tein is great.

 

Well I just put them on last week and it was a easy install still need to raise the rear just a tad! The ride feels great with the 24 way adjustable dampening (Mines on 16 and its stiff) Its also works with the EDFC since its has pillow mounts. I bought mine used from the one Type S we have at my work for $800

If anything I say they are a great set of coilovers

 

the tein flex is great but just to correct JDLUDE99 statement regarding the number of dampening levels. The flex has 16 dampening levels of adjustments without the EDFC. If you are using EDFC with your flex, it will then have 32 levels of dampening adjustments due to the fact that the EDFC has the capability to do half turns between each level therefore doubling the levels of adjustability

 

the tein flex is great but just to correct JDLUDE99 statement regarding the number of dampening levels. The flex has 16 dampening levels of adjustments without the EDFC. If you are using EDFC with your flex, it will then have 32 levels of dampening adjustments due to the fact that the EDFC has the capability to do half turns between each level therefore doubling the levels of adjustability

Really?? I can turn the dampening screw 24 clicks!

 

ive had mine on since july, i love them.. i got them for used so i got a good deal ;]

 

wow i think im gonna buy those and any other comment on other brand like jic magic

 

Im tryin to make my decision between these or koni yellow with GC.

 

you can turn the dampening screw alot, but you are only suppose to only turn it 16 times. I have the Tein Flex with EDFC and it is great.

How do you change it so it has 32 levels of Damping? Mines is only at 16 right now.

 

How many adjustment clicks a shock has nothing to do with how good it is. Koni Sport with custom rate GC is still the best you can get for our cars. If a company like KW made their varriant 2 or 3 coilover for our cars that would be worth checking out, but unfortunatly they dont.

With all of the items that come with your coilovers the damper is the most expensive part that comes with the kit. A lot of companies promote the # of adjustment "clicks" on their dampers as a feature, without posting a dynograph of the adjustment range of that damper. Well it’s time to start questioning why. Because "32 way adjustable" really tells me squat about the damper other then it is supposedly adjustable. It doesn’t tell me what gets adjusted, it doesn’t tell me the range in which those things get adjusted in

Most if not all of these "coilover" companies run single adjustable dampers that adjust both bump and rebound with the same knob, which is silly for any sort of tuning for handling. The dampers they do run adjust mostly in the mid speed valving range, limiting their usefulness for anything other than tweaking your ride quality.

Sure “pre-built” coilovers are easier. They are very convenient and the car handles better than stock but not as well as it could. With a bit of luck someone else has “tuned” the coilover to your car. Will it be tuned specifically for you, no. They are tuned for a wide variety of customers with many different wants out of a suspension kit.

 

Well, Having the ability to adjust bump and rebound would be nice. But i think for the majority of people, they will just make it handle worse than a simple setup that only has one adjustment.

I am happy with just having the flex and dont really need to much adjustment to play with. If i were to hit the track all the time I may have a more serious damper set up. for now this is fine for crusing around and making it stiffere when i decide to hit the mountain roads.

 

Your Tein Flex does adjust bump and rebound. Every click you change your adjusting both forces. Ideally you would want to adjust each force seperatly, or only be able to adjust rebound like with Koni sport.

Not trying to knock your setup, just trying to inform and save people some money

To the OP, you would save alot of money if you went with Koni Sport paired Ground Control sleeves with your choice of rate. That setup would run you about $900-$1000 and will outperform the Flex you originally asked about. Unless your really set on having the EDFC I would go with Koni/GC.

 

I am not saying the Flex dont have bump and rebound adjustment, I just ment it was good enough to not have seperate bump and rebound. The Flex is good enough for what I do.

I would like to have both adjustments, but I find it a pain in ass to jump into the trunk and adjust the rear dampers. I went for the Flex because of the EDFC. For Those that want a great suspension, go for the Koni and Groundcontrol. For a compremize, go with the Flex.