I just bought Tein CS along with Stillen sways, EDFC and rear camber arms and had them installed a few days ago. I have an 03.5 sedan. My priorities were to lower the car somewhat, minimize body roll, and get better road feel while maintaining a comfortable ride. The car was lowered a little more than I wanted, as I now have absolutely no wheel gap. It looks really good, but I might raise it a little so I don't have to be so careful with speed bumps, etc.

Performance-wise, it's exactly what I wanted. The springs are a little stiffer than my stock sport suspension. It's a slightly firmer ride but still very comfortable, and with the EDFC on soft settings I can make it pretty similar to the stock ride. If I set both EDFC settings at their firmest, the car is much more planted on curvy roads while still staying fairly comfortable. For general driving, I soften the dampening slightly from the firmest settings and I have the best of both worlds. By the way, I'm riding on 235/50/17 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S with 8" rims, so that adds to the comfort. Along with the sway bars, the suspension keeps the car much more stable at higher speeds. Great for street use, but if you track your car a lot it's probably not what you're looking for.

I haven't had the alignment checked yet, but I notice some negative camber on both fronts and rears. I'll have that done once I decide on whether I want to keep the car at it's current height or raise it a little.

 

Good info, thanks! I'm still trying to decide whether to go that route or not (CS and EDFC). I've got the Stillen sways sitting in my living room, about to install them this weekend. I'll see how that works out.

I pretty much want near stock ride quality, but better handling, and really, no lowering, since I have to deal with speed bumps on a daily basis.

Dave

 

The G sits pretty high, and has a lot of wheel gap, so there's lots of room for lowering without having to worry about hitting speed bumps. As I said, my car was lowered quite a bit more than I wanted. I asked for a one finger gap in back and 1 1/2 in front, and I got my car back with no gaps at all. I think that if I got the drop I asked for, I'd have no problem with speed bumps unless I went over them at a stupid speed. The nice thing about the CS system is that you could keep your car at stock height and still get the benefit of the better shocks and springs. Along with the sway bars, you'd be able to get improved performance while still maintaining good ride comfort.

By the way, the EDFC is a great feature. It's nice to be able to change the dampening from inside the car with the push of a button. There isn't a "night and day" type difference between the softest and firmest settings, but it's enough that you can use them for different driving purposes.