Tanabe 7 Pro coilovers

[m0nty]

I've never heard of Monoflex being anywhere near that stiff. I always thought they were similar to the Flex they replaced.

[ChargeR]

im confused with the spring rates of my monoflex. the US and JAP have diff rates? teh US has 14/17 wheras the Jap has 7/10..not sure wt i have..got mine from jdmyard so most likely jap?:S

Link to this data? I've never heard of Monoflex being anywhere near that stiff.

Refer to crashprash's post above. If you click on those little underlined pieces of text they will magically take you to the data you require .

[m0nty]

Yeah, I noticed that just after I posted.

[Didz]

im confused with the spring rates of my monoflex. the US and JAP have diff rates? teh US has 14/17 wheras the Jap has 7/10..not sure wt i have..got mine from jdmyard so most likely jap?:S

They should be the jap rates. When i rang fulcrum about my Monoflex suspension, they told me that the monoflex is only made to one specification as it is more of a track specialised damper set.

[SpoonS]

Does anybody know if the Tein EDFC controller is compatible with all the different ranges of Tein's? Example, i have Tein SS with the EDFC, but if i changed to Monoflex's, would i still be able to use the same EDFC, or would i have to get diffferent motors?

[Didz]

I would check with fulcrum but i believe that the monoflex are compatible with it.

[crashprash]

Does anybody know if the Tein EDFC controller is compatible with all the different ranges of Tein's? Example, i have Tein SS with the EDFC, but if i changed to Monoflex's, would i still be able to use the same EDFC, or would i have to get diffferent motors?

u can use the same controller..as for the motor..check on the tein website if the product codes for ss and monoflex match for the motor.

[jzdhgkd]

Ah speak of the devil i just installed the pro7's today!

I haven't done an alignment yet though... the car is pulling to the left badly haha.

I've never experienced anything other than cheapo pedders springs before, but I can tell you these are much better than those :P

I also thought that these were fully height adjustable independent of the spring tension/preload on both the front and rears? But for some reason only the rears seem to be fully adjustable and the fronts are solid looking :S maybe m0nty could confirm this.

PS. to the OP: I think these were discontinued, but please do correct me if I'm wrong.

[stevan]

Ah speak of the devil i just installed the pro7's today!

I haven't done an alignment yet though... the car is pulling to the left badly haha.

I've never experienced anything other than cheapo pedders springs before, but I can tell you these are much better than those :P

I also thought that these were fully height adjustable independent of the spring tension/preload on both the front and rears? But for some reason only the rears seem to be fully adjustable and the fronts are solid looking :S maybe m0nty could confirm this.

PS. to the OP: I think these were discontinued, but please do correct me if I'm wrong.

oh cool did you buy the TEAS as well? i assumed they were discontinued because they are not on the site anymore, post up how they go once you get your alignment done

[etherealfall]

OK, here we go.

Firstly, the reasons whey I used Tanabe Seven at Superlap.

1. I had budget constraints. The Tanabe Seven coilovers are $3,000 cheaper than J's Racing Crux and Tein Circuit Master coilovers. After having spent over $20,000 in the 3 months leading up to Superlap this was a decision I had to make otherwise I wouldn't have even made it there. In an ideal world I would've just fitted the Crux and not have any concerns about whether the suspension was right for the job.

2. They were provided by my sponsor. Tanabe is a product distributed by JDM Concept. For me to fit anything but JDM Concept supplied parts would be doing Leo a disservice.

Were they right for my car? In a word, no. Far from it. They were way too soft for my liking. Yes, they are 10/12kg spring rates. The Crux I was planning to run were 14/23kg. The slider damer was a novel idea but really isn't the best method of controlling them. If anyone is interested in getting Tanabe coilovers I recommend the TEAS controller to go with them. The first reason is the fact they can be set to automatically adjust depending on vehicle speed. I didn't investigate fully, but I assume you can also have quick reference settings for different parts of the track. Having adjustable dampers at Eastern Creek would've provided big gains as I had to run hardest setting on the dampers, but there are some pretty big bumps which unsettled the car a little. I also had issues with camber creeping on the front right hand side. After every session we had to readjust camber as the strut top kept moving. I ended up having to baby the car a little as the wheel alignment would change quite dramatically throughout a session. They also wouldn't go low enough for our liking. In any photos of the car you can see the back set a lot higher than the front. J's Racing run their car 36mm lower than ours at the rear.

For a street setup, they're definitely on the firm side though not undriveable and great value when compared to the likes of Tein Monoflex. I just don't know whether I would want something this firm for the street.

So I guess the summary would be, definitely not good enough for race use. But as a track/street setup they're good for the money. They are more skewed towards track but not enough for hard out applications.

Just read your review of these coilovers. So in a nutshell, how firm of a ride are these coils compared to the stock ride? And is it worth paying the extra 200-300 from the fives to the sevens? Cheers

[Didz]

Just read your review of these coilovers. So in a nutshell, how firm of a ride are these coils compared to the stock ride? And is it worth paying the extra 200-300 from the fives to the sevens? Cheers

I dont have tanabe coils but the firmness is largely due to the spring rates. Being 10kg front and 12kg rear, I can comment here to say that it is quite noticeably firmer than stock. You will feel bumps in the road and will also feel some lines when crossed.