ELITE-RX8

Hi all.
My friend's company have 2 set of brand new Tein for sale on good price.

each set it cost 2600 with out fitting.

if anyone interest!! please let me know.

954rr

What money unit do you use and will he ship to the US?

ELITE-RX8

its 2600 Aus.

And the model is TEIN-Flex

takahashi

2600 installed? If then, I will think about it...

Does it include EDFC? What is the spring rate, standard F7 R5 kg (if I remember collectly)?

PM me with the dealer and name and I will find him next week.

EDIT: Tell you what people quote me $3K installed out of their head. 2600 is not supercheap without install...

Come on convince me.

ELITE-RX8

convince you??? hehe

if you want them you will.

2600 with 1 year warranty.

to fit it at my friend's shop will be around 300. but i don't think will be more then 300.

thats Tein man. who quote is Tein Flex too.
The spring rate is what you say.

what i can say is to fit at my friend's place Hyper Tech is the best place to fit Tein. they do racing car. there.
Best GTR tuner.

really good at there.

trust me man.

EDFC????

ELITE-RX8

But its up to you Taka.

thanks for the post too.

takahashi

EDFC, Electronic Damper Force Control.

The controller that install on the dash to control the damper rate, with a touch of a button.

No.... hmmm

Any chance for a discount, then?

Someone quote me Tein Flex for $3K and Tein superstreet for $2.5K installed but not sure about warranty.

ELITE-RX8

No discount man.
and no EDFC
but i think you can get that. just more money!

its up to you man. just my friend have this in stock. and want to sell them.
So let me know la.
You can also fit at other place. but if something goes wrong. then will have to see if its the fitting or Tein itself.

takahashi

Wheel... Flex... Wheel... Flex.... ahhhhhhhhhhhh :D

I am not sure yet! Let me cool down and have a beer first.

Hypertex is the one selling it right? Is that a shop* selling it right?

Very tempting.... I need a price for fitting first.

takahashi

After a beer I have to ask a question:

Is it stupid to have the car not lowered with an aftermarket suspension? The reason I ask is my garage is at an angle and I could not lower my car without scraping the bottom plate.

I can lower my car during track day but does that mean wheel alignment is a must then?

That is my only concern otherwise I will have my coilover long time ago... but this time I found it hard to pass a reasonable deal

I think I need a second beer :D

zaku

I don't know where is the problem with the ride height, if you install a adjustable coilover. Off course Tein flex is the one of this kind. According to the "Hyper REV news mook vol96-RX8", the recommended ride height with Teins is front -20mm rear -15mm, It's hard to image such decrease in clearance would scrape the bottom. In Taiwan, we have to park our cars in underground garage in most conditions, but the ride height is not really bothering. Tein is a good choice but may be a little "soft" for track use. One of my friend once installed a Tein flex but then replaced it by a mazdaspeed one. If you consider of track racing, why not go with Ohlins? I installed it at 2 months ago and I'm very happy with it. The ride is more comfort than the stock one with front -20 mm rear -15 mm (the recommended value is front -35 rear -30), the damper rate is front 8 rear 6 (there's 1-20 stages for adjustment). This setting help me increase corner speed at least10 km/hr.

ELITE-RX8

Ohlins??
what brand is that?

you from Taiwan?? i am from Taiwan too.

where you live?

ELITE-RX8

I have Tein Flex in my car. and i like it. its good and not too soft.

takahashi

You have no idea Zaku.

The garage is so stupid and set in an angle that it is ALREADY scraping the bottom at stock height. I have put a ramp inside the garage to lift the front wheel up to get clearance.

Yes I agree Ohlins is very very nice and congrad on that. ELITE Ohlins, together with Bilstein, is a very nice German bland adjustable shocks. Who use Ohlin in Japan, R Magic does.

I actually want to have the Fujita Engineering shock in the first place. They are custom made by HKS. But I just can't get pass Tein Flex with EDFC. Anyhow with the garage situation now. I either have the car set at stock height, which I gather is stupid, or leave the car at my parent's place for the rest of the year.

I prob will give it a pass until I come back to town later this year.

Sorry ELITE and thanks for the great offer.

Taka

rotarenvy

It isn't stupid not to lower the car with aftermarket springs.
suspension is all about geometry of arcs an while you can lower cars a little without doing too much to the intended camber and toe changes, roll centres etc excessive lowering can hurt handling. the adjustable platforms on the teins are for corner-balancing not just ride height.

ELITE-RX8

Thats ok tkak. thanks alot anyway.

I know Bilstein!!

let me know if you want them later on.

zaku

there should be two"." over the "O". It's sweden brand shock use eibach spring.

I live at taitung now.

EZZY

cool.... 3 taiwanese boys....
actually, i travel with me australian passport, dont have the green passport anymore


bag it taka, go the pimp style with the switches :D

very good product

ELITE-RX8

I still have both.haha

ELITEred-RX8 is Taiwanese too

RXP33D

LoL nice one EZZY.

TAKA, Screw the JDM look go for 22 chromies with hydraulics!
Go to the track in style, and your driveway too!

takahashi

LOL

I am not that rice :D

EZZY

but.... arent you "powered" by rice most days :p
i love my fried rice :D

ELITE-RX8

just thinking of saving up money to do Greddy turbo kit for my 8. after fit them wil be around 250hp at the wheels.

So what you guys think?

cost me $6200. to get the kit from Jarpan.

and not too sure about the fitting cost.

but i think all up will be less than 10k.

so what you people think???

worth it?

ILIV48

Your going to need a very good tuner to get the Greddy kit tuned right. If you look in the states Greddy are actually supplying one of the guys on the forums map as their maps were not working on all the 8's and even on the one's it seemed to do alright there was still issues.

takahashi

Bottom line: You need someone who knows how to tune E Manage well enough, possibly know Japanese and be able to deal with the tissue when it comes. Good luck.

It is not that hard. I am sure someone in Clayton knows Japanese. Whether he is good doing the turbo I don't know.