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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tom" data-source="post: 106683" data-attributes="member: 1"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/titan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />If you've never heard of Titan Suspensions, you are missing out on what could turn out to be one of the best suspension manufacturers in Asia. Titan, established in 2002 is fast becoming the choice of car enthusiasts looking for either higher performance suspension systems or comfort. But what's special about Titan is they offer the best of both worlds.<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20108.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Test Car: 1989 BMW E30 325i<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20031.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />High quality manufacturing expertise<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20081.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Struts were modified to needs<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20064.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Titan's line of quality variants<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20096.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Finished One-off Product<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20089.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Comparison between stock<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20092.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />High level of precision<img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20013.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Richard How: The Pioneer.How do they do it?Through years of suspension building expertise, they have managed to concoct a blend of modern and exotic suspension designs while employing their own mixture of components and settings. Many of the components are manufactured in-house and other important parts are imported overseas.So what's this exotic design?. The answer, Inverted Monotube.You see, the best shocks uses the Monotube design.The working chamber and the oil supply chamber are located in one single cylinder tube. Oil and gas are separated by a moving separating piston with O-ring seal. The damping valves for the rebound and compression stages are located at the piston. When the vehicle suspension rebounds, the piston valve, which is located at the bottom of the piston, will apply resistance to the downward flowing oil. The gas chamber pressure will reduce by the amount of the exchanged piston rod volume. When the vehicle suspension compresses, the oil will be forced from the bottom chamber through the piston and against the valve located on top of the piston. The gas chamber pressure will be increased by the amount of the submerged piston rod volume. The pressure level absorbs the damping forces during compression.Okay, i know what's a monotube, but Inverted Monotubes?Imagine the entire body of the shock now operating as the shaft to give us greater rigidity and strength. Not only that, the weight of the shock body it based on top of the whole inverted monotube shock assembly providing a lot lesser unsprung weight thus better performing suspension design.Other advantages of Inverted Monotube design? Since the shock rod is based inside the outer shell and insulated with dusts seals, dust and debris stay out. keep the shock rod movement smooth and clean. Plus, the shock body moves through Teflon linings providing even better performance.What else is different or good about Titan Suspensions? Expertise:They're so good, they even manufacture custom or one-off kits for various cars. Titan specializes in Coilover kits.Quality. They make suspension systems using the best materials like their raw materials, imported components, seals, oils and etcPackaging: Each set produced either custom made ones or mass produced kits carries the Titan gunmetal theme. shock body protected by a rubber shroud, and topped off with a neat label. Service: Every Titan equipped car demands different characteristics, Titan tailors to individual needs, damping rates, spring rates and the most important comfort level demands. Until satisfied, Titan strives to provide the best possible combination for their customers.Cut the crap, How do you know they're so good.Recently, I went for their special test offer. The test car used was a 1989 BMW E30 325i.The process?I drove there in the morning. Stanley, Titan's Marketing manager briefed me about Titan's expertise in custom made suspensions and suspension basics. I was then forwarded to Richard, the guru behind Titan and pioneer of Titan Suspensions. We then discussed on how we should go about improving the ride and increasing the performance of the current characteristics.Decision:Naturally, I opted for coilovers for its versatility in tuning, ride height adjustments and looks. Unfortunately, when the car was hoisted, Richard discovered that the front struts are too close to the wheels. Coil overs are not possible. Plan B. Back to the conventionals then. I had to use my Eibach Pro-kit springs since Titan only has springs made for their coil over kits.Start:Richard and his boys started to remove the front struts and rear shocks and transferred them to their manufacturing facilities for hacking. The spring hats and mounting mounting brackets were removed from the strut shaft and laid aside. bigger shafts were employed which are needed to house the monster Titan shocks. Everything was then re-aligned and professionally welded. Then the new struts were transffered to "Richard's tech work facility" where he assembles his monotube shocks, injects the fluids and gas desired determing the damping rate and shafts the Titan monotube shock, the inverted manner of course, into the strut body. rods protrude the bottom of the strut and fastened by a nut through a special process. Now you have a masterpiece. Then the rear shock, which was telescopic and easier to manufacture. same thing, just without the spring hat and arm brakets. but the rod was fastened with the mounting brakect itself.Packaging: The product then undergoes finishing process where it is painted. labels were attached and when it all sets, you can then finally admire the work of art. Just looking at it makes you smile and you begin to appreciate and it surprises you in a way you're holding something manufactured right in the premises where you're standing now!.Fitting:Everything went back in like normal and they look stunning. Wheels fitted back on, and you do notice that the stroke of the travel has been significantly reduced. I don't know if it proves significant improvement but it does look better The car then was release to rest on the ground.Feel:Where it all comes down to. Result. A few presses on the 4 corners confrims the car has become so much more stiffer. I drove. I just can't believe the difference. It's so much better than i expected. Bumps, potholes debris, sand, stones, road patches, are all neutralized by the Titan shocks. I can now practically skim over them with minimal disturbance in the cabin. Road feel has increased in a good way and the car will react well and follow the road contours. Steering response has improved while cornering and sharp turns will not mess with the Titan's Shock perfomance.Braking and acceleration feel has also improved dramatically, the car now never squats on sharp acceleration or dive during hard braking especially braking into corners. Slalom swerves are very well managed.High speeds on highways is also where the Titan suspension will prove its capabilities. The road feel is fantastic on tar and even on concrete roads. Road feel, road feel, road feel. Great!. little up and down slopes is always a nightmare and will often shift a car right left, up and down. Not with Titans. The car is quickly absorbs the change in road contour on upslopes and quickly pulls the car back on the ground when you go down the slopes. Fantastic. Needs some getting used to since there is little travel from the shorter stroke and the car's ability to return back to "shape" so fast.But i did feel the subtle bounce on the not so flat highways. Again, Titan was happy to remedy this. Richard suggest reducing the damping rate of the rear shocks, back to testing and it fixed it right away. 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src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20030_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Related images of installation on test car<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20079.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20079_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20050.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20050_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20071.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20071_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20084.jpg" target="_blank"><img 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alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20093.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20093_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20103.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20103_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20018_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20107.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20107_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20014.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20014_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20094.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20094_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The same day, a customer opted for Titans instead of his recently purchased HKS Hypermax coil overs.<a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20072.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20072_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20077.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.zerotohundred.com/reviews/titan/julyreview%20077_small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " 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