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Old Jun 4, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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Did you find out after lowered spring installed and OEM struts and shocks are getting bad after a while?
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Yep, mine were pretty worn after 10k miles on TRD springs. I expected them to go longer, but was not surprised though.

I regret not spending the extra cash and buying the TRD shocks as well and doing it all at the same time. All is good now though, the TRD shocks are a huge improvement over the stock ones.
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Yep, mine were pretty worn after 10k miles on TRD springs. I expected them to go longer, but was not surprised though.

I regret not spending the extra cash and buying the TRD shocks as well and doing it all at the same time. All is good now though, the TRD shocks are a huge improvement over the stock ones.
Did you change to TRD shocks?
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Yeah I did, currently on TRD shocks/springs setup.
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installing lowering springs on stock shocks and stuts is like always riding around with 1000 pounds in the car all the time.

the shocks/stuts are always more compressed and it will shorten the life of the shocks/struts
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