The risks: What are they?, Lowering Springs. Options

[Syaoran]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/90-93-94-99-TOYOTA...r#ht_4134wt_952


How/why can you make something that works for so cheap? Discuss e-Bay springs!

[trdproven]

i thought you just mentioned: I'd rather spend more in the car in mods than fixes. (e.g. turbo setup, than suspension work)

if you want to get your suspension over and done with with no price in mind, just get KYB shocks, get TRD, TEIN, Or INTRAX Springs, bump stops, and possibly top mounts/bearings, and just do it. thats all.

I really don't think you get the idea about how coilovers are today, there are no cons to getting coilovers. They are fully rebuildable, custom, and can utilize some parts from other brands. the spring/shock combo is hell, like many people here, get install problems, parts wearing, disassemble reassemble, no adjustability, etc. I went through two lowering spring set ups already, TRD and Intrax, which are not bad, but ultimately I wished I should've gotten coilovers the first time. I was thinking i don't need coilovers, I think the lowering springs is okay, i'd rather spend my money on other mods, but I was wrong, I ended up getting coilovers, i wish I could've save me the install times, the parts bought, the time wasted, the money wasted.

but again like i said, if you want lowering springs just get the setup i mentioned, might cost 500-600 dollar range total for all those parts (which is close to coilovers) but at least its a simple decision.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Jul 1, 2012 - 5:45 PM

[Syaoran]

i thought you just mentioned: I'd rather spend more in the car in mods than fixes. (e.g. turbo setup, than suspension work)

I consider suspension an area of fixes, not mods. The point I'm trying to get across is I'd rather save money on FIXING the suspension, than saying "hey I'll spend 100-200 dollars more on coilovers even though I don't need them!" My suspension is broken, I want to fix it, that is all.

if you want to get your suspension over and done with with no price in mind, just get KYB shocks, get TRD, TEIN, Or INTRAX Springs, bump stops, and possibly top mounts/bearings, and just do it. thats all.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about.

I really don't think you get the idea about how coilovers are today, there are no cons to getting coilovers. They are fully rebuildable, custom, and can utilize some parts from other brands. the spring/shock combo is hell, like many people here, get install problems, parts wearing, disassemble reassemble, no adjustability, etc. I went through two lowering spring set ups already, TRD and Intrax, which are not bad, but ultimately I wished I should've gotten coilovers the first time. I was thinking i don't need coilovers, I think the lowering springs is okay, i'd rather spend my money on other mods, but I was wrong, I ended up getting coilovers, i wish I could've save me the install times, the parts bought, the time wasted, the money wasted.

but again like i said, if you want lowering springs just get the setup i mentioned, might cost 500-600 dollar range total for all those parts (which is close to coilovers) but at least its a simple decision.

Not all of them are rebuildable, which I already said. The ones that are, are more expensive rebuilding than simply buying new ones. On top of that to rebuild, you have to send them to the manufacturer 99% of the time. To do that, you have to take them out of your car and send them over. What do you do while that's happening? Put struts and springs back on.

I consider coilovers are necessary only when you're looking to do stupid things (like lowering your car 1/4" off the ground) or when you need a performance suspension that can be fine-tuned for track use. Coilovers in the 800-1000 price range aren't good enough for REAL track use (not your average joe autocrossing)... they're only rebound adjustable, and height adjustable.


But this kind of got off-topic so I'm gonna leave it at that. To me, I really only need springs. I'm not interested in leaving my front bumper on every bump in the roads here.