Tein or Megan?

[Sl1dewaysSupra]

I have narrowed my choices of coilover kits to Tein SS or Megan Street. The Megan setup comes complete with pillowball mounts and would be a couple of hundred dollars cheaper than the Tein's after I bought the mounts. Does any one have opinions or expereance(SP?) with either?

[SnowMongoose]

experience
:P

I don't, other than having heard nothing but good things about Teins...
and nothing at all about Megan.

[Sl1dewaysSupra]

Just wondering if I should save the extra $ and get the Teins or try my luck with the Megans?

[Sl1dewaysSupra]

p.s. thanks for the SP correction :)

[supra90turbo]

D2. check them out.
also, rinkya.com

[SP 7M]

It's all in the brand name for this comparison. Megan cannot compete with Tein if you ask me. There are plenty of other good quality options to choose from, though. HPF offers several sets of coilovers.

[SupraDreamPDR]

im pretty sure that the Megan coilovers are just copies of the Teins. you get what you pay for, but how hard can it be to just copy an item that has already been developed properly?

[GotToyota?]

For less than $1k, you can either choose Megan or D2's. From what I've heard, both are really good when compared to Teins.

-Matt

[bhgmaster]

this is from experience with friends cars close by... my friends got a 92 turbo MR-2 another friend with an FC3S rx-7 another with an s13 another with an s14 and one with an intgra, and i swear to you within a year to a year and a half at least ONE of the struts blew... all these cars only got to see that track a couple times so hard driving would be ruled out for reasons why they blow, my friend with the mr-2, the tab thats welded on that the endlinks bolt up to, 2 of them broke off AT THE WELDS!!! i was going to go with teins cause they do feel great but after witnessing all these problems on sets that were only a year to 1.5 years old, i'd send my money elsewhere... just my two cents

[SP 7M]

im pretty sure that the Megan coilovers are just copies of the Teins. you get what you pay for, but how hard can it be to just copy an item that has already been developed properly?Might the difference be that the Japanese designed and manufactured the original and the Chinese copied them?

I don't know about you guys, but I'm not a big fan of Chinese car parts.

[CarloRossi]

where are you finding the Megan Coil Overs for the MKIII

[Trust_GTE]

where are you finding the Megan Coil Overs for the MKIII


http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15615

check it out..

[GrimJack]

this is from experience with friends cars close by... my friends got a 92 turbo MR-2 another friend with an FC3S rx-7 another with an s13 another with an s14 and one with an intgra, and i swear to you within a year to a year and a half at least ONE of the struts blew... all these cars only got to see that track a couple times so hard driving would be ruled out for reasons why they blow, my friend with the mr-2, the tab thats welded on that the endlinks bolt up to, 2 of them broke off AT THE WELDS!!! i was going to go with teins cause they do feel great but after witnessing all these problems on sets that were only a year to 1.5 years old, i'd send my money elsewhere... just my two centsErrr... you forgot to say what brand they were breaking!

[Disced]

Sounds like he was referring to the tiens

[trdmk3supra]

shit i have had my tien flex coilovers for more than 2.5 years so i believe they are the best ou there besides the hks. i believe your friends may not have adjusted lubricated and oiled the coilovers properly. from experience you still need to grease and lube everything up from time to time and adjust from time to time. it's all about maintenance you can repair them and also need to maintane the vehicle also. when you wash a car or run hard after awhile you need th lube everything including the chassis and other suspension and brake components.

[bhgmaster]

haha shit my bad yeah teins were breaking!!! and it wasnt just one set model, all different types, anywhere from ha's to flex's were getting fucked up, and if you read teins warranty, if i remember correctly it says the warranty becomes invalid if the car is STREET DRIVEN... or something along those lines, so basically if its not on a full race/track car you're fucked... someone chime in and correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure i read that on my friends set of FLEX's for his 350

[bhgmaster]

shit i have had my tien flex coilovers for more than 2.5 years so i believe they are the best ou there besides the hks. i believe your friends may not have adjusted lubricated and oiled the coilovers properly. from experience you still need to grease and lube everything up from time to time and adjust from time to time. it's all about maintenance you can repair them and also need to maintane the vehicle also. when you wash a car or run hard after awhile you need th lube everything including the chassis and other suspension and brake components.

aww cmon now THAT many different cars and you're blaming it on the owner??? no way... these guys all love their cars just like we do here, if its something that could've been prevented i doubt ALL OF THEM missed that step... but like i said, its just my 2 cents

[trdmk3supra]

nah man ask your friends if they regularlly lubricated and greased up there chassis, brakes, and suspension. i understand where you are coming from but i do know the regular maintenance and lubrication does help prevent failure and i bet your friends did run their cars hard i do and well i broke a stage three clutch before my tiens went and the clutch only had 3 thousand miles on it. that should tell you how hard i drive my car. here are some pics of the said clutch. you have to pay if ya wanna play and any car can become expensive if you want to play.

