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Originally Posted by mbenetto What about tein springs? They seem to have the drop i am looking for and are reasonably priced... I'm only looking to go an inch at

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Old 10-26-2011, 10:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
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What about tein springs? They seem to have the drop i am looking for and are reasonably priced... I'm only looking to go an inch at the max.

Never rode in a Z with them but i've heard good things.
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What about tein springs? They seem to have the drop i am looking for and are reasonably priced... I'm only looking to go an inch at the max.
being real here, the swifts are head and shoulders above the other options from a dynamics perspective.


The tein's are prone to sagging after a while. Most guys I've seen running them are dealing with sag 6-12 months in.

Eibachs are fine, but there's a reason most guys dump them for something else.


I was initially scared of the swifts due to DD-ability of the drop, but I was very glad I went with them. I swapped them out for V3's, and even with that direct comparison, the swifts teamed with the stock tokicos held their own very well.
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Did you let the Z go with the v3's?
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Did you let the Z go with the v3's?
hell no. I only borrowed them to see if those + ridiculous camber could set the Z up the way I liked.
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hell no. I only borrowed them to see if those + ridiculous camber could set the Z up the way I liked.

Cool deal, and the swifts with the stock shocks were pretty damn good.
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hell no. I only borrowed them to see if those + ridiculous camber could set the Z up the way I liked.
I'm guessing it didn't since you're now driving a 5.0
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hmmm ive had teins on my nismo for over a year. no sag.... neither did the IS300 i had that used tein springs for 5 years. (both cars driven every day of the year) I WILL SAY THEY DID SETTLE IN THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO ABOUT 1/4-1/2"

my only grip about the springs are the high spring rates.

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