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Does anyone have the Tein EDFC (Electronic Damping Force Controller) on their civic ????? And what do you think about it, and probably some pics would be sweet too.

 
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I'm 99% sure it wont fit under the hood... Not enough clearance. Sorry.


(EDFC is a gimmic any way, a marketing tool to get you to waste an extra $300)

 
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I agree. I think someone was trying to fit the EDFC, but had to hack the hood or something. Then there were rumors that Tein was maybe coming out with something a little more "slimline", so that it'd fit under the hood.

But, I think it's a gimmick too. How often are you going to be driving down the road that you need to adjust the dampening? For a daily driver, you're going to find the setting you want on the dampers, and leave it. Then, you'll change it for AutoX/track days to something else.

I could see you *maybe* needing EDFC if you were going to use your Civic as a rally car, as the road conditions change very quickly. I wouldn't waste the money.

 
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Ya know what guys I thought the same way too until I installed TEIN SS on my EK hatch last week. If you are familiar with the 96-00 hatches you know that the shock tower is completely covered and the only way to get at it is to remove everything around it. So after removing everything and installing the coilovers I thought, "Man I don't want to have to do this every time I want to make adjustments". For this situation it would be nice to have the EDFC. Just my opinion

 
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^^ What they say. EDFC requires hood modification owing to clearance issues. Don't quote me on this, but I -think- I've seen a custom fitment on a 2K1+ Civic before.

I don't think EDFC is necessarily too gimmicky, its like a bit of a luxury item, I mean, breaking out the wrenches or having to pop the hood is more of a pain in the a$s then just pushing a button.

I mean, think about it, you've got some sexy lady w. you in the car and things are getting a wee bit freaky and you want to adjust the damping so the car isn't a rockin' and nobody comes a knockin', do you go out of the car, pop the hood, fiddle around and come back into the car greasy hands and all, or do you be suave and just push a button a few times. I don't know about elsewhere, but here the 10W30-covered foreplay doesn't go down so well...

 
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You mean that there's no way that the little adjustment **** for the Tein SS doesn't stick through the shock tower opening at the top? That's not good. I'm hoping that I don't have the same issues with the Tein SS and my EM2.

But honestly how, how often are you planning on changing the dampening on your EK?

 
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Rijowysock had Tein Flex with EDFC on his ride, and was selling the system in November....I dunno if he ended up getting rid of it.

 
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I thought he had the stuff sitting in his apartment, but was waiting until sometime this spring to install it?

 
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yeah he posted it in the FS forums, a lil' steep though if you want coils no one else has + edfc

 
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I'd have bought them if I had the money.

 
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You are going to have to cut small hole on underside of hood in order to put EDFC unit.

 
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riley does have Tein flex with EDFC and is writing a review for it as we speak..

 
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i would think it requires cutting, becuase on my D2 coilovers, the adjustment sticks they come with do not fit on the strut with the hood closed. So i have to take the sticks out and keep them in the glove compartment.

 
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how much are they?

 
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more then you can afford pal......TEIN

 
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nah i think they are like 250ish for the edfc unit

 
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lol.. really.. i wanna know. i'd look into getting them possibly.. if someone else gets them to work on a 7thgen.

 
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$300 a set.

 
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tein flex=1860
edfc=340

u want it lemme know, so far im only person i know of that can order the new specs so that edfc fits.

:-D

tein flex for ep3/rsx doesnt work cause u have to cut hole for the tops.. and EDFC wont fit at all.
anywho...i'll have review and pics soon just busy driving etc.

oh yeah front has pillow ball mounts and camber adjustment.

 
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anyonw wants similar w/o EDFC buy my B&G madd cheap

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=182147

 
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Tein now makes the Super Street coilovers (SS) with the pillowball uppermount that you can put EDFC on. The regular SS didn't have enough hood clearance for the EDFC motor, but with the SS w/pillowball uppermount they exposed more of the shock to make the EDFC motor fit lower clearing the hood. These are for the EM chassis not the hatch. They probably have a better one for the hatch though.

 
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yeah SS-p goes 1/2" higher than SS tho cause pillowball mount..

 
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I thought the EDFC only worked with the FLEX systems???

 
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I e-mailed Tein and asked them specifically about their new SS with upper pillow mounts and the ability to have EDFC. He said it would work. Here is a quote from his response to my e-mail: