vtecpowersumo

i brought myself a set of tein coilover, i think their basic
0 to 3 inch drop for my 2004 acura el

well i installed them today, and i get a really nice metal to metal sounding contact comming from the front end, when i turn the wheel side to side.
this is when driving really slow.

but is their a solution in solving this problem...
tried searching the forum, but i have no luck

please help..

gh0st

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possibly same issue as the 2002+ civic owners? need 01 civic upper mounts?...

LogicWavelength

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i have the exact same problem. i plan on calling TEIN tomorrow during business hours. I had a tech question with them before and called, and they were rather helpful. I have the same noise.... i am almost 100% positive that it is the spring coil gaining friction against the adjuster, both being metal. when it has too much force, the spring unwinds and it pops back into place.

you will also notice that if the it pops making a left, the car will pull left until you pop it back and vice versa.

again.... call TEIN. i am going to.

vtecpowersumo

any luck with them, i really need to know soon, cuz it getting really loud now...

need to solve this solotion

dret

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1) You Definetly need 2001 honda civic upper mounts and bearings.. Get them from honda.. you can't go wrong..

2)In the rear.. did you cut the dust boots.. cause if you don't as you go over bumps you will hear this annoying screaching sound..

We just installed teins in my ride and 2 other 7thgens a month ago so yeah here are a couple of the problems that we ran into..

CALL TEIN.. they are sooo helpful

MrWong

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Dret knows what's up

dret

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haha ya man.. you had the dust cover problem too..
dam that sound was annoying..

MrWong

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Yeah luckily PE Tunning has a lift so it was easy to cut the dust covers.

ShowStoppersUSA

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Check the top part of the suspension in the front. The deal with the suspension systems is when you turn your wheel, the whole shock turns along with it. If the top cap is not installed properly, then there will be metal to metal up top. When you turn, the metal to metal part will cause a screeching noise... Try reinstalling the front and follow the directions tein specified. Should work. We had that problem with a civic here and we just backtracked and it took us right to that top hat on top of the front shocks.

Chuck
Showstoppers USA

GucciDaddy

i just got mine installed yesterday by our local shop, when i went to pick it up he said that you gonna hear a metal to metal sound because the system has steel bushings and not rubber like the stock ones. He said that he can modify it by i think changing these bushings with the stock ones or something like that, but he said that he's still not sure if thats the case. i only hear the sound when i'm going 45 mph or less 50+ i dont hear any sound.

518

Did any one even care about what this man said? dret already said the reason behind the noise.

Even TEIN website indicates that an 01 upper strut mount is needed for 02-up Civic application.

GucciDaddy

i do have the 01 mounts and bearings but the sound is still there.

dret

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thanks 518..

Yo Gucci Daddy.. I'm not sure what the guy at your local shop is talking about.. if you have both the front upper mounts and bearings (off of a 2001 civc) The Front should be fine..
IS the noise coming from the front or the rear of your ride..?

Because what happened to mine were.. for a few days there was a slight metal to metal sound (Thought it would go away) and mine only sounded during 40km and less but thats only because as you go 80km/hr + you get more road noise and it drowns the squeeking sound out...
But after a few days going over bumps and etc.. it will get louder.. loud as hell.. Try going to the rear of the car and push down (as if you are checking the stiffness of the rear coils.. see if you hear the sound),.. Cause the sound should be the Coilover spring rubbing against the plastic dust boot cover... just cut to modify so no more rubbing)..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just as long as you have the 01' civic upper mounts and bearings.. and you modify the rear dust boots.. THERE should be no problems.. unless the shop did not install them properly..

TEIN ph# 1-562-861-9161

MrWong

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Once again, Dret knows whats up.

518

We have to make this statement a sticky

Dret, the tie-rod goes in like the OEM does, correct? Unlike this coilover that I know, the tie-rod end needs to be inserted from the bottom.

thanks.

quwok

yep tie rod goes in the same as the oem ... i had that noise with my dust cover it was very annoying, wish tein would have told you to cut them, it was hot outside and i hated to jack up my car again to fix them.

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VNlilMAN

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yeah that probably is the reason why... woah a shop that actually knows what they're talking about somewhat... they do exist

518

I just called TEIN today ( 9:41am PST) and asked about the upper mount on the TEIN Basic. I told them I have an 04 Coupe and Im calling on behalf of the upper mount issue. Turns out that it has been fixed for the shipment of this month. So, my 04 will not be needing an 01 upper mount.

so long Hayame, welcome back to TEIN

dret

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Dam nice 518... Those uppermounts were not cheap..
dam I had to buy the Teins then the upper mounts and upper bearings.. and i'm still waiting for my revo camber kit to arrive.. lucky lucky

YEAH the dust boots were dam annoying.. when your driving everyone stares at you... hahaha

518

dret, I opt to get the B&G S3s instead of the TEIN Basic. I got it for the same price.

dret

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nice man.. post up how they ride.. when are you putting them in/

518

Its back-ordered til the 2nd of August...I cant wait and will definitely post a review.

dret

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sweet sounds good man.. you will get to enjoy them for therest of the summer.. where are you from? does it snow there..
i'm taking my coilovers out beginning of sept to put stock back it,..
gotta start parting out the car..

518

Im from Califonia. I just received my B&G and even my vendor couldnt even believe it. Supposedly, B&Gs are on back-order until the 2nd of August.

However,

mattnyc

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Sept 29 7pm EST

I just spoke to Anthony, a tech at Tein. He told me that the reason why the 2004 civic will fit the tein basics no problemo is that honda decided to go back to the 2001 uppermount for 2004!

So the uppermount issue only affects 2002 and 2003 civics. Tein has resolved this by shipping the uppermount in questions, with every shipment.

vtecpowersumo

okay, i got everything fix... and know the car rides like a dream..... i love the suspension setup i got....

but here are the problem i had in the mean time.

need to buy the 2001 upper mount and bearing from honda
and used the gold plate that come in the package supplied with tein.

in the rear, chopp off the dust cover in half, if not it will make real bad nosies.

i had to learn everything the hard way, so i had to spend more money fixing stupid things.....

TeLLy

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SUMO, you crazy monkey, you keep spending money on fixin up your car, when I already told you I can help you with everything short of repainting your freakin ride and it won't cost you, ha ha. You got my numero, call me if you need any help. The worst that could happen is I look at it, can't fix it, and I send you to a shop. Stop throwin money away man, it's DIY time!

buddyclub

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Is this true? cuz tein's website says otherwise..

i'm picking up these

so what are those gold plates for?

izmaxx

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Think those gold plates are the spring seats, they go on top of the whole assembly right before the bearings and base mount.

You can check it out in the Tein Installlation doc: http://www.tein.com/ti/inst/ka22u.pdf

Shlomo

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i've got the D2 coilovers and when i go over a bump the rear sqeeks as it goes up the bump and then as it goes down the bump. This is due to the rear dust boot? If so does anyone have a picture of what exactly needs to be cut. Thanks