Tein Type FLEX coilovers installed... new pics. I'm finally lowered!!! - Tuner-Junction

Clone · #1 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 01:34 AM

I dont know why they turned out blurry... goddammit. And I know my car is dirty, thank you. I'll take some better ones in the daytime sometime soon... when the car is cleaned. I've got a couple more things to do to it before I wanna do a real photoshoot.

As for the install... everything went smoothly and took maybe four hours... I ate dinner and dicked around for a good portion of that time though, probably woulda taken less time if I had gone straight through.

Either way, it was much simpler than I thought it'd be... and I'm happy with the ride height and ride quality. It's noticeably stiffer than stock (I have them set on the stiffest setting)... but surprisingly while just cruising I can't really tell much of a difference between these and the stock system... so while I was already impressed with the stock suspension... I'm moreso impressed with it now.

I drove around for maybe two hours tonite, just getting a feel for 'em... they ride really fucking nice. Anywho, enough blabbering, here's the pics!

98'Lude · #2 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 01:40 AM

Looks HOT dude... I want an S so bad

I've driven a few at the dealership and they're hella stiff stock, I can't imagine what it must be like with those

HotSauce_GM · #3 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 02:13 AM

looks tight!

carboncivic · #4 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 09:13 AM

Awesome stance Scott, any future outlook for some wheels?

Transparent · #5 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 09:41 AM

looking good. how long have you had your s2k for?

charliemopps24 · #6 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 12:28 PM

How low IS it? Take a tape and see how far it is from the ground to the fender arch.

A_White_Gs-R · #7 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 12:53 PM

deff looks good. makes me wanna buy an s2k.

Clone · #8 (**permalink**) February 18th, 2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by charliemopps24

How low IS it? Take a tape and see how far it is from the ground to the fender arch.

24 inches from the ground to the fender arch... only like 5.25 inches from the ground to the front lip.

jon ROCKS!!!! · #9 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2007, 05:34 PM

thats fuckin sick

KevlarRUN · #10 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2007, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Clone

24 inches from the ground to the fender arch... only like 5.25 inches from the ground to the front lip.

5.25 inches front the front lip to ground is ~ 13.1 cm (metric)

thats pretty high dude haha. im 5cm (2 inches). im considered standard low.

gangsta low is like haraguchi hehe

but any form of lowering looks better regardless. as long as u can put up with the bumpsteer changes. i suggest u get a real alignment checked out. go to a reputable suspension specialist and not just a tyre shop job........dont have to go into kingpins or thrust angles......but the basic camber/toe should be checked out AT LEAST. ur prolly limited to the adjustment of camber at the rear but the toe can be cleaned up a little. there's big differences in mm's......

flex is the softest damper in the range, can i ask why u went with something like that?

98'Lude · #11 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KevlarRUN

5.25 inches front the front lip to ground is ~ 13.1 cm (metric)

thats pretty high dude haha. im 5cm (2 inches). im considered standard low.

I don't know about GA, but here in Maryland having your front bumper 2inches off the ground is a f#@kin death wish. I dunno where you live kev, but pretty much every road I've driven here in America (aside from major interstates/ highways) is littered with potholes, hellacious speed bumps, and 45degree+ entrances.

Clone · #12 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by KevlarRUN

flex is the softest damper in the range, can i ask why u went with something like that?

simple answer? price. I wanted adjustability in both ride height and dampening rate, plus they're EDFC compatible (which I'm buying in a couple days).

and I've already had it aligned (after the photos were taken, I just took it to an NTB where a friend of mine works... he got it within spec, which is all I wanted).

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Originally Posted by 98'Lude

I don't know about GA, but here in Maryland having your front bumper 2inches off the ground is a f#@kin death wish. I dunno where you live kev, but pretty much every road I've driven here in America (aside from major interstates/ highways) is littered with potholes, hellacious speed bumps, and 45degree+ entrances.

and yeah, 2 inches off the ground is way too fucking low for me. I'm okay with where it's at. I don't scrape often (although it's happened a few times already)... and trust me when I say Atlanta is not the place for a lowered car... any sort of lowering.

ATISTANG · #13 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2007, 09:00 PM

lookin good Scotty

KevlarRUN · #14 (**permalink**) February 20th, 2007, 11:40 PM

nah everyone in the world complains about how bad their roads are....'no u should see it here' 'nawww man ours is so much worse' 'yo man you guys aint got shit on how whack our roads are' blah blah blah

i was just teasing you about 'only' 5.25 inches hehe. thats fine to run like that if you want

i scrape all day everyday on the 45 degrees but speed bumps are nothing. i dont even take them at an angle haha.

yeah i was only asking why. cos i couldnt help but notice u spent the money on a chromoly cusco cage. s2k's are quite rigid from the factory. i was sorta thinkin if u were so serious about having a cage then i thought high performance coilovers were the go. its what ur happy with in the end and for street flex is a great damper.

tofuspeedstar · #15 (**permalink**) February 21st, 2007, 12:43 AM

real nice bro! Like it!

Clone · #16 (**permalink**) February 21st, 2007, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by KevlarRUN

yeah i was only asking why. cos i couldnt help but notice u spent the money on a chromoly cusco cage. s2k's are quite rigid from the factory. i was sorta thinkin if u were so serious about having a cage then i thought high performance coilovers were the go. its what ur happy with in the end and for street flex is a great damper.

actually to be honest, the cage was an impulse buy. I made a thread about it a few hours before I picked it up. I got it used, from a local S2K owner, and at a really good price (like nearly $500 off what it costs new). I figured at that price, I really couldn't pass it up... plus it would be a nice addition anyway, in more ways than one.