Any one have problems with SSP?

[Thor]

I have to write first off Tein's customer service is not like it use to. It's top notch.

I set my two front dampers in to get check and overhauled. They got there on Monday. Today I got a voicemail from Tein saying to get my dampers "fixed" would only cost the minimal ($150) because I was out of warranty.

Tein would before give a hard time fixing anything for free and the $150 only is great news.

Anyways, back on topic I spoke to the rep and he told me R&D told him to revalve the dampers to current specs and asked me if that was OK.
The rep told me the valving was slightly stiffer.

Unfortunately, I worked a long day and didn't ask to talk to someone from R&D.


My Teins are only a year and some months old. When did Tein revalve the SSP's? Is this something coming up? Anyone else experience problems with their SSPs?

[nutso]

i haven't had anyproblems with mine, and i've used them daily for a year and a half, what kind of problems did you notice that you decided to sent the for repair?

[Thor]

My dampers were blown. I heard a lot of noise around the camber plates that I didn't hear any time in the months before. The damping was gone. I ran them almost full soft.

I swapped them for a next to new replacement set of HA's (that I'm still running) that I had and it was obvious about the blown SSP's. The HA's aren't going to last much longer.

I have been having problems with something in my suspension that's blowing out my dampers. I believe it's a combo on a control arm and sway bar. Both of which I had problems with in the past due to a crappy install years ago.I won't go into that now.

The fact is, my dampers are done and being shipped tomorrow to current specs. Current specs still eludes me and Tein is amazing on the customer service. I can deal with the $182 fixed and shipped charge.

When I get them installed, I will post up the problems of my car again, what was the cause, the cost for parts and labor, alignment, etc.