Tein is a great name in suspension.

Fulcrum is just Tein's Australian distibutor and has no investments in Tein Co Ltd.

Tein is a fully Japanese owned company with its manufacturing base in China (Jap engineers are based there for QC).

Tein SS for the Subaru WRX does not alow the car to go low enough. It leaves about 1.5inch gap between tyre and guard on its lowest setting. It is a pretty soft street suspension as the SS- super street implies.

However, the Tein Flex is a great product with full adjustability.