After much searching and researching finally got the guts to order them. Have had Stechs for over a year now and got these put in today along with TRD struts. World of difference the shocks make and only rubs on hard, fast dips and only on the left side. 95% of the time no rubbing at all Does anyone with stechs have this come up? The left front spring is about half a finger lower than the right and is the side that rubs a little on the major dips, right works great. Any suggestions on a set of springs almost as aggressive as the 2.4" drop of the Stechs?

Toya Racing Spiders 18X8 - 225/40/18 tire, stechs and TRD shocks (Rims were Axis Spiders also before weird)

Anyways here are a few pics, what do yall think?

Before (rear)


Before (front)


New Shoes




Rear Drop


Front Drop






Looks the lowest on the left on this image (maybe the angle)

 

car's lookin good man! lovin those wheels!

 

nice! give the effect of an inner circle

 

Which spring set could be a good choice now to avoid anyrubbing at any speed and not look much higher than this set up?

 

Looking good man.

 

thats a nice drop. Now i just hope that i can do it without the rub. Any ideas on other springs??

 

if you like my drop



get the h-techs, those are 18;s on mine to

EDIT If not then look into Tanabe DF210's



sorry thats the only good pic i have of the drop, oh and thats on 17's

 

nice! its hard to see the Tanabe's but looks low on those 17's. The Htechs dont look that bad with the rims, but after being so used to the drop its hard to want to let go (for me anyways). Was told by the shop that installed everything that you could put small spacers into the assembly and that would "raise" the car a little on one side or both if I wanted to. Will swing by today and see what they mean. Anyone heard of this or is this even recommendable?

 

found some old pics.

these are the tanabes on my old car

 

jotao, did you ever have the s-techs with the stock struts on?

 

oh, and I really like the lip width on those wheels. NICE!

 

Yeah I had the Stechs on for like a year on the stock struts. It was bearable for a month or 2, but after a little while i knew there were done and the ride was pretty much on the springs. Bouncy as hell and crappy overall. I suggest getting TRD or some other set at the same time (save the cash) because they will go bad soon.

 

men, I am so jealous. those were my first rim options but got discounted. men, atleast i can dream about how they look in my car from looking at urs. very good choice.

by the way, where did u get them from?

 

Those look great!! I am trying to sell my 18x8 Advans in Gold. Really cheap. Check my sign below for the link at the bottom of it. Great Rims and VERY Lightweight. I am only selling them because i wan to move up to 19"s... LAter.. Great Pics too..

 

nice choice on the rims, i also experience the same rubbing issues with the front left tire. It was bad at first but now it barely rubs. Had the s techs on for about 6 months and have had no other problems.

 

got them here

http://www.victoriatire.com/

I went page by page looking for something nice and found em in page 20
I had my eyes on these for over a year and couldnt find them till this month.

 

yeah I just drive slower now and hardly rub at all. I thought it would be worse based on comments from other people, but I'm super happy with everything.

 

yeah I just drive slower now and hardly rub at all. I thought it would be worse based on comments from other people, but I'm super happy with everything.[/quote]

If i have have 3 passengers it rubs alot more frequently i dont know about you. Its all good cuz i barely ever have that many peeps in my car though.

 

I have never had 3 people in my car. At most I have my GF in the car or my bro but thats it. If I need to give people a ride I just say "No room in my car got lots of WORK stuff" lol

 

I feel you on that, its just my wife and daughter in my car but that aint enough weight to make a difference. Anymore passengers then that we try to just take the xb.