KYB shocks and Tein S-techs

OTTOMITSU's VR4 · Mar 11, 2009, 08:23 PM

I tried searching, i can't find anything specific to this question with a certain answer.

Can i run KYB shocks and Tein S-techs without replacing my struts, or will the struts go after a few thousand miles.

Basically how safe is this setup?

Gumby56 · Mar 11, 2009, 08:25 PM

yes i had them they are awesome

gsr0801 · Mar 11, 2009, 08:29 PM

I'll find out about the KYB in a few days. One of my rear shock blew out and I'm going use KYB to replace the stock one. But i'm using swift springs on stock shocks.

Gumby56 · Mar 11, 2009, 08:36 PM

swift is much stiffer than tein

**otter** · Mar 12, 2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by OTTOMITSU's VR4

I tried searching, i can't find anything specific to this question with a certain answer.

Can i run KYB shocks and Tein S-techs without replacing my struts, or will the struts go after a few thousand miles.

Basically how safe is this setup?

I think you're confusing terms. Our car doesn't have shocks, it has struts. That said, any lowering spring will reduce the lifespan of an OEM or OEI strut. I run the Tein springs and I usually have at least 1 strut fail per year. However, I didn't have much luck with struts lasting on the OEM springs, either. However, the roads here suck, hardcore, and I put a lot of miles on the car (40k/year, roughly.)

On good roads, and a normal amount of driving, you should be able to expect a couple years of use out of the KYB struts.

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Originally Posted by Gumby56

swift is much stiffer than tein

Not on a Lancer. For a Lancer, the Tein is the stiffest spring out there, the swift is a touch softer.

sway311 · Mar 14, 2009, 01:15 AM

if only there's a better struts available for our car

**otter** · Mar 14, 2009, 09:05 AM

I've looked everywhere and e-mailed numerous manufacturers and they've all politely told me tough **** go away.

sovain · Mar 14, 2009, 09:19 AM

i want to lower my car but not at the expense of replacing strut`s every year or so.

sway311 · Mar 14, 2009, 11:33 AM

i dont understand why they didnt bother making struts for our car like Tokico or Blinstein. some crappy cars have available aftermarket struts for their car, SUCKS!

**otter** · Mar 14, 2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by sway311

i dont understand why they didnt bother making struts for our car like Tokico or Blinstein. some crappy cars have available aftermarket struts for their car, SUCKS!

Because our car is too uncommon. There's very little money in making parts for it. If Bilstein stepped up and made a set, they'd probably sell a couple dozen. Not worth it.

BlackRaven · Mar 14, 2009, 11:46 AM

Swapping blown struts is pretty easy. I went to a friend's garage, who had an air compressor & impact wrench, and I changed all four stock springs for the Tein S-Techs at a leisurely pace in an hour and a half or so.

sovain, I've had the OEM struts/s-tech combo for ~20k miles, nothing blown yet. Though I don't track my car (or haven't yet), the roads here in MN are total horse ****. I have a set of new KYB front struts just waiting in my basement for when the time comes though

sway311 · Mar 15, 2009, 12:45 AM

im on Tein S-Tech on stock struts for 33k now, i dont feel any blown struts yet(fingers crossed

) but i'll upgrade to Tein Basic eventually tho.