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01-13-2006, 12:04 PM | #1 |
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Factory lowering springs
Anyone know how much the factory Eibach Pro-Kit/TRD springs lower the car and how much it costs to buy this from the dealer and have them install it? Thx.
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01-13-2006, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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Not sure about the US cost, but I have the dealer installed TRD/Eibach Pro-Kit on my Canadian Yaris, they lower the car about 1.75".
Canadian price including installation was $514 CDN (440 USD)... |
01-19-2006, 05:09 AM | #3 |
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440 installed is Insane. The springs are 200ish and I know for a fact its not worth 200 to get somebody to put springs on. I am gonna wait for tein or h&r to make something also because i'm not a fan of eibach really. I have whiteline springs and tokico shocks on my wrx and I love how stiff and precise they are and I want to same feeling in this car.
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01-23-2006, 11:05 PM | #6 |
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How is the drop? Do you find your car scraping the ground at all?
After basically destroying my front bumper on my Saab I am a little worried about lowering any car. And my Saab supposedly has 4" of ground clearance. |
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Other than TEIN, does anyone knows who make dampener kits for the Yaris? I called up TEIN USA, but they didn't have the kit for Yaris yet (that should be apparent, since the car is not yet released.), but I learned from the Japan site there is one for the Vitz available...
http://www.tein.co.jp/ti/comment/img/9l702.jpg (Type Wagon Damper) http://www.tein.co.jp/ti/comment/cl70.html (Other dampers) |
03-10-2006, 04:36 PM | #12 |
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One word on TRD springs. A misconception that they are the same as the Eibach prokit is wrong. Eibach may be producing them but they will not be the same as the prokit. There will be variations to the spring rate etc and TRD do test each spring to how they design them to suit each car. Not to what Eibach says. They are a mear manufacturing plant which many cars are made from components from different companies and then badged Toyota.
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03-10-2006, 05:52 PM | #14 |
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So therefore you did not get TRD springs but I wasn't really referring to you specifically. Just a passing comment. TCI would not be putting up the warranty unless TCI has supplier branded items as an official thing. The warranty would be with the dealership itself.
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If you swap out just the stock springs for lowering springs will the stock strut and shocks fail sooner? They are running constantly compressed 1.25"-1.75" more than normal....I'm new to this tuning stuff. Thanks
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03-11-2006, 01:07 AM | #16 |
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Yes and no. It depends on the design of the standard shocks but in order to get the best handling, do both springs and shocks. Doing springs alone give the effect of worn shocks leaving very little spring control.
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03-11-2006, 01:26 AM | #17 |
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There's a big misunderstaning here with the springs.
Springs are indeed manufactured by eibach but I guess they just make em, they didn't desing them. If u actually go on Eibach website u won't see any Yaris springsm which means they just manufactured them for the delerships. Eibach is one of the best spring manufacturers, better for sure than Tien, but i'd rather wait for an actuall spring set made for performance and not for springs desinged for Toyota so they will keep your warranty, and not make a drastic change that will improve the car a lot but make wear and tear faster on suspension.
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TRD Sportivo suspension kit is not hardcore but a balance between comfort for everyday driving and street performance. (btw, TRD does do spring and shock combinations as one package). It you want less comfort and can live with harsh ride on sedate trips to your local shops down the road, then TRD Sportivo bits aren't for you.
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