I have a 03' WRX sedan and am looking into getting some springs to lower the car. From all the people I have talked I have heard these two names over and over, Tein and Eibach. I am looking to get that aggressive look where the front is a little lower than the rear and I want performance. I will be soon running some 17' or 18's... What do you guys think?

 

The Tein's will give you the look you are looking for, but it will be at the expense of your stock struts.

The Eibach's won't give you the look (the rear will still be a bit lower), but they are stock-strut friendly.

Hope that helps.

 

hmm. i think that the H-tech are more comparable to the Eibachs than the S-techs are.

I'm going with the Eibachs because i seriously don't have ANY money.

 

The Stech's are much cheaper than the Eibach's....

But performance wise.. are the eibach pros better than the tein stechs?

 

I have the Eibach's on my 03 and i love them. Granted there not coilovers but for the price they do the trick. I went to an 18in Rota Tarmac II (bronze and it managed to fill the rear wells very nicely ... the front still has space but it's livable until i go to coils. I paid 400 for the install so unless you have the abilty to do it yourself keep that in mind. I also did the Perrin sway bar and end links as well as the GT-Spec tower brace. FR & R.. which i installed myself. The whole deal is fairly stiff with much less body roll and and decent amount more road feedback..... Any more and the car would be harsh as a daily driver....

Good luck.


-K

 

I have the machine to condense the springs down and I also have cusco front and rear sway bar that I just havent put on yet. Soon I will also be getting front and rear strut bars as well. I am thinking about getting new struts but that will have to come later as I don't have the money for them now.

I can get the eibach pro for about $200 and the tein stech for about $170

So far people say eibach is better performer so it seems I will go with them.. Any last thoughts? Thanks to the guys that have already responded.

 

Performance wise, the Eibach's are going to be better. The S-Tech's are more just for looks. They will increase performance, but not as much as the Eibach's.

 

I just put my tein s-tech on and I love them, it drops the car nice and the ride is about as stock is, but a little stiffer.

 

Same results for me. I love them, but I gotta look for struts in the near future. It is a little to bouncy for me. I like it stiff.

 

I'm running Tein S-tech's and it looks great. I think it did a lot for my 02 WRX. The only bad thing is that since they are new, still settling and causing lots of noise. The bottom of the spring is rubbing the lip on which it sits. Kind of annoying if you ask me. I rode in a modded STI and his made mine WRX sound like stock. His was reallly noisy!!