Tein Basics verses Megan Racing street coilovers
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Originally Posted by 5150DS
Megan Racing now has a track model coilover. What are you looking at getting? Gsedan35 had Megan Racing and said they were oversprung and under damped. He ended up springs with lower rates. I would contact him for his take on these two products.
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Originally Posted by 5150DS
Megan Racing now has a track model coilover. What are you looking at getting? Gsedan35 had Megan Racing and said they were oversprung and under damped. He ended up springs with lower rates. I would contact him for his take on these two products.
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redlude, thanks for the response on my take on the sway bars. i guess they really helped put together my suspension at the time. it really did change the way the car handled and brought the understeer more in control. if that makes any sense. I've had the basics for about 3 years now and still like them. when i was looking at coilovers, i actually took the input from Gsedan35. he was my source and went with the basics based on what i was looking for and his recommendation.
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I wanted to add my experience with the Megan coilovers. I have 2 sets on 2 different cars. My 2005 Evo and my wifes 2000 Celica (soon to be replaced with a G35). The Evo coilovers have almost 2 yrs of use and 15K miles. They work great! Smoother ride than the overdamped stock suspension but with improved handling. The Megan coilovers are made by BC in taiwan. The same coilovers are also sold under the Greddy Type S and Apexi ExV N1 labels for more money. My only problem was a height adjuster on one strut that would not stay tight. Megan sent me out 2 replacements to double lock it. No hassles, just one phone call.
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Originally Posted by bsowhat1
I wanted to add my experience with the Megan coilovers. I have 2 sets on 2 different cars. My 2005 Evo and my wifes 2000 Celica (soon to be replaced with a G35). The Evo coilovers have almost 2 yrs of use and 15K miles. They work great! Smoother ride than the overdamped stock suspension but with improved handling. The Megan coilovers are made by BC in taiwan. The same coilovers are also sold under the Greddy Type S and Apexi ExV N1 labels for more money. My only problem was a height adjuster on one strut that would not stay tight. Megan sent me out 2 replacements to double lock it. No hassles, just one phone call.
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Originally Posted by bsowhat1
I wanted to add my experience with the Megan coilovers. I have 2 sets on 2 different cars. My 2005 Evo and my wifes 2000 Celica (soon to be replaced with a G35). The Evo coilovers have almost 2 yrs of use and 15K miles. They work great! Smoother ride than the overdamped stock suspension but with improved handling. The Megan coilovers are made by BC in taiwan. The same coilovers are also sold under the Greddy Type S and Apexi ExV N1 labels for more money. My only problem was a height adjuster on one strut that would not stay tight. Megan sent me out 2 replacements to double lock it. No hassles, just one phone call.
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Originally Posted by Gsedan35
Do NOT buy Megan coilovers for this G or Z. As mentioned I had them on my car, I sold them because I could not stand them. Wasn't a performance issue so much as it was a issue with ride and drive quality related to poor valving. Problem I had was I could not sell something I disliked that much. I had softer springs I was able to test in the front, much better behavior so I bought another set of softer springs so I could resell the setup and still sleep at night. BcRacing makes them as you know, however they are not the same specs as the coilovers they make for themselves (larger piston diameter). Given that the BcRacing coilover exists, it makes ZERO sense to buy the Megan product since you can buy that setup for only maybe $50 to $100 more. Even then, IMO I don't let Bc totally off the hook with the excuse that "the Megan product is the way it is because we simply are building it to Megan specs", no excuse to deliver that kind of a product out your door, makes we wonder about their own product.
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Originally Posted by bsowhat1
Greddy Type-S are the same as the Megan Street coilovers.
i also like the fact the greddy type-s has front camber adjustment
i personally think that i barely lost any comfort, just a smidge
im just saying this based on my personal experience, so i have no idea about the performance comparison on paper, so dont get me wrong, i dont mean to say anything bad (if i have)
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I apologize for resurrecting an old thread, but seems like a lot of people are going to make the decision between the Megan and the Tein Basics.
Anyways, can anyone additionaly to whats already posted here add on their thoughts or experiences on either of the coilovers? I too am at a point in my decision making and want to base it off of as much information as possible.
Thanks!
Anyways, can anyone additionaly to whats already posted here add on their thoughts or experiences on either of the coilovers? I too am at a point in my decision making and want to base it off of as much information as possible.
Thanks!
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