Thinking about getting a yaris

[tmontague]

I swapped my springs at 135,000km no issues. You can do it whenever. I also replaced my stock shocks/struts w/ new oem ones at 135,000km and to be honest the old ones were a little easier to move than the new ones but they were far from worn out. The Yaris is easy on suspension and I'd say you could get 150,000km out of stock shock no issue.

Once lowering springs are installed this can lead to premature wear of stock shocks due to bottoming out. My recommendation, keep the bump stocks and don't cut them. Sure, you may hit the bump stops earlier and lose an inch or 2 of travel (depending on how many inches you lower) but you'll have the bump stop to save your shock/strut from taking the impact. I only cut my front bump stop by about half an inch and still have a lot left on it to save the shock/strut. No issues hitting bump stops during my rough daily commute on high speed highway wallows.

You should still be fine to get at least 80,000km on oem shocks with lowering springs assuming you don't load the car up with a ton of people or weight and you keep the bump stops stock.

I just installed Tokiko blues on the rear only as I wanted to see if this reduces under steer and I also couldn't find the front's for my Yaris (also lacked the funds). The front's are KYB's I believe and have about 15,000km on them and are fine. I still have the rears I just replaced if you want to buy them off me for cheap down the road.