[SupraDreamPDR]

Might the difference be that the Japanese designed and manufactured the original and the Chinese copied them?

I don't know about you guys, but I'm not a big fan of Chinese car parts.
yeah, i think thats right. i was just throwing that out there, not supporting the Megan or Teins. you get what you pay for.

[SP 7M]

...you get what you pay for.My point, exactly.

[SublimeSupra]

I currently have the megan streets on my 2002 WRX and they ride great and the quality is very good.I track my car monthly and havent had any problems with them.My brother in law knows almost every import aftermarket performance company out there.And he told me to get them in the first place because there made in the same factory as cusco coilovers and that there very good quality.They have a pretty aggressive spring rate and dampening rate for a street coilover.The only reason why there priced so cheap is because they are a new company.In a few years they will be expensive like everyone else.Thats what i have to say about them.

[Sl1dewaysSupra]

Thanks for all of your guys input. I think I will go with the Megan's. If they break or are not what I like I will return and/or sell them and try the Tein SS. Thanks again for your thoughts on my sitiuation.

[firetape]

Any pictures of the Megan setup? Thanks.

[GeneStarWindGSW]

https://935motorsports.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1201

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Megan-Racing-Coilover-Suspension-Supra-SC300_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33582QQihZ008QQitemZ180128522484QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[nosechunks]

ive never herd anything bad about the megans, i wouldnt mind having a set myself.

you get what you pay for is bullshit. its been proven wrong before.

[GeneStarWindGSW]

Well if people don't know you guys should give this a pass over about megans & what they say about them.

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20689

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13175(after page 2 if your wanting to read about megans.)

[Stanzaspeed]

i DD on my megan track's and they have done nothing but work great for me so far. only complaint is that i cant get the rear as low as i want, but as low as i want is lower than 95% of most mk3 owners would want their cars to sit anyways...

[GeneStarWindGSW]

2 inches off the ground :biglaugh: ?

i DD on my megan track's and they have done nothing but work great for me so far. only complaint is that i cant get the rear as low as i want, but as low as i want is lower than 95% of most mk3 owners would want their cars to sit anyways...

[Stanzaspeed]

basically! :biglaugh: i want the rear fender lip right above the rear tire with basically zero gap and about the same up front. i can post pics of how low the rear goes if anyone wants them.

[chris717]

let me see pics

[Stanzaspeed]

links to pics bellow :)

the rears are as low as i can get them in these pics but keep in mind my wheels have a lame offset.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0051.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0057.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0062.jpg

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

I think the megans are second best option to the Tien RAs
The Tien RAs are about the same stiffness and identical to the megans except the Tien RAs are better for handling and dailey driving the Tien RAs have helper springs on them so you dont bottom your car out on dirt roads even when really low and you dont feel the small bumps as bad.

Also you can rebuild the Tien RAs i have the superstreet artical from 3-4yrs back that tells you how to rebuild them adjust them even more and do it all yourself.

[Stanzaspeed]

i have never bottomed out my megens even when driving them through lame road construction in North west calgary. calgary seems to excell in cterrible civil engenerring.

from what i have driven on, megans are a good buy for the cash you put into em.

[SupraOfDoom]

TEIN.

[Stanzaspeed]

TEIN.


y u do dat? o.O

[nosechunks]

links to pics bellow :)

the rears are as low as i can get them in these pics but keep in mind my wheels have a lame offset.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0051.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0057.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0062.jpg

Thats a nice clean car man, looks good.

Ill be picking up a set of megans when the time comes.

[turbogate]

I received my Megan coilovers, and they look to be very high quality. Time will tell. Mr. Leany Shifter, what size rims do you have?

[Stanzaspeed]

Mr. Leany Shifter, what size rims do you have?

the wheels are 17x9 and 17x8

[BorHor]

Anyone know the spring rates of the Tein HA's? I found a set locally and am thinking about picking them up.

[IJ.]

links to pics bellow :)

the rears are as low as i can get them in these pics but keep in mind my wheels have a lame offset.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0051.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0057.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m56/localphotoshoot/DSC_0062.jpg
Nice pics what Camera?

[GeneStarWindGSW]

Its a Digital Sony Camera yes?

