OK most of you know this is a sticky tire. It works very well in the dry. It wet weather performance is nowhere near as bad as some would have you believe. Infact it is quite good on wet pavement the tires stay nice and cool (wich they like), it \'s downfall is standing water. When they are brand new this is not so bad, just slow down a little. When worn however you need to avoid puddles like the plauge! and be very carefull.
Rating: 8
Product Details: "Azenis Sport" by soundwave - posted: Wed June 30, 2004 - Rating: 9.00
Last Review Posted by stratos - posted: Thu July 15, 2004 7:29pm
The Tein HGs are a nice product. I should say first off that if you are looking to lower your car, these are not for you. These are not really even a “raise it up and then lower it down” depending on your mood set-up either. The range of adjustment on the perches is rather small, just a little more than enough to get it corner weighted (If you like it a tad lower). You have a little more leeway for taking it higher. The good news is that even at their near stock ride height the handling is quite good, awesome in fact.
For a Dirt/Gravel set-up the work great on the street, at full soft they are nearly indistinguishable from stock. That is until you take a corner. There is barely any body roll. Turn it to full stiff and it’s near the same as my old JICs (with out the bounce). The spring rates are 252lb/in front, and 196lb/in (progressive) rear. The springs themselves are the larger stock style.
They come with a very nice set of pillow-ball upper spring perches, well made and quite beefy. They have remote reservoirs piggybacked on the strut. The compression Adjustment knob is on the top of this reservoir. The bad news is that the rebound adjuster is on the top of the strut shaft. In the front there is enough of a fender gap to reach the compression adjuster and setting the rebound is as easy as popping the hood. In the rear things are more difficult. The fender gap is not big enough to fit you hand in, and the back seat covers up the top of the strut.
Auto-x has proved them a little on the soft side for that aplication. I must say that for my day-to-day, back road driving they are perfect. The handling is sublime and the ability to soak up the roughest of roads is just short of amazing. I have my car set at –1.3deg camber 0 toe up front, -1deg 0toe rear. I have been running around with the compression and rebound set in the middle for a baseline. Even with the higher stance, lower spring rates and middle of the road damper settings, I would say that they compare equally to my old FL-A2’s(actualy better on bumpy backroads). That is until you hit some high speed sweepers where (with these settings) are about 8/10 of the FL-A2’s. The only place where I can see that the HG would give up more to a stiffer JDM coil-over, is in the auto-x arena. That is not much to give up though considering what they do and a much better ride. Not to mention you can hit the dirt, with a simple change of tires.
All in all a great suspension, but as I said not for everyone.
Rating: 8
Product Details: "HG - Gravel Spec" by Group B - posted: Fri September 19, 2003 - Rating: 9.00
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