[/quote] ive heard the same...but i think it was over at honda-tech...ill look for the link. Ive never had a good feeling about JIC products...BC on the other hand makes great stuff and has a good rep.

 

The Tein Type Flex are height adjustable independant of stroke. But they are $1400 US retail, and probably around $1100-$1200 US actual price. I got them instead of JIC for two reasons: i got a way better deal on the Tein's and the JIC were more expensive comparing retail to retail and were a little outta my price range. By the way, i'm quite happy with them.

 

On the customer service note. Anyone have any info/feedback/stories on Buddy Club or Zeal customer service and repair?

Unfortunately, in the past couple of days I have found enough stories on several forums about JIC customer service to scare me away from the FLTA2's I was going to get.
When you get in that price range, I expect more than just product.

 

Funny you posted this. This was the point I was about to make to 98CW . . . No one knows if Zeal or TEIN has good customer service and it is my understanding BC doesn't even have a US office. Zeal (Endless) people are nice if you call and ask them a question but they don't know much about their product and I don't know anyone personally that has had a problem to quote how they handle defective product. I do have Zeals currently BTW and they have been one of my less favortie suspensions from a performance stand point.

If you want a budget system the TEIN Type Flex is decent but the shock damping is only fair and the springs it comes with are too soft. JIC's are way better in my opinion.

As a side note when I comment on suspensions and their performance it is based on track and auto-x use. Hopefully no one is worried about street performance enough to worry about this much money in suspension. I have personally auto-x or tracked

TEIN NA
TEIN HA
TEIN RE
ZEAL B6
ZEAL B2

JIC FLTA2

Of these JIC FLTA2 and TEIN RE were dead even and the best performers in my opinion. Compare the prices and JIC wins that. As for customer service from JIC I have gotten an email from a few parties involved about the ONE post on Honda-Tech so I don't see one, one-sided story being the end of the possibility of customer service from JIC. Call them, talk to them and ask your retailer how they woudl handle the situation. Honestly the person with the problem bypassed his retailer and this is bad form on product issues as they have more pull with the manufacturer and they might have made it right even if JIC resisted. Just things to keep in mind

 

what does anyone know about B+G S3 Full coilovers?

 

Trey...
I agree as far as not letting the now infamous Honda-Tech Story sway a decision. It is just one experience. And we may not have heard all. And agreeing with you again....why wasn't the retailer involved in this.

However, what I have noticed...across some forums....more specifically ITRCA or S2K... I stick to these mainly because I find the environment is more mature than others, and thus the info is a bit more trustworthy and reliable.

...is the amount of bad experiences with JIC Customer Service. I don't mean big huge nightmare stories. Mainly the ones where a product arrives new and is faulty or missing parts and you are told to fork over some more money to fix it. I have read about that situation for all sorts of vehicles. And that is a policy that, to me at least, is a no-brainer with any business.

Anway......what a tangent? Sorry guys....

Back to Square 1:
-Here I am, money ready to go for suspension.
-Was going with JIC-FLTA2...now very hesitant.
-My vehicle will be about 65% Street/35% Track use.

For my use, should I just not even be looking at the JIC or BC price range? and stick to Tein(which, by the way doesn't have RE's for my EG)?

What to do??
:cry:

 

You can get TEIN REs for an EG while using ITR Rear LCAs

 

ive heard alot of good on a type R from Apex dampers... anyone know how they fair on track?

 

The old spec (99) are not as good as most other options and the 2000+ spec cost $2000 and are no better than the basic TEIN and Zeal models. I'd spend my money on a setup more like the TEIN flex if those are the level of shocks you are looking for.