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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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Looks good my man. Like everyone said, drop it and then really enjoy it I have the Tein CS v2 on my GS and I have no complaints but the price has significantly gone up from when I bought them.
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by zarukiana
^ are they better than Tein, how is the comfort, looking something that will give me at least something close to OEM comfort. how much are HKS LS coils are going for?
HKS is the best of the best IMHO. im getting them for 650 although i think they msrp for over 2k and then im gonna send them to be rebuilt for 75 a shock and have fresh "new" coils. HKS are discontinued now for the gs series.

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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:12 AM
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There are other brands now like Megans or Stance, etc. I don't think the Megans were around for our car 3 years ago when I bought my coilovers.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sexy_Lexy
Looks good my man. Like everyone said, drop it and then really enjoy it I have the Tein CS v2 on my GS and I have no complaints but the price has significantly gone up from when I bought them.
Thanks a lot buddy, I guess Tein CS v2 is the way to go since ppl who have those are really happy and there isn't any complaints, but as u mention it price has significantly gone up. Sakataj post a link where I looked and price is $1800 for Tein, so I'm trying to see what other brands are good or similar to Tein CS v2 that I can get for cheaper, and have same comfort. Hopefully I will find something.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
HKS is the best of the best IMHO. im getting them for 650 although i think they msrp for over 2k and then im gonna send them to be rebuilt for 75 a shock and have fresh "new" coils. HKS are discontinued now for the gs series.
wow Brian so that's a good price $650, I should have thought about drapping my car 2 yrs ago , because that time I could have got what i want it. I guess I have to do some research and find some good set up.

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There are other brands now like Megans or Stance, etc. I don't think the Megans were around for our car 3 years ago when I bought my coilovers.
What would you recommend bro, is there any lowering threads, where I can find which coliovers brand is good, their comfort and etc.... I have been searching but don't get any result.

Thanks for everything
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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Go air... i think it's the best and yet no one has complain about it yet.. .i believe.

mine is currently being install at the moment.
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by zarukiana
wow Brian so that's a good price $650, I should have thought about drapping my car 2 yrs ago , because that time I could have got what i want it. I guess I have to do some research and find some good set up.
yeah i was stoked till i got a updated info on rebuilding them

ugh just found out HKS is charging 190 a shock to rebuild now and they were only 75 like a year ago. boooooo

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Go air... i think it's the best and yet no one has complain about it yet.. .i believe.

mine is currently being install at the moment.
alot of people have complained bout air....tire problems (burning through them) and all the other suspension issues u can/do have

eventually though i will want/maybe do air myself
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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^ wow man instead of 190 a shock that will cost 110 more than if you buy a new HKS, that's F*** up Brian hope you will find somewhere that they can rebuild them for cheaper buddy.

as far as riding on air don't think so as Brian posted there is a lot of ppl have complained about air, so I will try to find something that gives comfort and there isn't much complained about it, also looking something that has good affordable price. I was really excited when Sleeper post about Tein CS v2, but looking at the price of $1800 not willing to spend that much, will see how it goes, I Hope can find something....
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by zarukiana
^ wow man instead of 190 a shock that will cost 110 more than if you buy a new HKS, that's F*** up Brian hope you will find somewhere that they can rebuild them for cheaper buddy.

as far as riding on air don't think so as Brian posted there is a lot of ppl have complained about air, so I will try to find something that gives comfort and there isn't much complained about it, also looking something that has good affordable price. I was really excited when Sleeper post about Tein CS v2, but looking at the price of $1800 not willing to spend that much, will see how it goes, I Hope can find something....
I'm not a coilover expert but maybe try searching for Megan Racing or Stance and see reviews about them from other 2GS owners. I did a quick search and found Megan Racing @ ~$830 and the Stance @ ~$1220. That might be something more within your budget.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by zarukiana
^ wow man instead of 190 a shock that will cost 110 more than if you buy a new HKS, that's F*** up Brian hope you will find somewhere that they can rebuild them for cheaper buddy.
i would buy a new set of HKS but they discontinued them for the gs awhile ago and i dont know any shop that has some left over.noone can rebuild them BUT HKS,they dont sell the rebuild kits to ANYONE.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 12:02 PM
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Also check out the Vendor Classifieds sub-forum here also. There are usually group buys for various parts. Right now, there are vendors selling BC Racing and Stance coilovers.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
i would buy a new set of HKS but they discontinued them for the gs awhile ago and i dont know any shop that has some left over.noone can rebuild them BUT HKS,they dont sell the rebuild kits to ANYONE.
hopefully u can find something different or somewhere else where you are can rebuilt yours for cheaper, defiantly since they have discontinued they want sell rebuild kits to anyone cuz they want to make money from their own product, and they want to charge as much as they fill like that's the reason i think. if they sell to other person to do the the rebuild they can do cheaper and HKS want make any money. which is **** up...

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I'm not a coilover expert but maybe try searching for Megan Racing or Stance and see reviews about them from other 2GS owners. I did a quick search and found Megan Racing @ ~$830 and the Stance @ ~$1220. That might be something more within your budget.
Thanks a lot for info i will start searching for Megan or Stance, see reviews about them from other members. I know one of the GS owner around where I live has a nice set up too, I know the owner so I'm going to see him next couple of days and ask him cuz he has i think 1 finger gap too. for sure I will look what I can find for good price and has a good performance.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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Very nice look to it. Drop it or die! lol!
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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^ lol good one so if I don't drop it what will happen? 98% of comments and suggestions were drop it so for suree I'm going to drop it. I will keep updated when she gets new look.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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Thanks for all the comments and suggestions you guys gave it to me.
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