So my Teins came in yesterday...

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[quote=""GTO Assassin""]Sounds like an offer to me. ;)

We have D2's here which of course are K-Sports in a different colour. Iv'e heard some horror stories about the D2's and K-Sports from the Nissan guys here tho, Not happy at all.

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I have a 240sx in the garage right now with ksports and he hasn't complained at all. We're putting an RB25 in it.
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[quote=""SeanVr4""]i think i might go with GC's.....since i already bought kybs recently....plus u can get GC's for like 2-300 bucks used with low miles[/quote]

...and what exactly are you going to do with them? Set them to one height? As in the same height as regular ole intrax springs and spend more $$?
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[quote=""Monochrome""]...and what exactly are you going to do with them? Set them to one height? As in the same height as regular ole intrax springs and spend more $$?[/quote]

u really do think im dumb dont u lol

intraxs are backordered until late july if not later....and they are about 250 shipped....they can drop ur car anywhere from 1.7-1.9....

gc's can go stock height and as low as 2.5 i have read.....price for a set of GC's are 250 shipped

adjustable suspension for the same price....now if the GC's were like 400 and the intrax's were like 250 hell yea id just go intrax
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What did you do with the springs I already installed on your car?
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[quote=""Hans_GZP""]I have a 240sx in the garage right now with ksports and he hasn't complained at all. We're putting an RB25 in it.[/quote]

I can't say exactly what the problem is here as I have only heard it thru others. I still may go the Tawain route, but I need the money first. ;)

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[quote=""Monochrome""]What did you do with the springs I already installed on your car?[/quote]

they are still on the car.....i just never liked the look of them and i have a chance to get GC's for that price and then i can turn around and sell the teins for like 130 and only be paying like another 120 to upgrade

why u want them? i thought u dont need springs
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Just wanted to let everybody know that I got the Teins on my car this weekend. The struts went on Friday afternoon, and alignment was done Saturday. I spent Sunday afternoon installing the EDFC motors and adjusting the preload.

The car was REALLY bouncey Sunday morning before adjusting the springs. I think the preload is still a little bit off - probably in the front - because the car is still a little more bouncey that I would hope. A bit more fine tuning and I think I'll have it.

I took a couple of pics, but I won't be able to upload them for another day or two. I dropped the car about 1" in the front, and only .5" in the rear. I do not yet have adjustable control arms, so I figured I'd stick on the safe side.

The EDFC is pretty cool. I don't know how practicial it would be though. With my current spring tension, the least dampened setting is only a bit stiffer than the tour mode on the ECS springs. The stiffest setting is maybe a bit rougher than sport mode. Keep in mind that my two front ECS struts and strut mounts were completely fubared by the time I replaced them, so my ability to guage may be a bit skewed.

I was surpised but it seemed like there was actually less difference between these two EDFC settings than there is between sport and tour mode on ECS. As I go back to adjust the preload, I expect the Teins will both stiffen up further, and that the EDFC change will be more noticeable.
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Anybody interested in pics?

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Pics of the car lowered. Keep in mind that I dropped the front a little bit more than an inch. The rear is about .5" lower than stock. I may drop a bit further in the future, but for now I want to get used to the suspension.

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And here is a comparison of the Teins to an OEM hight car. Keep in mind, the Red car has stock 16 inch wheels, not 18"s (like on the Stealth).

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Looks great! Id slam that bitch ;)
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