Please read The Suspension Thread in the Technical Library.

Tien springs (both kinds) are thee worst possible springs you could have purchased for your B14. Thee worst. You have them teamed up with stock replacement struts. That must absolutely suck. :(

You need to upgrade your struts as well. AGX or better yet, CSK's.


Yeah, what he said. :tongue:

One reason I did some research before looking at the Tien springs. I almost made the same mistake.

Just reading Lucino's reviews makes me more anxious than before about getting these springs. That and makes me realize I may want to get some strut tower bars. Maybe upgrade the stock sway bars also.

Great writeups on all of the above Lucino. Hope your track time went well.

Now all you sukkas get off the forums and take your Mom's out to lunch. Gotta give mine a call. Happy Mother's day.

well guys, looks like I can place the order today!


For everyone else out there, I still have sets available for B13 and B14. You can still order!

YaY! They may be at the house by the time I get back to the states then! :D

im in !!! now to find some shocks to put em on :(

I just paypal'ed you. I will PM you too, for retrace on my info. Thanks

Now that its had some time to settle,

Measuring from the wheel arch to the center caps:

Front:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3417/p1010060dy0.jpg


Rear:
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8595/p1010057cu2.jpg



I left the ziptie on the rear left strut and have yet to get it beyond the upper third of the shaft. Struts have stayed on 2/f 4/r. I like having the security of knowing that it would take a catastrophic hit to bottom out. :)

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/6364/p1010078tz0.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7180/p1010079am1.jpg

im in !!! now to find some shocks to put em on :(

I just paypal'ed you. I will PM you too, for retrace on my info. Thanks

You've both been added to the Paid list. Thank you!

Now that its had some time to settle,

Measuring from the wheel arch to the center caps:




I left the ziptie on the rear left strut and have yet to get it beyond the upper third of the shaft. Struts have stayed on 2/f 4/r. I like having the security of knowing that it would take a catastrophic hit to bottom out. :)


forgive my n00bness, but why is the distance from arch to center cap important?

its a more accurate way of measuring the drop of the car relative to the wheels.

The distance from arch to hub is a fixed distance that is only changed by the addition of the Road Magnet springs.

If i had measured from the arch to the floor, it wouldnt be a universal number that people could expect to replicate when installing the RM's, since people have different sized rims and tire sidewalls.



Videos are up:

Before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87-B6KYcN4

After: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JvgCfwHj3o

Holy crap, I can't believe your car doesn't have sways!

I hope you still have some slots for the B14 available, after seeing that video I must have them! Tax refund is supposed to be here tomorrow...

Holy crap, I can't believe your car doesn't have sways!
Nope. Just ebay strut tower bars and Road magnet springs. The ebay bars were on the car for both vids.

Progress rear bar is on the way. :)

Nope. Just ebay strut tower bars and Road magnet springs. The ebay bars were on the car for both vids.

Progress rear bar is on the way. :)

Progress rear sway made a HUGE difference on my B14 (base model like yours) in conjunction with a stock B13 FSB. I still roll a little more AutoX'ing than your car does with just the springs though, very impressive!

I hope you still have some slots for the B14 available, after seeing that video I must have them! Tax refund is supposed to be here tomorrow...

Until the list of people on post #1 has 25 paid persons, there are spots open:biggthump. What is your zip code and I will get you a price shipped.


Nope. Just ebay strut tower bars and Road magnet springs. The ebay bars were on the car for both vids.

Progress rear bar is on the way. :)

I take it you are happy with the handling :D.

When I took my 200 for a spin after first getting it back, I was very impressed as well.

I take it you are happy with the handling :D.


Quite. :biggthump

I just found out that my ride has GR2's on it right now. I'm going to have to get some AGX's at a minimum. Anyone have any hookups?

oh man I'm wayyyyyy excited! payment sent!

wow excellent difference!

Man, Fun auto-xing but I'm glad we have 4 parking lots at a baseball stadium we roll through instead of laps, usually 4 cars going at once!

Yeah lots of body roll on factory springs!

http://64.81.138.60/albums/album147/DSC_8121.sized.jpg

I just found out that my ride has GR2's on it right now. I'm going to have to get some AGX's at a minimum. Anyone have any hookups?




have you seen this thread? if not, check out Dick's post.



http://www.sr20forum.com/general-sr20/197793-kyb-agx.html

hope they maintain that drop height...i think it's just perfect! :biggthump