[Stanzaspeed]

it was my friends digital SLR. im not sure what make all that i know is that it cost way more than i would spend on a digital camera :rofl:

[BorHor]

okay so the SS is 16 front and 9 rears. I would guess HA's are stiffer. right?

[GeneStarWindGSW]

yea those cameras cost more the r154 tranny im going to buy soon :rofl:

it was my friends digital SLR. im not sure what make all that i know is that it cost way more than i would spend on a digital camera :rofl:

[IJ.]

It's a Nikon D40x ;)

Thought it had to be something fairly good going by the image quality!

[Stanzaspeed]

boris: im pretty sure they are stiffer, closer to my rates.

GSW: thats why you let your friends buy the fancy cameras, so you can buy parts and them make them take pictures of the finished work :naughty:

Ian: how can you guess the make of the camera just by the pics?

[IJ.]

LOL from the "metadata" imbedded with the image ;)

Image description
Artist
Copyright
Make NIKON CORPORATION
Model NIKON D40X
Orientation upper left
X resolution 300
Y resolution 300
Software Ver.1.00
Datetime 2007:05:13 00:24:38
YCbCr positioning co-sited
Exposure time 1/160 s
F-number 6.3
Exposure program Not defined
ISO speed ratings 100
Date/time original 2007:05:13 00:24:38
Date/time digitized 2007:05:13 00:24:38
Component config YCbCr
Exposure bias value 0
Max. aperture value 4
Metering mode Pattern
Light source Unknown
Flash No
Focal length 55 mm
User comment
Colorspace sRGB
Pixel X dimension 3872
Pixel Y dimension 2592
Sensing method One-chip color area sensor

[Stanzaspeed]

ahh that might give you a starting point to make a guess. :rofl:

im an idiot :biglaugh:

[AF1JZ]

LOL from the "metadata" imbedded with the image ;)



Damn, you are good.

[IJ.]

Dunno about "good" shifty maybe :naughty:

[AF1JZ]

Dunno about "good" shifty maybe :naughty:

More like shady. J/k Ian.

EDIT: You've probably already hacked into my bank account. Damnit...haha

[TobyCat]

http://www.geocities.com/ma71supraturbo/MK3Tech/Coilovers.html nice little table I found on dar interwebs.

I'm not too sure that HAs are only 12/6 though ...

[BorHor]

http://www.geocities.com/ma71supraturbo/MK3Tech/Coilovers.html nice little table I found on dar interwebs.

I'm not too sure that HAs are only 12/6 though ...

thanks. I hope the HA's arnt that low = (

[935motorsports]

I think people really read too much into spring rates. You can't buy a set of coilovers based on spring rates. Quality, price, and performance come into play.

As I have said many times, if you are completely unhappy with Megan Coilovers, I will accept them back at full credit towards a set of TEIN.

However, I am confident that you will be fully happy and will not return them. I have never seen any set of Megan Coilovers returned to date. In fact, no complaints. The only people that have bad things to say, have never driven on a set.

If you want performance on a budget, Megan will be the choice. Use the money saved to upgrade other parts of the car such as bushings, better tires, etc. and enjoy an overall better car.

[IJ.]

More like shady. J/k Ian.

EDIT: You've probably already hacked into my bank account. Damnit...haha
Sorry I left $2 so now you have double ;)

[BorHor]

I think people really read too much into spring rates. You can't buy a set of coilovers based on spring rates. Quality, price, and performance come into play.

As I have said many times, if you are completely unhappy with Megan Coilovers, I will accept them back at full credit towards a set of TEIN.

However, I am confident that you will be fully happy and will not return them. I have never seen any set of Megan Coilovers returned to date.
I would actually really love Megans but I found a killer deal on some HA's If it falls though I will hit you guys up for some Megans. You guys have them in stock? beacue I will need them really soon if I get them from you guys.

[GeneStarWindGSW]

9 in stock last time i saw. maybe less now they we've been educating people on Megans =).

[AF1JZ]

Sorry I left $2 so now you have double ;)

I appreciate it.

Back on topic...I ordered a set of Megan's earlier this afternoon. I'll hopefully have them at my house before I get home from Hawaii. After I install them, I'll write up a full review for those who are thinking of ordering a set.

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

I have been driven in a car with the megans, Thank you robert for that ride. They perform verry good from what I felt with them. There only down fall is they dont have a helper spring set to dampen the jaring of tiny bumps.

The Tien RAs have the helper springs to dampen the small harsh bumps

If you can not get the Tien RAs then I would pick the megans for sure as a second choice!

Based on experiance with both systems..