RedSiBaron
07-31-2008, 11:15 AM
The Story
Alright, so here is the situation...i bought my tein s-tech springs used with 5k on them for basicly nothing...called tein, asked if the serial number matched for the ep3, it came up as "YES, its for the ep3"...so i said great and installed them with koni shocks...
they never felt right and i was confused...weird...
...skip ahead...
installed sways, "THIS WILL BE MUCH BETTER!!"
...still not that great...
...skip ahead...
out in philly and my friend Anthony (soprano21) has tein s-techs...
my car is sitting A LOT lower, WTF he has more miles on his s-techs...
...i call tein, and the part number comes up as "for the ep3", but then the guy at tein double checks it a different way and finds out
MY SPRINGS ARE FOR AN EM2
...my fears are confirmed!!...
THE SITUATION
so now that you are up to date ill tell you whats up...I CANNOT drive around anymore on very undersprung spring rates, i need close to tein stechs for the ep3, but i dont want the ride height of the ep3 tein stechs, i want as close to the drop i have now, but i dont want to stiffen my car up to the level of the H&Rs, otherwise id buy those...
So i am thinking the progress springs will be just about right, 280/500lbs and 1.8/1.5 drop which sounds decent...
does anyone have;a picture of a car lowered on konis with progress, experience with this shock spring combo, or just any pic with the progress drop and experience with those...
...OR if someone has any input on what i should look at instead??
I AM NOT GETTING COILOVERS, IT WOULD COST A LOT TO REPLACE THE DAMPENING OF MY KONIS
...plus the price on progress is really good...
here are the pics of the drop i have now and it in comparison to soprano21s drop
THANKS A LOT GUYS!!!
my drop now compared to anthonys
http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/213874-1/wheel+gap+comparison.jpg
as my car sits now
http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/209370-1/DSC04555.jpg
OH and i should add i would mind a half inch of ride height in the rear, a slight raked drop like progress wouldnt bother me...i just need these EM2 springs OFF ASAP
Alright, so here is the situation...i bought my tein s-tech springs used with 5k on them for basicly nothing...called tein, asked if the serial number matched for the ep3, it came up as "YES, its for the ep3"...so i said great and installed them with koni shocks...
they never felt right and i was confused...weird...
...skip ahead...
installed sways, "THIS WILL BE MUCH BETTER!!"
...still not that great...
...skip ahead...
out in philly and my friend Anthony (soprano21) has tein s-techs...
my car is sitting A LOT lower, WTF he has more miles on his s-techs...
...i call tein, and the part number comes up as "for the ep3", but then the guy at tein double checks it a different way and finds out
MY SPRINGS ARE FOR AN EM2
...my fears are confirmed!!...
THE SITUATION
so now that you are up to date ill tell you whats up...I CANNOT drive around anymore on very undersprung spring rates, i need close to tein stechs for the ep3, but i dont want the ride height of the ep3 tein stechs, i want as close to the drop i have now, but i dont want to stiffen my car up to the level of the H&Rs, otherwise id buy those...
So i am thinking the progress springs will be just about right, 280/500lbs and 1.8/1.5 drop which sounds decent...
does anyone have;a picture of a car lowered on konis with progress, experience with this shock spring combo, or just any pic with the progress drop and experience with those...
...OR if someone has any input on what i should look at instead??
I AM NOT GETTING COILOVERS, IT WOULD COST A LOT TO REPLACE THE DAMPENING OF MY KONIS
...plus the price on progress is really good...
here are the pics of the drop i have now and it in comparison to soprano21s drop
THANKS A LOT GUYS!!!
my drop now compared to anthonys
http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/213874-1/wheel+gap+comparison.jpg
as my car sits now
http://www.redpepperracing.com/gallery/d/209370-1/DSC04555.jpg
OH and i should add i would mind a half inch of ride height in the rear, a slight raked drop like progress wouldnt bother me...i just need these EM2 springs OFF ASAP