I'm closing a deal on some Tein Flex coilovers... I've read good things about them, but when someone says "the ride is stiff" or "there is some increased road noise", I really don't know what that means. I came off some M2/DMS 40's which were pretty bad in terms of bounciness, so I'm a little leery of buying them without riding in a car with them first.

Does anyone in the Bay Area have Tein Flexes in their WRX? I just want to ride for a few minutes in them before I plunk down over a grand Thanks! Comments here on their ride quality, road noise increase and handling are welcome, too.

 

Thanks a lot, guys... I had to make a decision on the Flexes the day after I posted :O so I decided to get them.

I kinda regret it now.

The ride quality is excellent. The rears clunk like crazy, even though the guy I bought them from swears they made no noise in his car.

After it started clunking, I re-torqued the pillowball top nut to 43 ft-lbs and preloaded the spring by more than 10 mm tighter than the Tein "starter setting". Clunks like crazy. Here's a good description of the noise - "It sounds like you're driving over a boardwalk, with "bup-bup-bup" sounds over the bumps on rough roads from 5-30mph. Strangely, it seems more related to vibration than actual shock compression. Also could be compared to the sound of glass marbles bouncing around in a wooden box."

Everyone I've talked to is like, "oh, you just haven't torqued the top nut as much as you should. DO that and you'll be fine." I 've torqued it with 2 different torque wrenches, and even applied threadlocker on one of the nuts. This sucks. I'd appreciate any advice!