7th Gen - Tenzo R Front Upper Strut

Vehicle: 2004 Civic LX Sedan
Product: Tenzo R Front Upper Strut
Vendor: Tenzo
Cost: $60
Rating: 9 out of 10
This is the first upgrade to my stock suspension... quick bolt on, just had to untether one of the resevoirs but it is safe just floating there... I only wish I would have bought one that is capable of working with the intake I bought from Simota.... It does fit over an Injen short ram without problems, though.

HANDLING IS AMAZING!!!!

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do you have a CAI / SRI?? If so, I am guessing it clears it fine?

I got the one for a stock air box because I took off my short ram... I did have to take a little fluid holder, not sure what it was, off its hinge for clearance but it doesnt move at all... I drove my car for 2 hours up and down the mountain with my wife and she is still sick from the drive last night!

Your mean for doing that to your wife... But keep it safe on those windy mountains roads man.

It is an LX... more turning than there was ever speed! hehehe she does like driving with me, though... but after the 3rd time on the same road she was getting kinda queezy... the road itself is very safe, not really a mountain, just a couple windy hills up by my house through a forest. It is a really fun drive now in the civic because it tightened it up alot. I put another post in the tech section asking how to install the rear upper strut in my trunk. I think I might get my next one from ebay and do it myself but I dont know where to put it... it is all carpeted back there

New picture is up of the strut!

INJEN FTW!!!!!!! Good stuff, i wonder if that would work well with my injen CAI?

ORIGINAL: tknaub

INJEN FTW!!!!!!! Good stuff, i wonder if that would work well with my injen CIA?


The CIA doesnt work well with ANYBODY! hehehe If your CAI has the same 90 degree throttle body connector as my short ram it will... but the curved style doesnt...

IM SURE there is at least one company that it works with...somewhere...i will find it, but i think the tenso might work...

Yeah just dont waste money trying to figure it out... between the elbow joint and my strut is maybe about 2 cm... just enough that they dont hit at all but you can barely see in between... alot of people go safe by buying the DC strut that bends towards the front so you can freely place an intake and have zero fitment issues.

thanks for the info on the dc sports strut, i was thinking of that one but i wasnt sure.....

You're a sedan, right? I also did a write up on the rear upper strut that works wonders too.... now I gotta lower my car and get some upgrades down there too!

whats your plans for lowering, i just bought some s-tech springs, i have yet to install alot of things i have bought, i kinda just wanting until i leave AK (which is this summer and im going to NC) [sm=rockinit.gif]

I really dont know what I'm looking for yet... a good deal, maybe! I am waiting for a vendor to do a group buy sometime but I want to drop my car no more than 2 inches. Even 2 inches is alot, though. I probably wont be doing this for a long time because I am married and money decisions are debated between the both of us, meaning my ideas are shot down!! HAHAHA

So you are just spring and no coilover kit? What is the drop you're looking for?

looks good moog, im getting the DC strut bar soon, it should clear my V2

DANG IT! I wanted to buy the DC in the first place... I really wanted to keep my simota intake but the strut bar wont clear it... where are you getting yours from... and I keep confusing you with my05civic, that is killing me!