I don't think bottoming out was the right term... The strut piston kept hitting the bottom of the strut casing, meaning the pressure in the struts was really shitty. Every little bump in the road you can hear a loud clunking noise in the front end of the car. The struts were too loose. NOT STIFF ENOUGH. I have Tokico blues on my car right now with the Tein springs and the car doesn't bounce at all. When I had the AGX's on the car I could have competed in a lowrider competition... Tokico >>> Agx imo.

 

but you also had stock springs on the agx's, now you are running a stiffer spring rate

 

maybe because you were using improper springs with the agx's.

AGX's and RS*R race springs is about as low and stiff as you can get with shock/springs. Unless you want to get the 700$ koni's which are like 30 way adjustable.

anyways springs and shocks will cost you about half the price of megan streets which everyone seems to have and they hold up well enough. So just suck it up and save till you have money for what you really want.

Oh yea, dont get tiens, theres better stuff on the market for less money and with better customer service and easier ways to fix them instead of shipping it back if it blows out or something breaks on it.

 

^ i tried telling him

 

just save the money. dont blow it on a tempt fix. save some bread get some stances or d drug, or if your baller apex n1

 

How was I not using proper springs on the agx's when they are considered a factory replacement..? It doesn't say anywhere that you have to buy different springs to use those shocks. Please clarify...

 

in that case coilovers are factory replacement

 

A, you had shitty worn out springs
and
B, you had busted shocks, hence, the clunking...

if you had tein springs on a good set of AGX struts, you would think your blues sucked monkey balls.
you cannot compare pineapples to babies and expect them to taste the same...

 

i didnt read far enough before i posted....

either someone lied to you and youre stock springs where heated up and shortened, or they were just really worn out.
the strut doesnt do anything for ride hight. you cant have a stock spring and an aftermarket strut and your ride hight be different.
what you thought was a good stock spring wasnt. it had nothing to do with your strut. also, i bet you bought used struts, and were scammed. they dont clunk unless they are bad. if you bought them new and they clunked then you installed them wrong, or you got a bad bunch, which happens considering how many of those struts are sold.
however you want to look at it, youre still comparing pineapples to babies....

 

to the OP.
Ive been pleased with a Tein spring with KYB AGX strut combo, but it was always on a heavier car. The going consensus is the tein spring is too bouncy for a lighter car such as the 240. the springs youve got should do you right, especially with the AGX strut.
I personally think that, for the money, the kyb agx strut cant be beat...