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Old May 15, 2014, 09:26 PM
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Installed Tein S-Tech springs on '12 Ralliart

So i've had about 200 mi on these springs and i'm satisfied that I was able to fill in my wheel gap as much as I could haha. The car lowered almost 2 in front and back with the front dipping down lower. The ride is noticeably stiffer which sucks on my streets, however I do get little to no body roll as a trade off.

Heres a photo collage of the before and after
top left = before
everything else = after

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Old May 17, 2014, 05:52 AM
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Looks real good and clean. Thinking about doing the same. What did u use to paint the wheels. Sick color combo.
Old May 17, 2014, 04:35 PM
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Thanks @Dmarianodesign! It actually just platidip lol. 4 cans of vintage gold with 2 coats of glossifier
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Sooooo clean. Looks great with the rims. I had gold on my WW for awhile too.
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Yeah. TEIN S have a linear spring rate. Progressive rate springs are more street-able and give a more supple ride.
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I ran s techs for 9 months and loved them. The ride was a bit stiff. But they made the car look great. Urs does too man.
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Looks really clean! Did you swap out the struts too? If not how long did your OEM struts last? Thinking about picking these up soon
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@xdcal21 thanks man, and no I just used a spring compressor and removed the oem springs from the oem struts and replaced them with the s-techs. I can't really say how long the struts lasted bc i'm on bc br coilovers now but I felt like with the teins the rears constantly bottomed out from the springs being fully compressed 100% of the time. I mean being low is cool and all but I was tired of my car sounding like it was demolishing itself everytime I drove everywhere, but I do drive on bad roads.
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Originally Posted by baegull
@xdcal21 thanks man, and no I just used a spring compressor and removed the oem springs from the oem struts and replaced them with the s-techs. I can't really say how long the struts lasted bc i'm on bc br coilovers now but I felt like with the teins the rears constantly bottomed out from the springs being fully compressed 100% of the time. I mean being low is cool and all but I was tired of my car sounding like it was demolishing itself everytime I drove everywhere, but I do drive on bad roads.
Ah ok cool good to know. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by baegull
@xdcal21 thanks man, and no I just used a spring compressor and removed the oem springs from the oem struts and replaced them with the s-techs. I can't really say how long the struts lasted bc i'm on bc br coilovers now but I felt like with the teins the rears constantly bottomed out from the springs being fully compressed 100% of the time. I mean being low is cool and all but I was tired of my car sounding like it was demolishing itself everytime I drove everywhere, but I do drive on bad roads.
How do you like the Coilover compared too the lowering springs?
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Looks great
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