Four_wheel_drifts Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Well, I got my quote from Tein. $500 to rebuild the front inserts. This includes everything shipped back to me. Oh, plus a month turn around time from when I prepay. This is 1/3 what the entire suspension setup - both front and rear - costs new! Has anyone found an alternative insert with threaded collar that matches the TEIN hardware? The dampening on the Teins weren't the best when new plus I don't like the idea of dropping $500 every few years on rebuilds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 honestly, they are not worth the rebuild. Tein uses garbage valving. they are basically a throw-away coilover. once they are worn out, toss 'em. BTW, if you dont like spending $$ on rebuilds, you should never have bough coilovers to begin with. if you think they last as long as a fixed perch shock, you are fooling yourself. That being said, you can have real good parts put in to them, you just have to find a custom shock builder to do it who feels comfortable using the tein shock body. you will pay a lot for this though, but they will still have to be rebuilt periodically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four_wheel_drifts Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 The reason I went coilovers originally was to get slightly lower ride with a 450f/500r spring rate. The noncoilover options drop the car too much and have too low spring rates. What you're suggesting is exactly what I want: custom rebuild that's great not garbage. But I can't find anyone local or otherwise that gives me confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetiger Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 the kind of places im talking about build competition shocks for competitive racing and autox. You may spend more than a set of new set of off-the-shelf coilovers. you may not have any place local like this. I can give you names of some others around the country who do this sort of thing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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