lowered springs

[Okibi]

..Can any other clubbies tell me the differences they noticed after fitting Teins?

Chalk and Cheese, Mate!

I have the tein flex, my car is as low as it can legally go and i'm very happy with how they handle.

[kitkat]

Can any other clubbies tell me the differences they noticed after fitting Teins? (please be more specific than "chalk and cheese, mate")

Cheers,

Mr Lovell fitted his teins to his SE... from what i gathered he liked the result very much, it also lowered it ALOT... instead of the fist size gap in the arches its a struggle to fit a finger in there... ill post up pics later tonight if i remember.

Rob's SE lowered with Teins...

[Okibi]

Mine just on legal height

[STV]

Okibi, when your car had Eibachs... was it legal?

STV

[Okibi]

It never had Eibachs

[deez]

Are there actually any handling differences between different brands of springs?

Does the extra few hundred bucks for Tein's really justify its superiority over something like King's?

Thanks

[kitkat]

Are there actually any handling differences between different brands of springs?

Does the extra few hundred bucks for Tein's really justify its superiority over something like King's?

Thanks

different brands, differnt spring rates. Different methodswhen theyre made, one will stay firmer longer.

These are just assumptions but i guess im on the right track...

Im running Espelir springs which are just as hard as the teins... but they cost a hell of alot more than kings.

[Okibi]

Ok the teins are a \"coilover\" unit with spring and dampener.

Don't confuse teins with being \"hard\", you order them with what ever rate of springs you want.

The rates they recommend are harder than most.

The benefit of the teins over Koni/Kings or Koni/Eibachs is that you have more adjustability (and the ability to add in an EDFC)

Ride Height
Front-27 mm Rear -27 mm

Ride Height Adjust Range
Front
max 25 mm min -53 mm

Rear
max -6 mm min -41 mm

[Garry]

With the Teins you get a complete package with the damping set up correctly for the spring rate where as the King/Eibach/Koni/AGX/stock damper set up is a bit hit and miss as far as damping rates go.

[deez]

It seems from reading various threads that people tend to use King's or Koni's to lower the height. Are there any brands that from experience would suit lowering on the Clubman suspension? I don't think I would change the shocks, maybe just the springs to get it to sit a bit nicer.

Thanks.

[Okibi]

Keep in mind the clubman suspension is probably getting a bit old.

[tk421]

Whilst they are only about 150 klms old I have found that my new eibachs work just great with my 2001 model bilsteins on my NB. Your clubman Bilsteins are quite a bit harder than mine though. FYI Bilsteins are supposed to still have 90% rebound efficiency at 200k.