) As for cost SS and HE are about the same price if you add the pillow mount. Getting someone to perfessonally teflon the thread and you have the Flex. I going to invest in the SS with pillow mount and extra siff spring. Most likely I won't drift all the way to work ( even tho that sounds fun ) so I'm taking the more streetable coilover ( and fear of falling in the many pot hole in my city ). Changing up the springs won't be pratical but it do make life sweeter for a poor man like me. That why I bought my brand new 92........ 
My solution for choosing TEIN coilovers
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smokey240sx
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My solution for choosing TEIN coilovers
I wasn't sure if I was comfort king or drift master. So I did some homework about the driffrence between the SS, FLEX , and HE. The only diffrence about SS and HE the front spring rate (SS = 6kgf, HE = 8kgf) but they share the same mono tube design. The SS also have and optional spring rate diffrence up to +2kgf. Flex Use the twin tube design for a more comfortable ride but might not be aggresive enough than the mono. For adjustiblity on ride hight Flex give you the lowest drop (F = 2.32in / R = 2.2in), next SS (F = 1.81in / R =2.17in), and the least HE (F = 1.14in / R = 1.06). The lil perks with Tein HEs are that it comes with pillow, Flexs have teflon coating on the threads to prevent rusting, SS are painted with there well known green (give you more visual props cause I know most of us will never have any thing else that color.) As for cost SS and HE are about the same price if you add the pillow mount. Getting someone to perfessonally teflon the thread and you have the Flex. I going to invest in the SS with pillow mount and extra siff spring. Most likely I won't drift all the way to work ( even tho that sounds fun ) so I'm taking the more streetable coilover ( and fear of falling in the many pot hole in my city ). Changing up the springs won't be pratical but it do make life sweeter for a poor man like me. That why I bought my brand new 92........
) As for cost SS and HE are about the same price if you add the pillow mount. Getting someone to perfessonally teflon the thread and you have the Flex. I going to invest in the SS with pillow mount and extra siff spring. Most likely I won't drift all the way to work ( even tho that sounds fun ) so I'm taking the more streetable coilover ( and fear of falling in the many pot hole in my city ). Changing up the springs won't be pratical but it do make life sweeter for a poor man like me. That why I bought my brand new 92........ Re: My solution for choosing TEIN coilovers (smokey240sx)
irrc all of teins lower lines (including SS and HE) are twin tube designs...also the only difference is not the spring rates, the dampers are different, and the HE come w/ separate preload and height adjustment.the only monotube they ahve is when you get to RA and higher levels.
just get SPL, cheaper than both and has a broader range of damping adjustment, emaning softer.
just get SPL, cheaper than both and has a broader range of damping adjustment, emaning softer.