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Tein made to order coilovers and aragosta protec coilovers


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I did a search and didnt find anything on tein coilovers specific to the s30 model. Came across these while researching options for my suspension. Just wanted to share the info. 

 

Tein made to order info:

 

http://www.tein.co.jp/e/products/spd.html

 

reference data for completed orders:

 

http://www.tein.co.jp/spd/spd_search.cgi?lang=en

 

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Protec Aragosta coilovers:

 

http://www.protec-s20.co.jp/gtr/aragosta_s30.html

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With the yen artificially devalued, the dollar is a little bit stronger. so if you have the money...

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Wow I didnt know about that with the Tein's. My friend had a set of their coilovers for his ek9 hatch for several years and we never had any issues of rust or failures, and this was back in Houston, TX where it rains every other day and is at a constant 100% humidity. That was back in the early 2000's so maybe their quality has gone down in recent years? Any part in particular where rust has been known to happen? Top hat? Spring? adjusters? All over haha?

 

Ive never had any experience with Aragosta parts, though my other friend has a g35 with Top Secret's coilovers which i believe Aragosta supplies and he is pretty happy with them. He got them for around 3500.

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Since we have been talking about japanese coilovers, I remembered that rs-start also made some. 

 

Theirs I believe use ohlins coilover parts so maybe worth the price?

http://www.rsstart.com/page.cgi?k=3

 

http://www.jdmlegends.com/?p=480

It would be worth it if you had a S30 fully worked. Those Ohlins cost more than a good conditon S30 lol.

I do prefer the bolt-on specific S30 applications rather than the modified stuff.

 

I will probably be using the Star Road coilovers, as I know the owner. And the price is correct for the set on the site but it does not include the spindles. He can include it as an option.

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It would be worth it if you had a S30 fully worked. Those Ohlins cost more than a good conditon S30 lol.

I do prefer the bolt-on specific S30 applications rather than the modified stuff.

 

I will probably be using the Star Road coilovers, as I know the owner. And the price is correct for the set on the site but it does not include the spindles. He can include it as an option.

Nice. You should see if he could arrange a group buy. I too also like the bolt-on coilover application and im sure there are many others that are willing to spend a little extra for high quality s30 specific parts.

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^ The Tein stuff is not bad considering its regular price point. This one on the other hand is expensive since it is a made-to-order part. Tein at least does some R&D (rally, time attack, street cars)

 

IMHO the bad stuff is the Megan racing stuff everyone is shoving into their S30s.

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In general, shocks built for the Japanese market have too much compression damping for US roads and race tracks. Our Tarmac surfaces are much bumpier then the surfaces in Japan and the shocks needs more compliance in bump to let the tires grip well. Also, most car owners think a stiff ride means good handling so low and medium priced shocks are made with more compression damping the ideal for grip. Good shocks are generally $300 a corner and up in price. That's just the shock, not the spring, camber plate, etc.

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That seems to be true of most of the Japanese coilovers I have installed. A few had pretty soft compression damping, but they were not the shiny anodized super, ultra low ones everyone gets.

 

I'm cheap; What about taking a rebuildable racing shock like a Bilstein or Koni and valving it to match the specific application. Like these for $150? http://www.shockwarehouse.com/site/product.cfm?id=14103.  Ones like these are dirt cheap and readily available on the used market.

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hmm, I have free access to a shock dyno, we stock various shock oils at work and the Bilstein linear valving kits are about $275 my cost. What are the chances I could put together something that would work better than slamming in some non-rebuildable coilover shocks? I am pretty good (everyone thinks that I bet) at picking up on handling traits and changes, I used to do a bit of autocross setup and driving so I think I could dial in some shocks as long as I had time to test each change. Am I dreaming or would this be a good route for a 90% street car?

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