jonah_ow Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Does anyone have and knowledge or experience with the Tein Flex Z coilovers? I am curious as they have an attractive price point and are not made in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannya Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 +1 on this topic of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charged Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I ordered a set about a month ago. They have been backordered, but I'm told they are shipping soon. I can post install pics once I get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonah_ow Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 I ordered a set about a month ago. They have been backordered, but I'm told they are shipping soon. I can post install pics once I get them. Excellent! I am really interested in these for next year. How they stack up against the competition, as well as how they perform under stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I'm stocked about these. It's time for new struts anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charged Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Finally got these in my hands. Just a word of warning if you are currently in the market for these: according to a couple of vendors that I tried to order these from, they are on backorder from Tein for an indefinite period of time because of a supplier issue. They have no idea when this will be resolved and my guess is that it might be awhile because the Legacy/BL platform is probably not a big seller The only place that I know of that has them in stock is Rallysportdirect.com (where I got mine) and as of today they show 1 set in stock. Here are my pics. If you want pics of anything specific, just let me know. I'm hoping to get these installed this weekend. Unfortunately I won't have much to compare them to. I got my car with the stock suspension and then I swapped to H&R springs a couple years ago. So I won't be able to tell if these are any better/worse than the other coilovers available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonah_ow Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 I actually JUST snagged a set of ISC N1's for a screaming deal. $475 with 5k miles in pristine condition... but I am still interested to see info about these coilovers, and I am sure that others are as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew25gt Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Just picked a set of these up from Rally Sport Direct. Wont be able to install till next week but excited to see others results with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charged Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Just picked a set of these up from Rally Sport Direct. Wont be able to install till next week but excited to see others results with them. Nice! I got mine installed today. Very straightforward. Everything fit nicely. The only minor thing I noticed was that the fronts don't have the hashmarks around the camber bolt, so just pay extra attention or snap a pic of it's position before you screw it off. The only modification I made during installation was to add a 3/8" thick bit of rubber padding to all the top mounts. Hopefully that cuts some of the NVH versus hard mounting. I'm not sure why but I'm getting about 29/30 "clicks" between the softest and hardest setting. All the info I see online says there should be 16. I set everything to 15 clicks and did a quick loop around block. Initial impressions were good. The springs are definitely stiffer than what I'm used to. No clunks or odd noises. I softened the fronts by 5 clicks and I'll see how they feel on my commute tomorrow. I initially set everything to the stock ride height, that's why it looks like the springs are so high in the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebourne Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Sub'd pic thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew25gt Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 So I got mine installed quicker than I thought I would. Had em one for about 4 days. Only spent maybe a couple hours ridding on em. Like Charged said install was straight forward. Pretty simple. Lowered mine right away before the install. Started with about 2.75" between the collars and that wasn't quite there. So I think I ended up somewhere around 2-2.5" to have a finger gap. Still more room to go down. So I'd say it's safe to assume you can go low enough to tuck. Rode em both full soft and full hard. As you would imagine full soft is way to soft. Ready to set sail. Full hard isn't to bad. I've been on much stiffer. Def not gonna be the daily number tho. I'll probably turn it back 8 or 10 and see what that does. I wouldn't recommend these to people who are looking for a track coil. Just don't seem like they would do the job. For a comfort coil tho these should suffice. I can also confirm that they have much more than 16 clicks. I count about 30 as well. Happy to answer any questions you guys may have. [emoji106] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebourne Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Pics? pic thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew25gt Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Pics? Yea I'll try to get you something today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charged Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 That summary seems spot on. I'm happy with them so far. The ride is a bit stiffer than stock and there is plenty of adjustment, which is what I was looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkinslow Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 subscribed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogie Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 finally got some time to throw mine on today, they ride great. took about 2.5 hours with some help from a friend. they are currently set to the tein's recommended height setting for winter. Subi 12 6 15 by Grand Prix Mentality, on Flickr Subi 12 6 15 by Grand Prix Mentality, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedaykin Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Looks great. How does it handle shitty roads/potholes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogie Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Looks great. How does it handle shitty roads/potholes? Much better than stock. i was skeptic, but i cruised over some manholes today and it wasn't harsh at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe r Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 What did you guys pay for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebourne Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 To those that have them, do you know if the rears have built in bump stops? Or do they rely on the big cone shaped oem "helper" bump stops? pic thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraedeohed Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Any updates from any users that had this setup? Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogie Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Im on 8 mo. No issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraedeohed Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Im on 8 mo. No issues How'd they deal with the winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraedeohed Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 How'd they deal with the winter? Nevermind you're in San Diego. Either way, I haven't yet seen anything bad about this setup, for the money they seem like a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 2Fiver Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 These are special order for the LGT and the price has dropped a few times over the past year. Some US distributors are selling them at $770 US. There was an 8-10 week lead time from when I ordered back in June. Could be another 4-8 on top of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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