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My 2003 had strange handling stock too. I bought it with 70,000 miles but it was like new. Sometimes it felt like it was teetering on the corners. It never lost grip but felt like it would. I got a set of TEIN SS coilovers and love them. You can definitely change the height to whatever you want. You get 2 wrenches with the kit and I think the weight has to be off the wheel to adjust. There are 8 dampening settings, mine is at 4 and rides a tad harsh (going over the Ben Franklin is rough) but I like a firm ride. Overall I've been surprised how comfy it is. No passengers have complained of the ride either. The only problem is it took me almost 2 months to get them when I ordered. Check around and verify they have them in stock. prostreetonline kept me hanging for like 7 weeks, brutal bad service too. These are discontinued too, so act fast! Hope this helps.
Found this interesting review on Tein SS Coilovers in an Acura forum. It's 3 years old, but certainly applies. I liked the perspective this guy brought to his review:
I didn't know anyone actually had sigs displayed! I find them very distracting.
Anyways.
I didn't rebushing it, I rebushed it. Quite common in other circles, perhaps not as much where American is spoken.
Now, if I could just decide to go top end, with the Tane () SS or low end but known comfortable (Progress/GR-2).
While saving for a house...
I know, I know...go big or go home. But triple the price.....
God help me, but I'm actually entertaining the purchase of coilovers. The expense is huge, but the more I read about them, the more intrigued I become.
As to you and I these last couple of posts... I can't make any sense out of what you just said. So I'm done. Check please.
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yeah but based on what your saying pbn is if your gonna do it do it right, and why waste 1400 on tein when you should go all the way and spend 1700-1800 on the jic vips they have been proven to outdo the teins in all catagories. and to say you cant get a quality coilover set up for under a 1k is bs. i can tell you from personal experince that the bcs are of very good quality. and they were 920 shipped to my door. an being that i had both set ups( among numerous others) on MY car i think i can make that assesment. as far as the nex mabey they are a nice coilover i cant make a judgement , never had them. another thing i really like is that unlike with the teins you adj the perch which shortens the shock stroke. with the bcs you lower raise the lower mount so no matter how high or low the car is you keep the same shock stroke. which means longer shock life.
yeah but based on what your saying pbn is if your gonna do it do it right, and why waste 1400 on tein when you should go all the way and spend 1700-1800 on the jic vips they have been proven to outdo the teins in all catagories. and to say you cant get a quality coilover set up for under a 1k is bs. i can tell you from personal experince that the bcs are of very good quality. and they were 920 shipped to my door. an being that i had both set ups( among numerous others) on MY car i think i can make that assesment. as far as the nex mabey they are a nice coilover i cant make a judgement , never had them. another thing i really like is that unlike with the teins you adj the perch which shortens the shock stroke. with the bcs you lower raise the lower mount so no matter how high or low the car is you keep the same shock stroke. which means longer shock life.
I agree with you except that PBN also stated that the BC's are of good quality also. everyone here has said nothing but good things for them along with NEX.
I haven't had any problems with my tein spring rates and they have been on my car for over a year and a half. Only thing i've had to do is just fix a damper that cost around $75 . so if anything does go wrong, you can easily get it repaired for cheap with tein. Most places don't do that for you.
The K-Sports are like that with adjusting the lower mount. Only thing is that that lower mount fell out for no reason multiple times. Which is why i don't believe in them anymore.
But, i would go for BC's second after my Tein's. nothing but good things there bro.
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) SS or low end but known comfortable (Progress/GR-2).
. so if anything does go wrong, you can easily get it repaired for cheap with tein. Most places don't do that for you. 
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