I'm in the market for these coilovers from Tanabe... Is there anyone using them?

Looking to get these: http://www.tanabe-usa.com/seven.asp?id=16

Along with these: http://www.tanabe-usa.com/teas.asp?id=17

Can anyone share their input?

 

certainly not as common, but a local tuner shop was really impressed with them on a subaru after he installed and tuned them for a customer. It was the same series including the TEAS, just on an sti. he felt they were a notch up over the comparable teins.

 

Member boostfed is running the Pro Sevens and TEAS. I wanted to run that setup but was too pricey.

His ride on CarDomain

 

Yeah, they were more pricey but I have yet seen these on other people's car... car clubs for that matter. So they must be worth it lol...

 

Not the same model as what you are looking for but, ,I have the Sustec Pro Five with TEAS and I love them.

 

Oh nice... How well do they work? How well does the active adjusting works? and how is the ride???

Thanks!

 

Since you are getting the Seven, I won't bother telling you how I like the Fives, so I'll just give you my thoughts on the TEAS box.

-TEAS box is slightly bigger then the EDFC so if you plan to fit it in the little compartment in the center console below the stereo you'll have a hard time getting it completely flush.
-Main difference between the EDFC is the active adjusting which allows you to preset dampening based on speed. It's nice but, I'm not that fine tuned of a driver to really know what to set at what speed. So I say it would be overkill for most.
-The light on the TEAS is very very blue even at the dimmest setting.
-The actuator is slightly noisy (being very picky here)
-Having control over dampening is great. Makes the car a lot more civil.
-Installing the actuator on top of the front coilover can be nerve racking since you have two bolts to screw in and the space you have is puny and recessed(hope you don't have fat fingers). You can't have it bolted on to the coilover prior to installing them.

 

Thanks for the advice... I like the fact that I can do the adjustments like these easily with these systems. On my other car I hate the fact that I always pop the hood or take off rear seat just to adjust the settings...