im 17 years old and my tc is my daily driver and i desperately want to get the car lowered but im really worried about bottoming out everhwere and i dont want to ruin the underside of the car now i know the trd springs dont lower it all that much but can someone whose on these springs tell me if they bottom out a lot?

 

Nope, I'm daily driving mine, you won't have a problem. Unless a driveway is ungodly low, it's not gonna bottom out. Go for it

 

thanks okay any idea on how much it would cost to install them?

 

do it yourself, that's what I did. Took a while because I had never done suspension work before. Most auto parts stores lend out spring compressors.

The cheapest place around here wanted 360 for instillation that's the main reason I did them myself. haha

 

Depends on where you take it. If you want a shop to do it, call around and ask... prices will vary.

OR.... you could post something in your regional forum (wherever you are located) and see if you can get a couple guys to help you DIY. Much easier and many would probably just help out for nothing... or maybe some pizza/beer.

 

I'd definitely help for some beer and pizza

And that's the thing, I called at least 4 places here in town and milwaukee, and 340 still. Wisconsin sucks for that I guess.

 

Bro ^^^ that's a great way to get it done fairly inexpensive...AND if you've never done that kind of suspension work before it's a good idea to enlist the help of a few that are experienced in doing that kind of work. It CAN be a bit dangerous if the compressors aren't set up right during the install. Unless you find a good shop at a good price, I'd go with that suggestion FTW.

 

I have some for sale if you interested....

 

My dealer charged me $200 to install the TRD springs, which I thought was reasonable, but I wouldn't pay any more than that. If you want a dealer to do it and they give you a higher quote, you might want to ask them why they charge more than other Scion dealers, such as Kearny Mesa Scion in San Diego, where I got mine done. Sometimes they'll revise their quote when they find out the customer knows the price is unreasonable in comparison to other places. FWIW.

 

^ That's not bad for all four - but like you said, wouldn't be worth going anywhere charging more than that.

When I got my Hotchkis springs, I tried a DIY by myself but couldn't do the rears (almost impossible with a regular spring compressor - too many coils) so I had my dealer do JUST THE REAR and it was $200.

 

Where are you located? If in cali, you can get if done for real cheap!

 

What kind of spring compressor? I had no problem taking apart my shock assy with a manual spring compressor...

Something just like these
http://www.chircoestore.com/catalog/...oducts_id=2344

 

Ya, that's what I had. No problem getting OEM ones off... it was getting the Hotchkis ON that was the problem. Well, not even that... just getting them compressed enough to get the nut one and still be able to get the compressor off. Like I said, the rear Hotchkis ones have a LOT of coils.... not much room for a compressor to fit.

Like the one on the right:

 

Oooh, I was taking my TRD springs off.

 

It used the same spring compressor you did, Jon. Its not that, its the actual springs themselves, like ack said, theres too many coils so its hard to get them in right.

 

Replied before you .

I've only done S-Techs and TRDs, and both have more than enough room for a manual spring compressor...so I was under the impression that all springs were like that.

 

I find the ride to be comfortable and haven't bottomed out the suspension. Even though the drop is small it's lower than stock and have been slowing down on steep entrances/inclines. The wheel/tire combo I'm on are TRD 18x7.5 and Toyo Proxes4 225/40 ZR18.

 

Just part of the ridiculously high spring rate of the Hotchkis. We had no problems working with the H&R Sport after the Hotchkis though. Like you mentioned of the other ones... plenty of room.

 

lmao so childish...

 

that is my tc on TRD spring with stock struts. The drop is not that low, but handles and rides great