Review: Endura-Tech Coilovers!

[Endura-Tech]

Happy Thanksgiving to all!If any of you are interested in these coilovers for the S13, and have reservations about them because you know little about us and their capabilities (besides what you have read in here), PM me your concerns and I will see about making you a deal that changes your opinion.

Enjoy your Holiday!

JustinEndura-Tech

[rotorimp]

I know you briefly mentioned that they would have to go back to Japan for servicing. what If I wanted to order a different spring on the fronts. (because I have 200 more Lbs up front) can they be custom ordered.

[Endura-Tech]

As far as I know, if you wanted to purchase higher spring rates for the front or rear etc., that should be available. In the future, we will make available higher spring rates for the front and rear such as a kit that will have 8kg/6kg or higher. 9kg/7kg?

Do you or any others have a suggestion to what higher spring rates would be of best utility?

Would a 10kg/8kg be too hard or is this what you would prefer?

Anyone interested in purchasing the Endura-Tech coilovers with a satisfaction guarantee feel free to PM me.

[Tulsa_S-13]

I sense sarcasm Tulsa_S-13. We know the website needs improvement and we are currenlty having a company create a new one. But that will take a few weeks before it is completed and uploaded.

Justin

Actually I wasn't being sarcastic! Websites don't need to be full of "eye candy" and unneeded graphical appeal. The webpage is actually very easy to browse through and is informative (About us/FAQ/ Quality Control).

[Endura-Tech]

Actually I wasn't being sarcastic! Websites don't need to be full of "eye candy" and unneeded graphical appeal. The webpage is actually very easy to browse through and is informative (About us/FAQ/ Quality Control).

Well then, I apologize. It sounded like sarcasm and as we all know, sarcasm is a very difficult emotion to sense in text. So I appreciate you being strait with me and thinking that the site was easy and informative. However, we are still in the process of making changes.

Justin

[AZhitman]

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Endura-Tech is offering a MONEY-BACK guarantee on these - How can ya beat that?

[Endura-Tech]

Bump to the top.If interested and have questions, just post or send a PM.

Justin

[sleepyRPS13]

give us some shock dyno results.

[adrianfromthecastle]

so wait.. no spanner wrench needed for the enduras? cool

[joes217]

any hopes of offering a "basic setup" like tein. i need a suspension that is adjustable, reliable, and wont kill my wallet.

[NCturbo75]

From those pics, the E-T's look way better. I'm not too fond of coilovers with two locking perches. They seem to get seized up with dirt over a period of time. How much more were the E-T's compared to the Megan's?

[94_240sx]

From those pics, the E-T's look way better. I'm not too fond of coilovers with two locking perches. They seem to get seized up with dirt over a period of time. How much more were the E-T's compared to the Megan's?

Seen Megan street version $890-$900 shipped. E-T is like $1500+ IIRC, so you are looking at about $600 difference.

[AZhitman]

Still a big fan of these - I've been playing with the dampening settings, and although they have LESS adjustments then the Megans, the 2 extremes are further along the scale than that of the Megans... in other words, "full stiff" is stiffer than the others, and "soft" is way softer as well.

[BOOMSHAKALAKA]

I might buy me a set for the vert...

When I get some money...

[NCturbo75]

Seen Megan street version $890-$900 shipped. E-T is like $1500+ IIRC, so you are looking at about $600 difference.

Man...that is pretty hefty of a price. Oh wells, I guess I can add those coilovers to my "WISH LIST".

[Endura-Tech]

Thanks for the renewed interest in the Endura-Tech coilovers since after SEMA. I will try to answer any questions I can based on people responses to the forum posts and provide any additional information.

Spring rates: As it currently comes (S13), they are 7kg front and 5kg rear. This is very suitable for a DD and has potential on the track. There are going to be optional spring rates for the coilovers that at first will be seperate from the current springs that come on the coilovers, you will be able to purchase additionally 9kg, 8kg, 7kg and 6kg springs that can work with both front and rear. So the consumer can make their own choice for their needs. Prices for the additional springs and inventory is not yet available.However, when we receive S14 coilovers, we will have the option available for either a spring rate package of 9/7kg, 8/6kg or 7/5kg.

Coilover Construction: The materials used in the production of our coilovers are both steel (SS400, SUS440C and SUS403) and high grade AL6061 aluminum- spring seats, upper mount and lock seats. The hardware in the camber plate is stainless steel.FYI- AL6061- very good corrosion resistance and has an aluminite after process, which essentially is an excellent oxide film layer that is formed with the anode electrolysis in sulfuric acid. The average thickness of the film of the surface is 10μ～15μm. A great rust preventive measure.

Note: The kit does come with spanner wrenches. However, the wrenches should only be used for the lock seats. The springs themselves do not need to be changed to make height adjustments.

Shock Dyno results: Are available upon request with a PM.

Pricing: Retail $1512 S&H is roughly $36.00. Currenlty, there is a 30-Day guarantee on the product (this offer will expire soon), if you not happy with its performance as a DD, take it off, box it up, send it back and your only expense is the freight.

Warranty: Our product has an industry standard of one year / 12K miles, whichever occurs first limited warranty against manufacturing material defects.

Rebuilds: If and when a rebuild will be neccessary, our current options are to send the shocks back to Japan for rebuild or replace the shocks outright, depending on the actual cause of the problem, as part of warranty or at a cost to the enduser.

If there are any other questions, feel free to post them or PM me and I will do my best to answer in a timely fashion.

