View Full Version : running stechs now :D PICS INSIDE


thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 01:24 AM
so i bought these stechs a while ago and didnt have time to put them on, i was on TRDs before but wanted to go lower.

let me know what u guys think, they are still settling so im guessing it will still be lower than this

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/thisisluiss/37662_114074918644739_100001266938721_110978_1686559_n.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/thisisluiss/38818_114074815311416_100001266938721_110977_4203478_n.jpg

and finally the beautiful weather in FL
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/thisisluiss/38050_114011191984445_100001266938721_110619_6590032_n.jpg

these were cellphone pics, i will be doing a photoshoot soon

testa422
07-28-2010, 01:32 AM
looks good man...i love my stechs

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 01:35 AM
looks good man...i love my stechs

thanks, im loving them so far too :D
hopefully it wont mess up my lip kit though

mangoagogo
07-28-2010, 02:38 AM
hot day huh? 100 degrees outside!!!

tin
07-28-2010, 02:42 AM
I love the set up. These wheels cover the gap very nicely.

Murphys_Law
07-28-2010, 02:43 AM
nice cool day huh?

ack154
07-28-2010, 02:47 AM
STechs are a bit too low for me. Not a huge fan. Doesn't look too bad though... even though it looks like you picked a "hell" of a day to do the swap.

Jdub86
07-28-2010, 02:50 AM
Looks really good, I am likin it. I would love to do s techs where I live but the roads were destroy my car. I think my TRDs are as low as I will be able to go.

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 03:02 AM
STechs are a bit too low for me. Not a huge fan. Doesn't look too bad though... even though it looks like you picked a "hell" of a day to do the swap.

man its like this EVERYDAY over here, it the winter the lowest has been i think 34F..

Jdub86
07-28-2010, 03:25 AM
Up here we are lucky if thats the high in the winter lol

Murphys_Law
07-28-2010, 03:59 AM
100 today with 100% humidity(it was raining) know how hard a a/c has to run to keep your windows fog free, and our a/cs suck

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 04:10 AM
yeah man today was hard, i dont think i can ever do springs again next time i rather pay a shop.. but oh well i got good results :)

Murphys_Law
07-28-2010, 04:54 AM
did you atleast have air tools and some buddies to help?

Murphys_Law
07-28-2010, 04:54 AM
even still when you look at the car it was all worth it

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 12:33 PM
did you atleast have air tools and some buddies to help?

yeah we had a compressor and it was 3 of us

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 12:33 PM
even still when you look at the car it was all worth it

dude, now i cant stop looking at the car

alaskanpeas
07-28-2010, 12:49 PM
anybody else's s.techs noisy when going over bumbs as slow speeds. i get a metal clunking noise coming mostly from the front. ive checked everything that had to do with the install and the springs are seated properly and everything is tight but i cant find what this is. it sounds like the sway bar is rubbing on something but i cant see any indication of anything rubbing. shocks arnt blown, doesnt sounds like that.

troy2003
07-28-2010, 02:01 PM
looks dope, man, the s. techs are the illest drop if you decide not to go the route of coils.

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 02:09 PM
so far im not regretting it, i wouldnt go for coils though. too much money i could actually get something else with that

troy2003
07-28-2010, 02:14 PM
so far im not regretting it, i wouldnt go for coils though. too much money i could actually get something else with that
yea true, i guess it just depends on weather you want to mod your car, or are serious about big time shows, cause you will always be asked, "coils or springs??" at the larger shows....but true, that is another 700 spent elsewhere, i love my d2's tho, and all the adjustability it gives me....love the agressive s. tech stance tho man!!

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 05:03 PM
yea true, i guess it just depends on weather you want to mod your car, or are serious about big time shows, cause you will always be asked, "coils or springs??" at the larger shows....but true, that is another 700 spent elsewhere, i love my d2's tho, and all the adjustability it gives me....love the agressive s. tech stance tho man!!


yeah i was about to kill myself when i installed the TRDs and it wasnt as low as i wanted it. 4 months later i bought the stechs and put them on yesterday :)
so im selling my TRDs now since theyre brand new basically

gorbasho
07-28-2010, 07:57 PM
looks good man, are you happier now than if you had traded for my h-techs? haha

thisisluiss
07-28-2010, 08:45 PM
definitely YES

xdejablu3x
07-28-2010, 10:44 PM
damnit, i knew i should of gone with stechs from the beginning but noooo...i didnt want to scrape on my drive way. anyone know the new specs for the newer stechs? i read on here in a few places that they are not as low as older production ones.

G2Low
07-28-2010, 10:48 PM
what size wheels

thisisluiss
07-29-2010, 03:57 AM
what size wheels

theyre 18s.. and i dont think there is such thing as "new stechs" i went to their website and its the same

xdejablu3x
07-29-2010, 04:30 AM
lets hope your right. hows the ride quality compared to your old TRD's?

thisisluiss
07-29-2010, 04:51 PM
lets hope your right. hows the ride quality compared to your old TRD's?

hmm i like it i just gotta go sideways when im going in my drive way, and the tires also touch the fender when im going at a high speed or when i go through a whole or something, but i guess thats normal.

xdejablu3x
07-30-2010, 10:49 PM
hmm i like it i just gotta go sideways when im going in my drive way, and the tires also touch the fender when im going at a high speed or when i go through a whole or something, but i guess thats normal.

more responsive and bumpy though? lol i still have to drive sideways with my htechs on my driveway.

brusky
07-30-2010, 10:59 PM
a lot of people seem to avoid the s tech routes in the beginning when going on springs because there scared its tooo low. but really s techs arent even that low. I think s techs are only one of the few springs out for a tc that gives the tc a nice drop without too much wheel gap. I use to be able to go right over decent sized speed bumps head on without even worrying about scraping.

thisisluiss
07-31-2010, 01:27 AM
a lot of people seem to avoid the s tech routes in the beginning when going on springs because there scared its tooo low. but really s techs arent even that low. I think s techs are only one of the few springs out for a tc that gives the tc a nice drop without too much wheel gap. I use to be able to go right over decent sized speed bumps head on without even worrying about scraping.

i agree with you on this one, i went with TRDs first becaue i thought stechs were to low for me but i wanted to shoot myself when i saw the drop because it was still too high and it was the first mod i did to my car, it still looked like a monster truck i was about to take my car to the monster jam lol.. anyways i love these stechs i think its a perfect drop and i definitely recommend it to anyone specially if you're on stockies

Jasper Ash
07-31-2010, 04:29 AM
There's word that newer production S-Techs sit higher. For example: I have newer S-Techs and FlintMica2005 has older S-Techs. My car sits a tad higher. Could be because I am running Tokico shocks and he's on stocks shocks. If you drive with minor caution - you'll be fine on S-Techs. Even with the lip.

thisisluiss
07-31-2010, 04:47 AM
yeah so far i havent had any problems. hopefully i wont in the future but the stechs definitely give an amazing look to the car

O5_TRD_tC
07-31-2010, 05:22 AM
looks greats so far!

xdejablu3x
07-31-2010, 03:50 PM
well since im thinking about switching over to stechs from my htechs, where do you cut the bump stops for that setup? i know i had to cut some of mine but i forgot exactly where i did on my setup.