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Out of Japan both are hard riding and not really suitable for the aussie goat tracks we call roads - but all coil overs will do this to some degree anyway.  Both have good names as far as reliability and the like, but if you have them on your car you won't have any discs in your back within 3 months - they are that hard.  There are aussie built [in Tein anyway] ones that are supposed to be better for us, but u would be paying top $$$ for a set.

I have Bilsteins btw....I did what Nizmo suggested, saved and bought.  Not recommending them, just stating a fact, there are others that are just as good or maybe better.

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Check out cusco, bilstein, KW and other stuff.

Had non-adjustable bilstein shocks and tein springs on my GT-t - great setup by a really awesome alignment shop.

Went from tein luxury sport (crap) to ohlins road and track on my r - ohlins noticeably superior but much much harder :)

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I bought a second hand Tien kit from someone i trust, then got longer, softer springs for the front to tweak my setup. I'm happy with it, but if I were to do it again would probably go MCA, even though there spring rate selection is unconventional.

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