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Old 03-27-2004, 11:25 PM
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Tein Springs installed with Volks

Here is my car with 19's and Tein Springs
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Pic 2

Here is a 3/4 shot. The rims are 19x8.5 front and 19x9.5 rear with 245-35-19 front and 275-30-19 rear. With Tein S-tech springs

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Looks sweet !

Can you still rotate your tires ??
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No because of the different sizes!
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Woh, veeeeeery nice! :D
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3/4 rear

From the 3/4 rear
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Pictures look grainy because I had to severly shrink them with out any photo shop tools. Just downsizing using the computer. Sorry!
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Thanks OMICRON!!!
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You bet! :D

So, how long have you had them on now? I understand it takes them a few hundred miles to "settle" and the car will drop a bit.

Also, even more importantly, how's it handle now?
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I have had them on about 2 weeks they seem to have settled alot. It handles great after the alignment! Before the alignment it was not as driver friendly. I went pretty aggessive on the alignment. I think they are autocross specs because I got them off of here and from threads on alignments that autox were using. I know I might have to replace my tires sooner with that but I do not really get to drive it that much because of work and transporting the little one between work and home the wife will not learn how to drive stick so we use the Mazda 6.
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Sorry about 3-400 hundred miles on them so far.
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The 6

I have added a rear lip spoiler since this pic!
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So you have a Mazda 6 and an 8 also? Me too... so does prOber and a few others on this site. It's a good combo!
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Very good Combo! Love the 6 even though it is a 4cyl. but I never really drive that fast. People at work call me Grandpa because I would never really drive my past cars fast. I have had 2 C5's, WRX, Porsche 944 Turbo (S), countless Z-28's and Mustang GT's but I do not like to really dog my cars just cruise them. I think the fastest I have had the 8 up to so far is 85. I hate tickets and especially traffic school so knock on wood it has been about 10 years since my last ticket.
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You just jinxed yourself.
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HA!HA! I hope not!
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Very nice Leegina, I'm really liking the the Teins.
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Can anyone tell me exactly what the difference is between the Tein S-tech and H-tech springs?
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Originally posted by Omicron
Can anyone tell me exactly what the difference is between the Tein S-tech and H-tech springs?
If I'm not mistaken, the H-tech springs are more "ride quality oriented." Tein terms these springs as their "Luxury Master" springs. They also term the S-tech springs as their "Dress-up Master" springs. I have to assume that the S-tech springs are for people who prioritize "appearance first, ride quality second."
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H-tech will only lower the front 1 inch and the rear like something like .4 or something like that. They used to have the specs on their webpage but they took them down. Now they could of changed it all up and are only going to change the spring rates as mdw33333 said but I am not sure. I remember when I was searching the H-tech would only lower the front 1 inch.
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Looks very good Leegina, love that polished lip and the stance looks good too.
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Thanks!!! I love the lip. That is why I had to go staggered.
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Originally posted by mdw33333
If I'm not mistaken, the H-tech springs are more "ride quality oriented." Tein terms these springs as their "Luxury Master" springs. They also term the S-tech springs as their "Dress-up Master" springs. I have to assume that the S-tech springs are for people who prioritize "appearance first, ride quality second."
FWIW, since Tein doesn't list a spring rate for RX-8 H Tech, I checked H Tech vs. S Tech for the FD RX-7 on Tein's site and the S Techs are notably stiffer.
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Beautiful. Perfect spacing in the wells! Thanks for sharing.


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