I can't really say if it's fake or not but the alignment of the word STYLISH SPEC is off to the left a little bit. Actually, it's way off and the original isn't off by that much. A fake possibly? We need more people to chime into this thread.

 

dunno..they guy who traded me is pretty well known in the forum i guess?...alwayz think that club pplz will not lie to me ... =[

 

I really want to say that it's a fake due to the positioning of the "STYLISH SPEC" line. Anyone here works for Tein? Can someone chime in about it?

 

that might lead me end up not driving it anymore ... no matter wt..juz let me know if u guys know. thx a bunch for ppl's help .

 

No prob! We'll try to find out for you!

 

yeah dude, all you need to do is preload them. let me find the thread for you.

apparently it was my own thread. brilliant...

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...reload+springs

you want to take a look at this pic near the bottom. these are the front wheels the bolt that his finger looks like it is touching, and its counterpart on the other side are the two that you're looking for. you're going to have to turn your steering wheel from one lock to the other while the car is on the ground and you should be able to get at one of the bolts on each side before having to turn the wheel completely the other way. simply loosen all 4 front bolts and you should literally see the car settle right onto the springs, since right now the car's weight is all on the bolts.

as for how to approach doing that on the rear wheels, not quite sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if you could get at them one at a time by jacking the car up one backside at a time. good luck.

 

i installed my superstreet last thursday, i also notice a minimum drop only.

 

Do the control arm bolt trick to allow the spring to compress before freaking out about the fake spring issue. Work in logical steps. Use process of elimination to figure out what's wrong.

 

Have you tried to preload yet? If you havent even tried it yet, then stop with thinking it is fake and try it. The shop i had it installed at knew to do this... they even informed me that they had done it.

 

alrite''i will try to do it later on today , hope it will drop some more=]

 

I just got my S-techs installed. So far it's lowered the car an additional 1/2" on all 4 corners. I'm waiting a couple days for them to settle.

So far, I can tell the ride is a little firmer. Girlfriend did not notice anything difference....so far...which is good.

 

i've had the things for a few months and haven't noticed any difference...don't they have basically the same spring rate as stock?

 

I think the S-techs are 20-30% stiffer than stock. There is an annoying rattle in my dashboard and it has increased since I put in the new springs so I know it's not just my imagination.

 

according to 3 of my friends, they have S-tech Springs on their 8s, once they lower, it drops like sick, at least the gap disappeared. wondering why mine are not lowering. =/

 

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You haven't mentioned attempting the loosening of the control arm bolt fix yet. Have you tried this yet?

 

Hey, those were my springs...I got them from Indy_8 on here but traded for the swift sport ones. I don't understand why people would make fake tein s-techs, they aren't that expensive. They seemed to be authentic, I truly think they are100%. The effort to make them look that legit wouldn't be worth it.

1. You should pre-load them as people have said. This is a very common problem with people who install springs on an 8. The stock suspension is pre-loaded, so if you don't pre-load them they are going to sit higher than they should.

2. I know this sounds dumb, but make sure you have the front springs up front and the rear in the back. This should be pretty obvious.

3. There is usually a little bit of a break in period but you should notice the drop, espcially up front. I think the rear is only a .7in drop so it might be harder to notice at first.

 

i never preloaded!!!...
and mine was perfect..

 

Keep in mind you have 19s, they fill the wheel well out better, I have 19s with a pretty similar set-up, mine looks lowered.

 

I can ask Indy_8 to chime in here since I got them from him, he insured me they were authentic, they seemed that way to me too.

I haven't installed the swift sport springs yet can't wait to get them on!

 

Any updates on the S-Techs Saki?

People can make fake ones for about $25 bucks or even less... then they sell them for over $100, that's a profit margin of over 150%. I hope the S-Techs are real though so good luck Saki!

 

I never had to preload them either when I installed mine. I love the drop of my 8.

saki what model 8 do you have?

 

i bring it to the shop again, they try to loose the arm bolt a little bit more, seems like it drop more then be4 rite now for the front, i will wait like 2 or more weeks and see how is it going. really hope it drops great =] will post pics after for sure.
my car model was just the basic one. thanks for everyone, also willing to see swiftrx8's spring put on, cannot wait xD

 

i had 16''s when i first got them and it looked tucked in the rear and nice clean drop in front

 

then likely your front end is not where it should be..


beers

 

my front end is exactly how I have it set up. when I aligned it that is..