KrayzieFox

Can anyone actually confirm that this is for real? And that the springs are really for a Protege and not a Mazda3 like the picture suggests? Helluva deal for sure ..

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/p...ducts_id/32053

kargoboy

Well, they should be real if the seller is reputable. But there was a scandal some time back where some e-bay sellers (and other vendors) were selling counterfeit Teins.

KrayzieFox

Yea I remember that .. this very well could be it.

aMaff

you COULD always call them and find out. Those springs don't look like they're for the protege, but it could just be a stock photo, not the ACTUAL product.

KrayzieFox

I dunno .. I don't really care cuz I'm satisfied with my current springs but I was just throwing it out there for anyone that might be interested. I know there's been a few people on here talking about S-Techs so I'm just throwing it out for people to take advantage if it's for real.

sumo_Bob

they appear to be on clearance, so sometimes retailers will lose money just to get rid of stuff that's just sitting in their inventory, but a great deal if the real thing.

_Kansei_

Tein knockoffs are so rampant that I'd be wary of buying from any reseller you don't actually know.. i.e. if Ken sold me fake teins I could hunt him down lol

the drop numbers they give are for the sedan, for the P5 it'll give a much better, more even drop (less in the front, but a little more in the rear)

The part number listed is in fact for the Protege, so you're golden (unless those are fakes)!

the counterfeiters are really good too...






http://www.tein.com/counterfeit/warning.html

edit #6 or so: Vividracing is an authorized TEIN dealer so buy buy buy!!

they probably are jumping ship and getting rid of all their Protege parts since we're so 'old news'

Shasta

Anyone can put authorized dealer on their website, doesn't mean they are. Unless they are directly linked through a dealer list on the manufacturers site then they are most likely not authorized.

amsgator

it says on TEINS website that they are an autorized dealer

http://www.tein.com/dealer/az.html

amsgator

even the regular listing has the same pictures though so I guess they just use the pics for all the listings? idk

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/p...oducts_id/8171

_Kansei_

Well.. yeah. I went to TEIN's site to look them up. I'm not that stoopid

jzoomer

idk about those it says 1 set on clearence and only a 1 year limited warrants seems like it may be a toss out or visually defected or something wrong what is tein's normal warranty

_Kansei_

Normal tein warranty is one year.

jzoomer

well maybe im just skeptical

_Kansei_

I was skeptical too, but they are an authorized tein dealer, have a posted street address on their site, etc.

I really do just think they are trying to get rid of the last remaining s-tech set for the Protege in their warehouse.