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Old 2006-07-17, 12:56 PM   #1
sperry
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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Default Anybody know anything about the Tein Super Racing coilovers?

...'cause I got a set coming from C&C by the end of the week for the trials on Saturday/Sunday.

http://www.tein.com/srdamp.html

They're double adjustable, inverted mono-tube, independent ride height adjustable, and some versions utilize an external piggy-back reservoir (though I don't think the STi version does...). Basically, I'm hoping they're a cross between the plug-n-play goodness of the Tein Flex's and the race capabilities of the KW V3's.

Apparently, one of the 24hrs of the Nurburgring STi's ran these dampers...



My only concern is that the 12/9 spring rates will be a bit too stiff for RFR, but if they're damped properly, I think it'll be fine.

A little side story... I tried to order these from Gruppe-S and MPJ, but both were out of stock for the '04 fitment. And since Tein won't drop ship, they'd have to be shipped from Tein in L.A. to Hayward/Fremont, the from there to me. Khamis reminded me that C&C is an authorized reseller, but since they don't sell a lot of units, they're required to sell 'em at MSRP, which is like $400 over the "street price". But since Dave and Justin are cool guys, they offered me a free corner-balance/alignment to help make up the difference. Awesome!
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