Small dilemma...Swift Springs/Tein S-Tech's
 

So, its my birthday today :happydance:

My sister and her boyfriend decided to buy me springs.

They knew I've been wanting Swifts...but when they went to grab them, the guy working there at the shop told him to go with Tein S instead of the Swifts, because hes had a lot of people return the Swifts after several months, they complained about the springs sagging. So they ended up picking up the Teins based on the guys recommendation.

I did a lot of research in the last 3 hours about them [and Swift also] and most people seemed to prefer Swift over Tein [on other car forums that is, not many threads about Tein here]. For me, the look of the drop with Swifts is perfectly perfect.

I saw pics of the drop the Tein and man its beautiful too [this is on a Nismo]
http://www.the370z.com/brakes-suspen...g-springs.html

Anyone with Teins S that can comment on the springs? Comfort/Ride/Performance wise. I went through every Tein thread on this forum [roughly 19 not including WTB/For Sale thread], but none of those threads were able to answer my question. People mainly posted about how perfect the drop is lol.

Any input would be appreciated. Also, I am not planning on tracking the car.

:tiphat:

s-techs i had on previous cars not only sagged, they also rusted and paint chipped off.
tein and tanabe are like the worst springs imho as far as paint chipping and lousy
spring rates.

the swifts i run on my dd has settled a little bit since 2yrs ago, but not sagged..and
no chips even through 2 salty winters. swifts and prokits have proven durability.
prokits usually run better with aftermarket dampers and swaybars, swifts feel damn
good with stock dampers.

swifts ftw.

I'll second that^. Looking at the pics in the other thread, I got the same drop using the Swift's, and the ride is awesome (firm, but not punishing). Can't go wrong with the Swifts.

On a subaru wrx i had

Teins- worst ride ever, no performance at all, harsh ride, they sucked

Changed to swifts

Perfect drop, ride was not harsh, definitely more stable and performance oriented than the stechs

This is pretty much the same feedback ive seen on other cars as well

swift over here too, I have them paired up with koni yellows. Cant complain at all, even ride is not harsh for me, perfect match.

Oh,and late congrats on your b-day:happydance:

I'll go for swifts anytime of the way!
Im not saying this because i would offer you my swift R-spec used for 15k miles.
The only reason Im selling it is I went towards coils.
Im selling them for $200 local
If your interested pm me your zip for shipping quote.


Happy Birthday!

Everyone has Swifts, I went Tien. In should of gone with a coilover system just for ease of installation. I have not had my Tiens for a year but they are not sagging, chipping or anything negative to say about them.
The Swifts do have a higher spring rate its the only thing I looked at. I had really high spring rates on my 240 and didn't want a rough ride, I know shocks do have something to do with the ride as well. After building a race car I wanted luxury so lower spring rate is nicer for me.

In this case follow the masses. I love my Swifts. The lowering is just enough, the dd ride is great, and they can handle dives in to hard turns. Yes, I wish they lowered another 1/4" but that is what coilovers are for.

Yep :iagree:

I just installed Swifts and I absolutely love them. I went with the masses and they were right. I have the 13' touring sport with the Euro tuned suspension. If anything, my ride quality improved.


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that is the general consensus. swift really changed the definition of lowering springs.

I've had 2 sets of Tein's. Never had chipping or anything. It just drops more than advertised. They're still progressive springs which was great for me.

you dont live in the snowbelt state that's probably why. the paint wouldnt last one salty snow season on my dd. that was with tein and tanabe. no such issue on swifts and eibachs.

Running Swift springs two years and works very well for my daily driving...

:iagree:

Never had any problems with my teins either but I live in non salt states, although I am going to true coilovers here soon so selling my setup

I didn't wanna bump this thread, but I wanted to say thanks for all the replies. I think I'm going to return them and get Swifts instead.

yah, good call. :tup:

BS Mine still look awesome, she is fixing to hit her second winter with me. Has anyone actually done back to back testing.

:yawn: get the swifts and do it right the first time.

Yeah, to the OP. That shop must have had a bunch of overstock on Teins or really wants to push them. If they sell both brands they have to know Swift is better.

What they said is the opposite. Teins are the ones that sag over time. NOT the Swifts. Swifts use a patented material to make their springs which is totally different than the other companies. As everyone else has said on this thread and on this forum Swifts are the only way go to.

PM me with any questions. We sell these all the time and have had no complaints. Everyone says they should have came from Nissan with the springs installed.

That's exactly what I told my friend that got them for me. He's just trying to push the Teins. No one ever complains about Swifts. On any thread. Btw the guy that sold him the Teins told him that he had a contract with Swift, but due to people returning them a lot, contract was terminated....or so he claims, which is think is straight BS.

Well anyway, my friend was able to return the Teins back to him, and now in the process of getting Swifts! Sh*t yeah!!

We have sold hundreds of sets and not one return on a set of Swifts. So I am not sure what is going on there.

But looks like you went with the right choice! Enjoy the springs man :happydance:

Yezzir! PMing you now btw

Hopefully this thread helps others in the future when contemplating between Teins and Swifts...assuming they use the search feature!

my teins never sagged o n my old IS300, nor did they sag in the 50k miles i had them on my nismo.

they never chips either.

plus the drop height and spring rate worked great on my car. to each his own i guess.

for me, this happend 4 times including twice on their coilovers so no more tein for me... well besides their mechanics gloves which is kinda nice for driving. :D i ran df210's (tanabe) on my dd and that was plenty. swift is the way to go.

I had Tein S-Techs on my S2000 before I put the Swift Spec-R's on my 370Z. Shortly thereafter I got a set of the Swifts for the S2000. On the S2000 the ride was bouncy and the drop was uneven with the Teins. Now with the Swifts they are comfy and sporty. The drop was not as much, but no big deal to me.

My experience over the last 11 years must be a fluke then.

guess so. :icon17: hahaha

or there is just too much variation in their product... very un-jdm like.