Guaging interest for JIC TAR coilovers

[Maxstyle]

I'm currently in contact with JIC about developing coil-overs for the Altima coupes and sedans. It would run the FLT-TAR monotube design. I'm going with a test car very soon but they are still not sure that the market is there for such a serious label to develop such a product. I'd like to get feedback on this in order to show them that Altima owners are interested and would buy. Can i get some serious opinions on this. Good or bad. Doesn't matter. Thank so much for your input guys.

Could I also get recomendation for spring rates. I know most altima owners are daily driver and going to a super stiff rate is nothing more of an inconvenience.au

[LongBeachCoupe]

do you have an altima? prices?

[Maxstyle]

MSRP would probably be average that they have of $2000ish and there is an Altima that would be used. Not sure if it will even fly with them but i will try

[Scandinavian Flick]

i am interested

[LongBeachCoupe]

too rich for my blood

[theoctopussi]

2000? maybe a 1000... for 2000 I can get sum bags

[Maxstyle]

I just don't like that Korean and Taiwan made Megan etc stuff.

[mcheddadi]

I'm currently in contact with JIC about developing coil-overs for the Altima coupes and sedans. It would run the FLT-TAR monotube design. I'm going with a test car very soon but they are still not sure that the market is there for such a serious label to develop such a product. I'd like to get feedback on this in order to show them that Altima owners are interested and would buy. Can i get some serious opinions on this. Good or bad. Doesn't matter. Thank so much for your input guys.

Could I also get recomendation for spring rates. I know most altima owners are daily driver and going to a super stiff rate is nothing more of an inconvenience.au

oh yeah! super interested, coilovers for the coupe = more serious companies will notice the altima coupe as a potent car in the FWD race world.

the price is irrelevant because I know a lot of people have been wanting coilovers for a long time. SuperHeero (the girl with the nismo decals that had a subaru before) keeps asking for it and so does AkAd3MiKs, eurohead2jdm, LIAC3, Loop, jh3p, windex, IMrGoodBarI, 08altima35. They all have expressed LOTS of interest for coilovers.

Come on people!

[adidas2go]

Eh, just not a big fan of JIC.

I had my front pair of dampers go on my new FLT-A1's. This happened after 10 months of running them (5 autox events, 12000 miles). I was told they are not rebuildable and would need to have the dampers replaced. $200/side and none of it was covered under warranty. I will personally never buy another JIC product again

[Maxstyle]

Eh, just not a big fan of JIC.

I had my front pair of dampers go on my new FLT-A1's. This happened after 10 months of running them (5 autox events, 12000 miles). I was told they are not rebuildable and would need to have the dampers replaced. $200/side and none of it was covered under warranty. I will personally never buy another JIC product again

No one really warranties their damper and these would be the revised version of the A2 (TAR). Those i know they do rebuild, and thats is why I asked them to focus on that line for me. The TAR's as stated above are monotube. A1's are Twintube. Racing parts man. Try warranty with Moton. Also depends on the angle of your control arms at the height that you run. What car do you have. On my track car(road coarse and drift) they have been great. A2's have been good to me and now upgrading to TAR's for my S13. Company aside, what did you think about the idea of coilovers in general?

[08altima35]

i would be interested, but for that price would cover tein super street coil over dampers and a sh*tload of premium fuel. nobody is going to buy them for 2000 dude. sorry.

[adidas2go]

I had an eclipse spyder with these. I like the design of coilovers. The practicality on a daily driver, not so much.

[Maxstyle]

i would be interested, but for that price would cover tein super street coil over dampers and a sh*tload of premium fuel. nobody is going to buy them for 2000 dude. sorry.

Like i said, it's MSRP. Local shops sell for what ever they want. maybe like 1800 depending on the shop i guess.

[Maxstyle]

I had an eclipse spyder with these. I like the design of coilovers. The practicality on a daily driver, not so much.

And I'm asking for better spring rates. That's why I asked for suggestions. Keep the info coming.

[alphapig]

Holy crap $2000 is expensive!

Anyway how would these work with the rear spring setup? In the rear, the spring and damper are separate from eachother...

[windex]

I am down for coilovers.. Just not these. I have my heart set on tanabes TEAS system...

