i got a buddy who just got his brand new 9 mr wanted to dropp his well he did, i told him to get the work springs but he said it costed to much, he liked the dropp on the s-techs and i told him s-techs arent good for the bilsteins. He didnt listening to he purchased the springs and put them on. my question is will it hurt his suspension pretty soon? or will they hold up?

 

eventually it will hurt those shocks, they might hold up 2,000 miles or 5,000 miles, or 10,000 miles, look around and read around i know i read someone saying that it varies

 

mr + s. tech's equal = NO NO

 

told him the say thing, but some people just dont listen

 

Your friend is brilliant.
He buys $35,000+ MR and wants to cheap out on springs.
What's the price difference? About $100?
Amazing.
Like you said some people don't like listening to a sound advice.
What can you do?

 

my freind had the tein s-tech on his mr for about 1hr and didn't like them took them off, he said they felt softer than the stock springs.

 

My friend put s-techs on his 9 MR and not sure how many miles they lasted, but it was around 4 months till the shocks went. Tell your friend to spend that little extra cash, it will be well worth it in the long run.

 

The MR Bilstein shocks aren't very cheap. It would've been a more prudent route for your friend to get springs that are designed with the correct height and spring rate for the MR Bilsteins to make it handle better, last significantly longer, and be aesthetically pleasing.

Tell your friend congratulations on tossing away roughly $1500 (going price for brand new Bilstein front and rear shocks) to save $100 in the short run. You can also advice him to save up for the new shocks or coil overs he's going to have to buy in a very short time.

 

what about this:
http://www.201motorsports.com/produc...&cat=13&page=2
and
http://www.tein.com/stech.html

 

Teins-techs suck *** to bouncy....

 

Yea.... I don't see any cheap way of "upgrading" the stock MR suspension...

I considered S Techs on my IX (non-MR), but decided to hold out for some street coils... do it once and do it right!

 

Works MR lowering springs are around $300

 

swift sport mach or espelir active GT are good for the MR's. i have the swifts and its a nice, little stiffer than stock ride.

tanabe's are good too from what i have been reading here on evom and norcalevo.

 

springs and stock struts dont mix.!! Its like 2 diks and no chic..

 

so which springs is good? also considering on dropping mine?have stock suspension.