AristoJZS147

Anyone use Tein Coilover on 1st Gen GS3?
I am sure they made this setup but they are not showing in the Tein USA website.

BC

mischief

here are a few links...they're from the tein japan site, but they actually made quite a few coilovers for the jzs-147.

Tein Type CS
Tein Type RA
Tein S.tech Springs
Tein Type HA
Tein Type NA

They you can also go to their product description page to find out what the differences are between the types... http://www.tein.co.jp/productse.html

hope this helps you out

blue wax

Mischief

love your car....



tein could be another option too for me

yezzzzzzzzz

Rover

I've never seen Tein on a first Gen. GS, as a matter of fact I've never seen them on a Lex period.
But mischief, you've got a hot car.
Sorry to get off the topic here, but do you have any pics
of your car? If you do post them up for us, please?
Regards.

AristoJZS147

Do you think we can get the Tein to the States? Besides Tein, what other good Coil-Over for JZS147

BC

kts_GS3

I know the Tein HA's are very popular with the 2nd gen GS's. I thought I read in one of the old threads that the Tein's didn't fit the 1st gen. I guess that was wrong.

I'm thinking about replacing my Eibachs with some coilovers, too.

AristoJZS147

Tein make coil-over for JZS147, just they are not avaliable in USA. I think at that time, Tein wasn't introduced to the US market yet, so they don't bring in any. Maybe we can get special order from them.

BC

kts_GS3

Any idea what kind of price range we're talking about here?

mischief

im pretty sure that if you contact their sales department, they could probably work something out with you regarding bringing the coilover to the states. if you look around at some of the local performance stores in your area, you can most likely find a store that will have them brought in for you. i found that a few stores in hawaii will have them special ordered for me, but for me, it just wasn't cost effective considering I'm not planning to race my car anytime soon . if you take the current exchange rate, this is how much the Type HA's would cost...msrp:

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CURRENCY CONVERTER RESULTS

Monday, September 2, 2002

175000 Japanese Yen = 1478.04 US Dollar

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then you can figure out another $100-200+ to have something as heavy as coilovers air mailed to the states. so, as far as a price range goes, i would say between $1500 to $2000 for a set of the Type HA coilovers :eek: . or if you have any friends going to japan for a vacation anytime soon, you can have them pick you up a set .

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thanx for the compliments ppl...ill try to get some pics up as soon as the board lets me use the img tag again

Manaray

Tein USA can probably get you set for closer to $1200...maybe less...the ones for the JZS16x's are less than that (but they import those regularly).

Rover, quite a few people have Tein's on their Lexos...

Here's the Tein FLEX on my GS430...

Rover

Hey, I guess what they say is true:
"You live you learn", right manaray? LOL

AristoJZS147

Are you talking about the HA model for $1200? Or something else? HA seems to be very stiff when I check out the Tein Japan Website. They also offer CS model with lower spring rate.

BC

Manaray

The HA's....they are stiffer than the FLEX or the CS, but you MIGHT not mind...they're not SUPER STIFF...just very firm...

The only way to REALLY tell is to get in a car with the setup you want and drive it...also, the wheel/tire make a BIG difference...if they have 20's with 30 series tires on it, that alone might be too rough for some people...

JZS147

I have Tein HA for my 95 GS300 for almost 2years. Tein usa has it in their warehouse but they just don't list it.
Tom

kts_GS3

Do you mind if I ask how much you got it for? How low is yours setup at.....how many fingers (at the wheel-well gap)?

Got any pics of your car?