morganoh

I believe that some of the members here have those Tein Suspension that u can adjust the spring tension from within the car with an Electronic control.

May I know whats the model name of it?

Price?

Good?

Useful? or waste of money cos paying extra for the Electronic controller.??

morganoh

Just found out its Tein Flex and EDFC.

Hope that any members who had install them can give me some feed backs

Thanks

Genesis

I've been asking about this coilover...damn ex with the pillow ball mounts and EDFC, so cool, but wondering about the performance and if it will enable enhanced cornering by itself without the autoexe braces, sways and struts?

lennon

EDFC is surely expensive enuff to get you autoexe braces. Tein will give better handling in the corner, but Autoexe braces gives u less body flex. Combination of these two will give a killer effect!!! So why bother to get EDFC? Unless you think its cool. But after a while you'll regret...... :o

coupe07

tein coilovers have always been the value for money suspension for many years......

the most common one for our make is the tein super street and the tein flex. EDFC allows u the control the damping height from the cabin..... for normal strret comfort drive, u can set to ur comfort setting.... for aggressive driving, u can give it a tighter setting...... why do pple say its a waste of money? I wld tink this is a very good feature where u can set it electronically rather than manually.........

suspension and braces complement each other, but they will work juz fine individually..... changing of coilovers reduces body roll, esp during cornering...... putting on braces reduces the flex of the car body..........

however, the change of coilovers will affect the comfort of ur ride......

cuscorex

edfc gv 1s the convenience of adj the dampin force of the coilover;particularly the rear set s its nt reachable w/o som strippin.tein is the pioneer @ tis,other makes like cusco & tanabe cam up wif their own 'edfc' for their coilovers 2.hence,demand is tere.
sgrenesis can gv a gd feedbk since he hv them in his ride.
a pt to note,coilover wks will gv a harsher ride(softest settins) then our oems.so,if u had a habit of dashin thro humps,aft tis upgrade,gotta chg drivin style abit. sgrenesis gt his 'xperience' on tis,u'l nt like it...

morganoh

My 1st time down to ST powered yesterday wanted to find out more about the suspension.
After standing 50cm infront of the Boss (older one) for 15mins , try to get some responds from him , but no luck, no "HI" non please wait or anything.

Till I said excuss me 15mins later . then he said "Yes"
Wanted to find out the Tein suspension that allow u to raise the height (5cm) of the car by using a controller in the car, but he told me its only for MPVs.

Try to find out more about Flex, be he just bush me off stating its very expensive as He thinks that I can't afford it or I would not buy it from him.

So sad (for him) why is it when business is big the attitude towards customer will changed? I guess he would be more customer friendly if he is in need of business.

A friend just told me the EDFC is $600-700

Anyone knows the price of the Tein Flex?

cuscorex

sgrenensis bout 2.3k 4 the flex...som correction here bro,the height adj coilovers(called the type wagon) r air operated & r onli 4 MPVs.type flex;street or occasional track usage,is both dampin & ht adj...juz tat the ht adjment require hoist & nt press of a button like type wagon.

morganoh

Dont't quite understand. so just to confirm

So the Type Wagon can be height adjusted (90 to 140 mm) using a controller.

The Flex is only spring tension adjusted (no height adjustment) using a different controller.

Right???

cuscorex

ok...let mi go simple...pai seh huh...
most tein made coilovers r both ht & dampin force adj.type wagon r able to adj ride ht by the press of button.whereas,type flex,wich is a so-called 'performance' coilovers adj the dampin force,nt spring tension, thro the edfc.the ride ht will need to unload the 4 wheels & adj the springs seat thro a special bolt tat coms wif the set.

got it?

coupe07

kuay chim liao lah, bro......... i help u summarise

Morgan,

edfc = only adjust the damping force, not the springs tension. (this one oso bro cusco teach me one) :D

to adjust springs tension, u need to remove ur 4 wheels, use the tool provided for u to adjust manually. edfc merely let u adjust the damping niah.

type wagon can do the adjusting by juz a push of the button.... this feature cannot be found on the type flex and super street series.... only the wagon series.........

alternatively u can get the type CS, which i wanted initially..... this comes originally with the pillow mount and shld be more comfy for street use. Was rated rather high on the blue colour rx8 magazine........

flex and super street shld actually suffice though...

coupe07

FYI, st powered and garage r are the authorised distributor for TEIN in spore... if ST powered cun give u the service u wan, u can try garage R....

sandman369

just to add that you can also try gary engineering for tein susp.

lohsk

My next poison....

coupe07

looking at wat brand????

or go for the full RE stuff ai mai??? :D :D

morganoh

Thats S$7000 over for the RE suspension.

coupe07

bo lah... not so kua zhang lah..... aragosta oso not so ex leh....

morganoh

But they state Yen 464100 = S$ $7192

http://www.re-amemiya.co.jp/new_part...rx_8_quan.html

If not how much ?

Neon

Hi, i using Flex. Got it cheaper than 2.3K definitely. From ST also. C how close u know him and how u bargain lor...

EDFC - its good IMO. Just take note if u want it install 2gether with coilovers cuz to install after - u need to literally take out the whole coilover just to install the motorised controller on top and they charge a couple for dat service....

Cheers

EBS

My colleague uses the EDFC/FLEX on his CL7R. Its a good combo but most users seem to experience sound so please bear that in mind. The older guy at ST is SAM. He's like that usually. U can try GR. The whole setup shld cost maybe $2.6-$2.7k. The advantage is u can play the damping for everyday use and when ua re on track. If not, there are other coilovers like the Hypermax II to consider.

Cheers

morganoh

Is the Hyermax 2 adjustable from with in the car using a Controller.

Apart from Tein Flex is there any other brand that has the same function?
(hopefully around the same price)

Thanks

morganoh

One more question.

Spring Rate

Does it mean that the higher the spring rate the better the Spring it is?

EBS

No, only Tein has the EDFC and certain Tein coilover can use with the EDFC. Other brand dont have this. The question is do u adjust it that much ? If u can do without the EDFC, there are other, much better choices than Tein (Aragosta for example around $3.6k). If u die die must have 'internal' control, the EDFC is the only choice.

coupe07

bro correction....

Cusco has come out with its version of EDFC... Tanabe has oso come out with their version as welll........

coupe07

HKS Hipermax2 does not have the EDFC lookalike, as with most suspension. U seriously dun tweak with it as much... most likely u will use one setting all the way driving ard singapore.....