We believe that any user of these coilovers will find them to be of superior quality, a great ride experience and worth the investment.

Have a great week!

JustinEndura-Tech

[94_240sx]

It's not coilover related, but I wanted to share. I got Feb. Option and ran into this ad while I browsing through. Full page review on Endura-Tech brake pads!!

[BOOMSHAKALAKA]

Those look pretty sweet.

[mach5camaross]

some day soon I will be ready for coilovers. Don't know when but. I have it down to two choices. This is one of them.

I do a decent amount of drag racing, how do you thing these would do for that?

[FusionR300zx]

where in chicago are you located? and how much better are these then the Stance GR pro's?i'm local and interested!!

[Endura-Tech]

where in chicago are you located? and how much better are these then the Stance GR pro's?i'm local and interested!!

FusionR300zx,

We are in Schaumburg. I PM'd you about the specifics.

Justin

[Endura-Tech]

It's not coilover related, but I wanted to share. I got Feb. Option and ran into this ad while I browsing through. Full page review on Endura-Tech brake pads!!

Excellent! Endura-Tech in Japan has products there that we do not do here. Obviously as you can see as we currently do not do the brake pads in the US. But it is great to see that my associates there are getting some editorial. That's sweet!

Thanks for bringing that to all of our attention.

Justin

[Endura-Tech]

some day soon I will be ready for coilovers. Don't know when but. I have it down to two choices. This is one of them.

I do a decent amount of drag racing, how do you thing these would do for that?

I think that possibly with an additional increase in spring rates, they would work great. The 7kg/5kg rates on the S13 now, as they would come out of the box, would be very suitable for daily driving. IF you wanted to drag race too, then perhaps going up in spring rates a little would be more sufficient. S13 or S14? Optional spring rates will be available soon.

Justin

[zenkii]

them new coilovers are much more beefier than the megans.... btw dang you own a whole list of cars...

[R33GTS-T]

to the Endura-Tech rep.....if somebody wanted your coilovers with stiffer spring rates how long will they have to wait for the dampers to be revalved accordingly or will you already have the appropriately valved dampers for the corresponding available spring rates readily available?

AZhitman..whether a coilover has 8 or 10 or 16 or 32 points of rebound adjustment its pretty much all the same....a "32 way" adjustable coilover just has 2 times the amount of micro-adjustments when compared to a "16 way" coilover and 4 times the amount of micro-adjustments when compared to the "8 way" adjustable coilover. Only somebody who has a great deal of experience can truly benefit from a large amount of micro-adjustability in their dampers (but they wouldn't be purchasing rebound only adjustable dampers either)

- Daniel

[(Yoshi)]

Im curious as well how these compare to the stance gr+ pros and the tein super drifts.

[Endura-Tech]

to the Endura-Tech rep.....if somebody wanted your coilovers with stiffer spring rates how long will they have to wait for the dampers to be revalved accordingly or will you already have the appropriately valved dampers for the corresponding available spring rates readily available?

AZhitman..whether a coilover has 8 or 10 or 16 or 32 points of rebound adjustment its pretty much all the same....a "32 way" adjustable coilover just has 2 times the amount of micro-adjustments when compared to a "16 way" coilover and 4 times the amount of micro-adjustments when compared to the "8 way" adjustable coilover. Only somebody who has a great deal of experience can truly benefit from a large amount of micro-adjustability in their dampers (but they wouldn't be purchasing rebound only adjustable dampers either)

- Daniel

Daniel,

In the case of the S14 that will be available in March, those coilovers will have the appropriate valved dampers for the springs rates in which they come. In the case of the current S13, you could use the current dampers with a spring rate increase of 1kg front and rear safely. I currently have 7kg/5kg S13 kits in stock. So optional spring rates of 8/6 will work accordingly, when the optional springs become available.

Justin

[Endura-Tech]

Im curious as well how these compare to the stance gr+ pros and the tein super drifts.

As a vendor, I would not like to get into a pissing contest with whose is better etc. I'm sure that Stance has its pluses as well as Tein. Perhaps someone like AZhitman's review should help answer that question. My other suggestion would be that for having an offer of a 30-Day money back guarantee on the product, why not try them for yourself and if your not satisfied with our products quality, adjustability, comfort and ride, return them within that timeframe. Otherwise if you like them, you can answer that question for all the other inquiring minds. The offer is on a limited basis.

Justin

[AZhitman]

AZhitman..whether a coilover has 8 or 10 or 16 or 32 points of rebound adjustment its pretty much all the same....a "32 way" adjustable coilover just has 2 times the amount of micro-adjustments when compared to a "16 way" coilover and 4 times the amount of micro-adjustments when compared to the "8 way" adjustable coilover. Only somebody who has a great deal of experience can truly benefit from a large amount of micro-adjustability in their dampers (but they wouldn't be purchasing rebound only adjustable dampers either)

- Daniel

Yep - I agree. My point was, that the two ends of the spectrum for settings were different...

I'm not explaining it very well, so here's what it seems like to me (after fiddling with the settings for a while), pardon the crude graphic:

[Bronze MFP]

oh my god I can't wait until march when the s14 coils come out. 7/5 spring rates (or 6/4) are something I have wanted to run for forever. 8/6 on the KTS are getting a little old, plus better damping would be awsome. I like how the rear spring has its own top perch too. On the KTS, the spring rests on the pillow mount up top so it's a little difficult to get the height of the lower perch spot on. At least it is with my ghetto measuring tape I use