I am considering on purchasing a set of TEIN Flex for my EJ copue (with type R LCAs) but i keep hearing a lot of good stuff about the omnipower coilovers too.

which coilovers you think I should get: Flex are damper adjustable, shock length adjustable and have pillowball mounts VS Omnipower height adjustable, not length adjustable (as far as I know), and no pillowball mounts (as far as I know), not damper adjustable (as far as I know).

Does anyone know the spring rates of the omnipower coilovers for an ITR? not sure if they even make coilovers for the ITR. if not, then omni's are out of the question because I have the ITR LCAs on my coupe.

I'll be doing quite a few track events as soon as I put coilovers on my car (speedtrials, redline track events, etc.) that's what the coilovers are going be used for.

So I would like to know what are your inputs about these coilovers.

P.S. budget is not an issue, as I can afford both coilovers...


Modified by JDM *** at 9:46 AM 7/15/2004

 

ttt

 

I got TEIN Flex in my Hatch and a friend of mine put them in his TEG! we both agree they are nice. they install ultra easy. we both play around with auto-x and road racing. ive done a bit of asking around and if you stay in the TEIN line alot of auto-x ppl like the RAs as well. im going to ride on my Flex till they go then ill play around with the RA or something else ? no idea right now!

Hope that helps

Trav.

 

thanx for the reply

 

k-sport.

 

bumpzikl

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=874262
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=872147

So, yes they do make them for the R. I've heard alot of good things about the OmniPower coilovers. They are length adjustable to keep proper shock travel i believe and they do have upper mounts. The only thing they don't have is adjustable damping. I'm in the same boat, i'm torn between the Tein Flex and OmniPower. I don't like the fact that the Flex has crappy rear spring rates tho .

oh, and the OmniPower coilovers for the R are available with optional stiffer spring rates also .


Modified by SASIR2 at 12:22 AM 7/16/2004

 

If it is your daily driver, get the Omni's. They are very well engineered and are also very cheap. I think they are only 650 a set on kteller.com.

Everyone keeps raving about how well they combine handling and ride quality.

 

no brainer...TEIN flexes all the way
i got the HAs now but i cant wait on gettin the flexes

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMb18civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no brainer...TEIN flexes all the way
i got the HAs now but i cant wait on gettin the flexes</TD></TR></TABLE> Is there a reason why? I wanna know what experiences you have because i'm trying to make a decision also.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM *** &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">which coilovers you think I should get: Flex are damper adjustable, shock length adjustable and have pillowball mounts VS Omnipower height adjustable, not length adjustable (as far as I know), and no pillowball mounts (as far as I know), not damper adjustable (as far as I know).


P.S. budget is not an issue, as I can afford both coilovers...


Modified by JDM *** at 9:46 AM 7/15/2004</TD></TR></TABLE>

there u go...

 

Well, almost all that info was incorrect. The only thing that is different is that the damping is non adjustable. Also the OmniPower coilovers have a nice 46mm piston size as opposed to the Flexs' 36 or 39mm.

 

bump

 

uh, neither?

why do people think that Tein and Omni are the only damper companies. GO with a true US race proven suspension, which can be had for much cheaper....

 

bizzump

 

have u looked into the ground control custom spring rates and koni yellow setup...

 

tein

 

wtf,
between the 2,
flex,
you get everything the omnis have, but damping adjustability.

while most ppl who post about their omnis "love them so mucH" if you read carefully as to how the coilovers ACTUALLY perform, it has been mentioned that they are a LITTLE on the bouncy side.

meaning they are probably alittle underdampened, depending on the springrates you get. That brings up one point about the omni's.. i sincerely doubt they substitute stronger struts when you pick the higher springrates.

with the flex if you go with a higher rate, you can turn the damping up..
course i'm not sure how high their damping range is..

 

hmmm interesting

 

well the omni's ITR sport package comes with a 12 F 8 R spring rates...so i dunno...they do sound like a good bang for the buck....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM *** &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well the omni's ITR sport package comes with a 12 F 8 R spring rates...so i dunno...they do sound like a good bang for the buck....</TD></TR></TABLE>

its really simple man,

omni power are good FOR THEIR PRICE,

FLEX are just plain GOOD.

 

true...i guess i'll come up with a decision next week...coupled with some more research about the omni's....

 

The guys in the road race forum always say that the valving in the Flex suck,

 

yeah that's what i heard too and plus the spring rates of the Flex's for the ITR set up is too soft i think...9F 4R...yuck

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Emerika &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">uh, neither?

why do people think that Tein and Omni are the only damper companies. GO with a true US race proven suspension, which can be had for much cheaper....</TD></TR></TABLE>

examples?