If you will be in town for the SEMA show come to the Industry SEMA Party presented by Subaru at XS in Encore. This is where you will see friends, beautiful Go-Go dancers and definitely have a few drinks. This is one of the best night spots in Vegas. Come hang out, chill out and relax. See you in Vegas.
Replacement motors are available from our Online Shop & other replacement parts can be purchased from any of our Authorized Dealers.
Hey everyone. I was walking around the office one day and found all these COOL toy cars around.
I was wondering how we got so many toy cars and why we even had them.
It seems that they were all given to us by the manufacturers since we gave them permission to use our company logo as you can see in the bumper and side skirt of this Scion XB.
These two are replicas of the Falken Tire drift cars vehicles that we have sponsored. Oh how Vaughn’s Mustang has changed over the years.
We have all sorts of sizes for these cars. They range from medium size die cast to small Hot Wheels as well. I had fun shooting these toy/ replica cars as it reminded me of a time when I would just look in my toy box and spend countless hours playing with my toy cars. Even now, if I see a Hot Wheels that I like you, I still buy it.
I wish I could of open the package and play with all of them, HAHAHAHA!!.
We even have some that were given to use with display stand like this one from Jada toys.
It was nice re-living my childhood now back to work. LOL
The SEMA show is less than 2 weeks away. It is an exciting time for car enthusiasts as many project cars are unveiled revealed and new parts are revealed. TEIN is back as an exhibitor after a one year hiatus. We decided not to build any cars this year but are sponsoring a few high profile vehicles. The Lexus, Scion and Honda booths all have brand new builds sitting on TEIN coilovers.
0-60 Magazine Lexus Project. Check out the finished car in the Lexus booth. NOT a traditional Lexus build.
We will also be leaking a new TEIN coilover in our booth before the Tokyo Auto Salon debut as well as displaying some new products from SuperPro polyurethane bushings. If you have access to the show please come by and visit our booth, 24513.
For any of our dealers or new potential dealers who read this blog, we will be having SEMA Specials during the show so be sure to make an appointment with us or drop by.
TEIN Authorized Dealer Evasive Motorsports is headed up to Mazda Raceway aka Laguna Seca for the Global Tuner Grand Prix this weekend. We wish them luck against the plethora of Porsche race cars and other top tier time attack teams.
Evasive will be running Yokohama slicks for this event along with new 11″ wide TE37 SL, re-tuned SRC coilovers and a few aero enhancements. TEIN engineers have revalved front and rear dampers for the increased spring rates. Plus we have added a special reservoir tank to the rear shocks to give Evasive 3-way damping force adjustment.
Photos courtesy of Evasive Motorsports.
Finally, many years after it’s initial release, the Mono Flex Dampers for the S14 have been tested.
If you own an S14 and happened to have been waiting for us to release a mono tube suspension for your vehicle, chances are your suspension is starting to look like this.
If those parts are a close representation of what your suspension looks like right now, if you’re going to be using your S14 for some serious track events, or if you just want to upgrade your suspension, then you should pick up a set of our Mono Flex to make your S14 handle like the sports car it is.
Not only will our Mono Flex give you that sporty handling and feel, they also look great.
Take the time to contact us or one of our dealers and ask about our S14 Mono Flex.
(Note: S14 Mono Flex are special order items and will require some time to arrive)
Congratulations to Vaughn Gittin of the Falken Drift Team for winning the 2010 Formula Drift Championship.
TEIN is a proud sponsor of the Falken Tire/ Monster Energy Ford Mustang as well as Falken Sky (D-Mac), 350Z (Tyler) and Mustang (JTP). These four vehicles are built and maintained by new Authorized TEIN Dealer, Autosport Dyanmics (ASD) out of North Carolina.
TEIN has supported various cars on the Falken Drift team since the days of Koguchi and Yamamoto. Great to see that one of the biggest teams in professional drifting has taken home the title.
Various TEIN USA staff members were at the House Of Drift both in the stands and in vendor alley. The championship fight was exciting, and to witness Vaughn clinch the top spot at the final event was awesome.
Ryan throwin up the Ws. Two other TEIN USA staff in the background who came to watch the action
Can’t wait until next year as the cars and drivers just get better and better. The entry speed, angle and distance between cars/ objects is amazing.
Images from DriftFotos.com (Larry Chen) and TEIN USA staff.
This post is on my wife’s car who is currently using the TEIN Super Street Damper kit. She drives a 2007 Honda Accord Coupe EX 4Cyl. It is just about stock with very few mods which include: 19×8 Racing Hart T5 wheels with 36 offset, Super Street without pillowball Mounts, and SPC Performance camber correction kits. She loves it. She never had experience with a damper kit before on previously owned vehicles, only using lowering springs.
” I have only used lowering springs from different companies and was happy with the ride feel and drop they offered. I never really knew what a coil-over was and I think that I would have been surprised to find out that a car had coil-overs as I would have not paid much attention .”
When I got her a set of Super Streets for her car she was psyched and interested in how the car would ride. She wasn’t familiar with the adjustments can do on any shock absorber.
” My first thoughts of the Super Streets were that they felt great but I was expecting them to be a little firmer. Then my husband let me know that the adjustment was set at full soft and he adjusted it to the half way point. Right away I felt the change in the cars ride and the feel during turns. He then set it to the full stiff setting which I also immediately felt. The cars reaction on turns was drastic. It felt very planted and not like it was gonna flip. The car has greater control with the coil-overs in comparison to my old lowering springs. My husband was surprised to find that I preferred the stiff setting over any of the others.”
I couldn’t help but too slam her car prior to the test drive but she was uncomfortable with height and insisted I raise it a little. The current ride height is great for daily use – looks good and rides well.
“ In my personal opinion with no influence from my husband (even if he works for TEIN), the Super Street coil-overs are a great kit to use on the streets. Its a cool kit because I can have my husband set the ride height and ride quality to what I want. I would recommend this kit to anyone who wants a specific drop since you can adjust it. Not saying anything bad about lowering springs as they are great but you are limited to the drop.”
Her understanding of the coil-over kits is greater now but if she can only understand the slam. LOL. Her car goes to show that even if I’m currently not sporting TEIN Suspension, someone in the family is. H
opefully I’ll have a Specialized Damper made for my next project. Time will tell.
We recently got a hold of Honda Tuning magazine’s CR-Z to use for Mono Flex testing.
The JDM Spec Mono Flex will be test fitted and road tested. Following our normal testing procedures we will be revalving and tuning the kit to for Time Attack competition.
Look for complete coverage of the build-up in future issues of Honda Tuning magazine.
Honda Hybrid Power
Getting Started
Checking fitment and taking measurements
This Saturday is the final round of the 2010 Formula D season at Toyota Speedway (Irwindale). We will have a booth selling all types of TEIN goods at discounted prices. If you present the below coupon at time of purchase you will receive an additional 10% off your entire purchase.
Gates open at 2PM. Come early as some items have very limited quantities. Bring cash as we do not accept credit cards.
The final round of action should be exciting as current points leader, JR, only needs to make top 16 to become the 2010 champ.
See you Saturday!
