Best aftermarket all-in-one lowering kit?

[BennyLava]

Hi all. I'm looking for the best aftermarket all in one lowering kit for my 2009 Yaris sedan. I must admit that I haven't even looked under the car yet to determine whether it has coilovers or not. I'm afraid most of my plotting and scheming on performance upgrades goes towards a different vehicle.

I'd like the kit to come with all the necessary hardware. And I'd like the car to be lowered at least 1.5 inches on all 4 corners, nothing less. Not a millimeter less, really. I'd like it to be about 1.75 inches, but in my experience it seems difficult to pinpoint an exact amount when lowering a vehicle. Can yall recommend a good kit for what I'm looking for?

[david_827]

if your car is stock, then no there will be no coilovers..... you can take a look on the micro image (microimageonline.com) website as they have plenty of options re: lowering springs and coilovers for the yaris.


of course you could also go the air bag route as well

[WeeYari]

Springs: either Micro Image or Eibach Sportlines

Shocks/Struts: Tokico Blues

Done!

[yari-ka09]

Best bang for the buck and for daily grind. Tokico blues and MI springs

Or go hardcore and do coilovers. Save the pennies. Broski

[BennyLava]

I'm looking to save cash so I guess the bags are out for now. How much do the tanabe nf210 end up lowering the car? Seems people around here like those. Yeah its a daily driver that's why I'm not really going all out with the suspension. Need it to be comfortable and drivable.


Right now I'll just do the springs cause the car only has 40K miles on it. So I'll let the factory shocks wear out over another 40K miles and replace them at the regular maintenance interval, with tokico blues.

[WeeYari]

NF210 too mild a drop for what you desire. DF210s are more in your ballpark.

Here is a reference for you http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...ull=1#post9168

Tanabe springs used to be a hot item around here when not much else was available. They tend to be a soft spring, prone to sagging.

[BennyLava]

Thanks I bookmarked it. I don't have a bodykit... but do you think that the DF210's drag on too much stuff? During city driving, as well as suburb driving. I want to go as low as I can without starting to scrape on everything. I mean I'll be careful of course, but as I'm sure you're aware the lower you go the harder it becomes to avoid scraping.

[DeathBeard]

stechs and blues

[b20vteg]

Originally Posted by DeathBeard

stechs and blues

[BennyLava]

Any particular model/part number of Stechs? Or do they just make one type for the Yaris.

[DeathBeard]

stech is the specific model made by tein, it lowers the yaris 1.9 which is lower than any other spring

[BennyLava]

Ok thanks for the info. Anyone here running those? If so what are your experiences? Good, bad, or ugly?

[BennyLava]

Nobody here has 'em?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by david_827

if your car is stock, then no there will be no coilovers..... you can take a look on the micro image (microimageonline.com) website as they have plenty of options re: lowering springs and coilovers for the yaris.


of course you could also go the air bag route as well

I think, technically, our cars have coilovers in front and a spring and shock set up in the rear. Coilover just means a spring is sitting on a strut.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Nobody here has 'em?

I have the S.Tech's. I like them. They are paired with TRD Sportivo dampers. Some people complain that my ride quality is a little harsh, I don't think so.

[BennyLava]

Bout like stock?

[Astroman]

Please try to post your threads in the correct thread section. It's getting old moving all the stuff from the "general discussion" when this was clearly suspension related. I've moved it to the correct section.

[1.5]

I ran ksport springs on my sedan for a while and they had about as much of a drop as the teins give or take a few mm. The handling was great and it was a progressive rate spring so under little to no compression the ride was nice. When you need stiffness it was there. Never bottomed her out with those unless going over big speed bumps too quickly. Springs by themselves will give you a decent drop and some stiffness without being expensive and like you said you can do the struts at a later date, although that gives you double the work.

I now have Megan coilovers which I love. The adjustability of ride height and stiffness is awesome and you can dial your car in to the exact settings you desire. The drop and dampening can be a lot higher than springs or a lot lower depending how you set it. But those are pretty expensive, a little easier than springs to install though.

btw my ksport springs only ran about $100 shipped.