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04-05-2006, 06:11 PM | #37 |
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EDFC aint cheap ... but works very very well :) All it does is attach tot he top of strut towers, and turns the adjustable damper/shock tops for you to preset settings defined by Tein . You can do it manually jsut as easily, but we all like our little gadgets :D
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04-06-2006, 07:06 AM | #38 |
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true, but the SuperCompacts that I want aren't cheap either. I might just have to suffer & just get the (non-adj.) Basics or maybe some D2s, we'll have to see. It will be a priority to get it as low as possible, 2.5" maybe 3".
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04-06-2006, 09:17 AM | #39 |
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That is really low. I wouldn't even be able to drive it around town at that height.
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04-06-2006, 07:48 PM | #40 |
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Well Florida (for the most part) is Flat & I can take advantage of that, plus most of the roads are pretty smooth.
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04-07-2006, 09:02 AM | #41 |
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Lucky You. While most of the roads around here are flat, to get into any plaze or anything else there is always a not to small hill for some silly reason.
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04-07-2006, 09:17 AM | #42 |
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No speedbumps, curbs, or potholes in Florida???? I live in a ski resort, every spring our roads look like a warzone. The cities in S.Ontario are even worse.
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04-07-2006, 01:13 PM | #43 |
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Speed Bumps aren't too bad, & I can esily aviod potholes & curbs.
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04-07-2006, 02:50 PM | #44 |
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That's the advantage of not having to deal with our Canadian winters. Of course you do have HURRICANES .................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-07-2006, 04:36 PM | #45 |
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Been there done that, those are easy, just stay at home for a couple of days or flee & stay at somebody else's house. but it's only a couple days max. I watch the news when one is coming, so I'll know when to GTFO. LOL
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04-07-2006, 08:06 PM | #46 |
Hahha. When you gonna get your car lowered DJ?
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Hurricanes .......... best excuse for a turbo-charger I've heard yet, SpaRky.
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04-08-2006, 09:47 AM | #49 |
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Worked for me. Mention the word "safety" ........ no questions asked!!!!! I might have more of a problem explaining 17" wheels, and a turbo-charger though. Maybe I'll try "fuel-economy" for them???
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05-16-2006, 04:24 AM | #50 |
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Does it make that big of a difference with the lowering springs/shocks? Is handling that much better? From the pictures I have seen online of the Yaris it seems to sit up pretty high. Wondering
I live on a very bad road (think dirt/potholes) and I don't want to lower it if I am going to be hitting bottom every pothole I hit |
05-16-2006, 09:30 AM | #51 |
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Yes Bikergal, the TRD lowering kit does tighten up the handling, but it is NOT to be confused with a race suspension, by any stretch of the imagination. The ride quality over bumps, potholes etc. is still very good, I have yet to bottom out. I live in a ski resort with lots of rough paved roads, so I've had lots of ops to test this out. As for dirt roads, we have lots here, but I tend to drive a little slower (stone chips) on dirt and gravel so it's not as much of a test. Like I said the kit is not street-racer stuff, but it does make the car more fun to drive with little or no trade-off for comfort.
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Thanks ricko for the reply.
I guess from all the pictures and talk on here it seems this car sits really high. I have a truck so I am used to sitting high so this may not be as big a deal to me as others. |
05-16-2006, 12:07 PM | #53 |
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Yes the car sits high, and the seating position is higher than what I am used to. The springs lower the car about 1.8" which does not sound like a lot, but it really affects the balance in a positive way. There is less body lean, and as a result the car is more fun to drive. It took a day or two to get used to the more upright seating position (and the centre mounted instruments), but now I enjoy driving my Yaris, as much as I appreciate it's practicality.
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