Tein S Tech with Tokico Blue or Tein Street Advance Z coilovers

[Type-Y]

Originally Posted by atomic_hoji

Sorry to hear about Dad. Lost my Mum recently (cancer), so understand where you're at. Wrenching is good therapy; wife is also happy to have those misc. boxes of stuff go to the garage, lol.

Good luck with the install!
--Adam

Thanks man, I appreciate that. My condolences to you as well. I read through most of your thread (very impressive) and each time you mentioned your mum, it gave me that familiar sinking/sickening feeling; hoping for the best as I read through it, but at the same time I kind of knew where it was heading, unfortunately. Sad. It's tough and I hope you're coping reasonably well.

I'm not much of a wrencher (which is why I drive a Toyota & Subaru, lol), but I'm enjoying the research of planning and picking of parts. I may try my hand at doing the axle back once I decide which one to go with. That may be within my limited skill set.

[Type-Y]

Got the Tein's installed today. Pics coming soon...

[Type-Y]

Here are some photos. I got my new rims mounted at the same time.

Tein install 1.jpg
Tein install coil shot 2.jpg
Tein install Coil shot 1.jpg
Tein install car down 1.jpg
Tein install car down 3.jpg
Tein install street 3.jpg

[atomic_hoji]

Originally Posted by Type-Y

Thanks man, I appreciate that. My condolences to you as well. I read through most of your thread (very impressive) and each time you mentioned your mum, it gave me that familiar sinking/sickening feeling; hoping for the best as I read through it, but at the same time I kind of knew where it was heading, unfortunately. Sad. It's tough and I hope you're coping reasonably well.

I'm not much of a wrencher (which is why I drive a Toyota & Subaru, lol), but I'm enjoying the research of planning and picking of parts. I may try my hand at doing the axle back once I decide which one to go with. That may be within my limited skill set.

Hey, apologies, I completely missed this reply.. Appreciate the kind words - everyone is doing better and back to routine for the most part, thanks; just have to deal with the estate and legal junk..

From your axle-back thread it looks like you've taken the plunge - wrench on my friend, wrench on! Everyone starts somewhere.

Car is looking great with the new setup. Glad to hear it's nice and planted on the road. Keep us posted how they settle in. Tien's are on my list to look at when I eventually get to swapping suspension, so I'll be looking forward to your feedback.

-- Adam

[Type-Y]

Originally Posted by atomic_hoji

Hey, apologies, I completely missed this reply.. Appreciate the kind words - everyone is doing better and back to routine for the most part, thanks; just have to deal with the estate and legal junk..

From your axle-back thread it looks like you've taken the plunge - wrench on my friend, wrench on! Everyone starts somewhere.

Car is looking great with the new setup. Glad to hear it's nice and planted on the road. Keep us posted how they settle in. Tien's are on my list to look at when I eventually get to swapping suspension, so I'll be looking forward to your feedback.

-- Adam

No worries. Glad that things are getting back to normal.

As for the Tien's, I had a very loud metallic thud sound coming from the back when going over larger bumps for the first week. It only happened on particularly jarring bumps though. I mentioned this when I went back for my alignment and they checked everything and all looked to be installed correctly. After the alignment it happened again and then it hit me to check the firmness level. They set the back on almost the softest setting and once I set it to Tien's recommended, which is 8 from the firmest setting, it seems to have solved the problem. I didn't really realize how bouncy the car felt on the softer setting by comparison, but now they feel firm and the car feels even tighter than before. This thing really turns almost flat; on-ramps and off-ramps are particularly fun now. It's a big improvement in handling (and looks). That said, on crappy roads you definitely feel it.

[Type-Y]

So, I spoke too soon. The loud metallic clunking noise is back. It comes from both sides in the rear when driving over bumps at speed. It’s very loud and the shop that installed them can’t find anything wrong with them. Any suggestions?