I'm picking up these tein coilovers for my 93 vtec for $600, but I know they aren't the adjustable dampening kind. They were taken off a car in japan, but they must be the earlier model teins because they arent ha or ss by the looks of em.






[Modified by a1-bb1, 1:00 PM 10/8/2002]

 

bring this back to the top...
I got the coilovers today.. They look like they're in pretty good shape. I'm going to need some liquid wrench to take off the top nut, and I might need to replace the dust covers, but that's the least of my worries.

I was planning on powdercoating the springs, but I realized it was gonna cost $120 for all 4, so I bagged that Idea. I'm just going to take them to the school's machine shop and have them sandblasted. Then I'm planning on primering them, putting a bunch of coats of hi-temp paint and some clearcoat on top of that.

Should I risk sandblasting the bottom of the strut and the threads or should I just sand them by hand or with paint remover? Any Ideas please? I was planning on painting the bottom of the strut metallic gray and lightly coating the threads with a silver color or something... I'm open to any ideas tho, let me know

And the engraving at the bottom of the strut says..

DPH2912511
BB1 R 92J
TEIN


I already emialed tein USA about it but I was hoping to see if anyone might know on h-t. They arent listed on the webpage, so I believe its a jap model or something.

Andy

 

bump

 

i have no idea... but here's a free bump for ya

 

Maybe contact tein with the info you found?

 

ya I did that, hopefully they can help me out

 

 

i would just clean them up real good i wouldnt sand blast them or sand them or anything just get a good cleaner and a toothbrush... and i dont know the model but they are early versions

 

Cool thanks for the info, I was planning on sandblasting the coils only, but I will definitely try to use the toothbrush method for the rest of them. U mean a good cleaner as in a strong paint remover?

 

they could be Type HR's

although the HR's for the BB6 have helper springs.....not sure about the BB1's

 

Could be old RA's....

 

Thanks for the input.. i'll look into it. I just finished stripping the old paint off and repainting them. I used 2 primer coats, about 5 coats of mettalic grey for the strut bottom, and finished it with 3 coats of clear. It looks pretty dope. Once I get my springs sandblasted and painted I will reassemble them and post pics.

2 of the bumpstops on the front struts are worn and I want to replace them, as well as the dustcover's for the front stuts too. Any ideas where I can get these? Will a store like pepboys or autozone carry them? Also I need some wrenches so if someone could post a link for me to buy some that would be awesome. thanks

 

anyone? I need to know where I can get 2 bumpstops, 2 dust covers, and 2 replacement tein wrenches?