[08altima35]

Like i said, it's MSRP. Local shops sell for what ever they want. maybe like 1800 depending on the shop i guess.

the fact of the matter is, that if the altima coupe sells better in 09 more and more and moE mods are going to become availible. jtw clutches, jwt internals, tein coil overs, turbo kits, supercharger kits, body kits galore. The sky is pretty much the limit, but it's all based on sales and what the average owner is doing to his or her altima coupe. I'm still thinking big for this car, but not 1800 dollar coil over big. I'm still hangin' in there for tein to build us some quality coil overs and will remain that way for quite a while.

[Loop]

JIC has improved a lot in the past years. I love their coilovers and its the best money I have invested in my previous car. IMO you get what you pay for these coilovers.

Though I won't be interested in these coilovers as I have another company who is making coilovers for me.

Windex: Sorry, Tanabe isn't coming out with coilovers for our cars.

[AkAd3MiKs]

yea man, JIC is getting very popular now days. A lot of 350z and 240 guys uses them. But still theres more people that uses Tein than JIC down here. I also sent an e-mail to Tanabe 3 weeks ago and they said they wont be making coilovers for the coupe. As for these JICs for the coupe, I might be interested. Only thing thats holding me back is the price man. Like the guy above said, Id rather get the Teins for that price. Plus JIC isnt as good as Tein so Id suggest bringing the price down below Teins prices? Hows about we all gather all the people that wants Tein springs/coilovers and just bug the crap out of Tein until they finally START doing the R&D? They said they needed a car and all that stuff so I guess they just need some customers to PUSH them? Just my opinion.

[Maxstyle]

yea man, JIC is getting very popular now days. A lot of 350z and 240 guys uses them. But still theres more people that uses Tein than JIC down here. I also sent an e-mail to Tanabe 3 weeks ago and they said they wont be making coilovers for the coupe. As for these JICs for the coupe, I might be interested. Only thing thats holding me back is the price man. Like the guy above said, Id rather get the Teins for that price. Plus JIC isnt as good as Tein so Id suggest bringing the price down below Teins prices? Hows about we all gather all the people that wants Tein springs/coilovers and just bug the crap out of Tein until they finally START doing the R&D? They said they needed a car and all that stuff so I guess they just need some customers to PUSH them? Just my opinion.

Personally I just don't like Tein. All the times on all the track cars i see have always run better times with JIC. They have an artical in sports compact magazine with their street class evo that is just a killer in it's class. I don't think anyone has been them and many times kills unlimited class cars. Track proven. People just slam their car and expect them not to blow. They don't take weight calculations into concideration with dampening stroke. From what I know their damper dynos are better spec'd than Bilstein. Tein, to inconsistant for my taste. Not to say anything bad about them. Just not good for my style.

[Loop]

Teins are over rated. They are good still, but I wouldn't compare to JIC. You get what you pay for.

[AkAd3MiKs]

Yo Maxstyle....go ahead and try asking JIC man. Get all the info about the price and what not first then make a poll to see how many people are interested. Right now you got people that "might" be interested. So if you get more info about these coilovers, you'll have people thats REALLY interested or not. JICs been getting a of good reviews lately so Im willing to try these but I just need to know the price first.

[dldjros69]

No way. Give up, they arent gonna make these for our car. For that price i could do so much more to my car. Turbo down payment.

[mcheddadi]

No way. Give up, they arent gonna make these for our car. For that price i could do so much more to my car. Turbo down payment.

Why should he give up? what's your problem? who made you the representative of all altima coupe owners? you think EVERYONE that bought this 30K car couldn't afford 2K coilovers?

please, if there is one thing that pisses me off is people that stop others from accomplishing great thing.

Go for it Maxstyle. There will ALWAYS be buyers for coilovers even for 5K!

[08altima35]

Teins are over rated. They are good still, but I wouldn't compare to JIC. You get what you pay for.

have you ran teins on your car? and i'm not talking about springs.

[Maxstyle]

have you ran teins on your car? and i'm not talking about springs.

I Have ran super drifts and can def tell the differance in dampening characteristics between those and the TAR's. I like the TAR's better.

[IMrGoodBarI]

Like mcheddadi said I have been waiting for quality coils which is the reason I still have that wheel gap so I would be interested

[dkgordon]

Why should he give up? what's your problem? who made you the representative of all altima coupe owners? you think EVERYONE that bought this 30K car couldn't afford 2K coilovers?