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What's the status on the Tein lowering springs? Have they been released yet? They already have the coilovers for the V.
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he still has them on his car, however i dont think the will ever be released....
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any updates on this ? hows ride quality etc i seen them in the market now
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i have em and i like, sits lower of course and ride isnt much stiffer, barely noticable
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did you get any cool Tein decals? :coolgleamA:
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how bout some more information like
do u autox, how they handle?
do u have subs in ur car?(trying to figure out ride propotion with weight in the back)
how bout posting some more pics of ur car so can see ride height better?
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Sounds like you wanna auto x with subs in your car. You're gonna need more than springs alone. Now I can testify about using these springs with my old civic hatchback. It is a lighter car than the Versa, but the behavior of the springs should be identical. I took it to the track, aka road course, with full interior and subs. You ain't gonna get much performance from the springs on the track, but they're enough for the street. Another upgrade to add on would be a swaybar, give it more potential.
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no i know better than to autoX with subs I was trying to see as far as the back of the car sagging like it does with every other spring out there when u have subs in the car tein is suppose to be able to correct this its back spring rating is 291lbs if i remember correctly.
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If you lower the car, the springs are gonna have more tension, which leads to more weight on the springs. You're not gonna correct any sag with the springs. Plus you're going to have more negative camber.
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hey i think ure misunderstanding my point so i'm a try this again
i have manage even though having subs and extra to keep the back of the car just a bit higher than the front the way it came from factory and the way i like it so i'm not trying to correct sagging
the reason for me saying sagging is cause i've look at many cars pictures with tanabe even megan and all those guys with subs in the car have the rear lower than the front.
i have not seen many pictures let alone any one on tein springs and give that they have the highest load rating of all the springs on the market for back springs and the lowest load rating for front i'm curious to see the results both in performace aspect and both in the looks aspect(back being higher than front)
since u seem to be big abt the autox portion of my comment may i ask what set up u have and results of ur car maybe some pics?
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I'm not big on auto x at all. I understand a lot about suspension set up and behaviour since I go to school for automotive tech. You've got the terms about spring rate and load rate mixed up.
The spring rate is the amount of weight to deflect (compress) the spring by 1in. The lower the rate, the softer the spring.
The load rate is the amount of weight a spring is designed to be supporting at a certain height.
So in terms of the Tein S-tech, the spring rate is 170lbs/in. for the front and 290lbs/in for the rear. It doesn't mention the load rate since its not required because people can have anything in the car weighing the car down.
The rear will always sit lower than the front because thats what the spring manufacturer engineered them for. They have to be careful not to interrupt the driving behavior of the car. Many people have experienced the rear lower than the front, so they just re-install the OEM springs in the rear. But when you're driving with this set up, during braking the car will take longer to stop since there is more weight being shifted to the front where its lower. So it's a matter of safety really. If you're really intent on having the rear sit equal to the front, then the next step is height adjustable coilovers, but thats more money and more for me to explain lol.
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