I've heard a lot of conflicting reports on Tien Flex coilovers. I have read many posts where there have been people saying that they are crap and anything Tien makes under $2k is garbage.
On the other hand, it seems a lot of people have them, and whenever there is a group buy of any sort, all kinds of folks are all over it.
I like the idea of EDFC, but I don't gotta have it. If they truly are sub-par and are lower performance than stock, I will go with either a PSS9 or KW V3 setup.
Or I might just go nuts and get the Moton Clubsport from King. Does anyone have any experience with these?

I guess I should point out my desires for the system:

My car is my daily driver as well as a weekend autocrosser.
I don't want to go down in performance from stock.
If turned down to the softest settings, I would like it to be no rougher than stock.

Would it be beneficial to buy differernt spring rates and switch them out?

I've never had coilovers on a car before and just kinda want them. I've had Koni's and springs and fully realize that would be good enough to meet my needs probably, but I want to try something different.

I'm new to the S2k scene and am a relatively new owner and this will be my first mod.

Thanks in advance for any help or advice that is offered!

 

From what I've learned, if you want an okay to good shock, go bilstein or koni. For great shocks go motons, penske, or ohlins.

 

I don't think you have to worry that much about quality with Tein. If they didn't make quality stuff do you think they would be one of the biggest names in their field?