good if you really do some road racing or auto crossing.

Im saving up for a HFP suspension, screw it i'm only doing DD with my car.

Well good luck fixing your problem.

 

I would consider the HFP suspension myself but it just isnt low enough i want the body right above the tire not tucked.

 

I have always loved eibachs springs, I just wish someone would sell struts for it without the springs.

 

well, me personally.. i've always thought Tein was a quality product. And it always seemd so. But only in this forum have I ever seen bashing on any Tein products.

Lets remember though, all these products are made by man and a machine. Nothing is perfect (refer to Six Sigma, in Tein's case, probably Five Sigma), **** happens, otherwise we'd live in a perfect world and a lot of people would be jobless (including myself). This is why products come with warranty. So it happened, well you stated yourself you didn't tighten something down hard enough, perhaps that is the reason.

I'm still a fan of Tein products, my friend had Tein Type HA in his 99 civic coupe, **** was on RAILS!!!!! I plan to possibly stick with the Tein route, still waiting for other options out there... but yeah like i said only in this 2006+ forum have i ever seen people bashing Tein

just my .2cents

 

FYI, I know this is out there, but I might as well point it out again: Koni Yellows are on the horizion...Koni + B&G/Eibach/Tanabe springs = &lt;3

Koni part numbers:

Koni sport:
front - '**** adjustable' (Gas) *full strut not an insert*
8741-1502lsport; 8741-1502rsport

rear - '**** adjustable' (Gas):
8041-1359sport

 

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Are you saying I stated I didn't tighten something down?

 

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Are you saying I stated I didn't tighten something down?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, I couldn't find where you said that... so I don't know what seanjean is talkin' about

 

TEIN is the worst suspension company ever! I would never buy another TEIN product again. Give them a call and see what they can do, which is most likely nothing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SeanJohn1802 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well, me personally.. i've always thought Tein was a quality product. And it always seemd so. But only in this forum have I ever seen bashing on any Tein products. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Not true, go to any site where they actually use their cars, and you'll see them bashing TEINs. Go to any Nissan, BMW, Subaru, and/or Mitsu forum and you can see that nobody counts on TEINs to get them through the track/circuit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by huevosrancheros &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats sucks the same thing happened to one of my friends. He had the TEIN SS setup on his ep3 and then the rear passenger strut broke. I guess that's why I don't like coilover setups. IMO they're only good if you really do some road racing or auto crossing.

Im saving up for a HFP suspension, screw it i'm only doing DD with my car.

Well good luck fixing your problem. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i dont think anyone would want to road race or autocross with teins

 

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i dont think anyone would want to road race or autocross with teins</TD></TR></TABLE>

He was talking about full coilover setups in general

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by huevosrancheros &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats sucks the same thing happened to one of my friends. He had the TEIN SS setup on his ep3 and then the rear passenger strut broke. I guess that's why I don't like coilover setups. IMO they're only good if you really do some road racing or auto crossing.
Im saving up for a HFP suspension, screw it i'm only doing DD with my car.

Well good luck fixing your problem. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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Are you saying I stated I didn't tighten something down?</TD></TR></TABLE>
hm, i must have mis-read the first part last night. I thought i read that you said you forgotten to tighten down some suspension bolt or something. my bad

and what I've said... I'll stick to it.. I don't visit many other forums. ANd only until thhis forum opened was the first time I started reading people talking trash on Tein. If that has been happening for awhile now, I've never seen it... only until th FGs came out did i see people bashing on Tein *shrugs*

I've got Tein S-Tech springs in my car (i know not coilovers, but also my first Tein ANYTHING) and have had ZERO issues

again.. nothing in this world is perfect

lets see, Mike (aka Type X) has the Megan Racing coilovers, those had issues with sagging in the rear (i.e. mailing out defected prodcuts, which has since been corrected) but no one talks trash on a company that hasn't been around in suspension as long as TeinUSA after all that had been said and done...

iono, just my view

my personal experience in the past has been Skunk2 Coilovers on my Em1 w/stock shocks, solid setup, wish i would have gotten around to some konis