Ok this has been bugging me and i know its stupid. But i can't tell that my car is lowered. I have had the hotchkis lowering springs installed for about a good 2 weeks now and i really cant tell that its lowered (yea i know its stupid) . Like every other tc i see on the road looks to be as low as mine, and i doubt that every one of them have lowering springs installed ... Im thinkin that im just too used to the tc that my mind is just playin tricks on me haha.

im sorry if this post annoys some of u, but i just wanted to get it out there since it was bothering the heck out of me

 

you dont notice a difference with a hotchkis drop? you sir need to see the optometrist ^^

i *might* understand mistaking a trd drop, but hotchkis? jeez

 

lol i guess i need to get thicker glasses then haha... but yea it just doesn't seem like it dropped too much... i dunno if i should still give them more time to settle since its been 2 weeks.

 

post pics

 

This is the latest pic i have of my car as of now... i think i had the springs in for about a week or so...

 

hmmmmmmmmmm maybe your not so crazy.... that doesnt look like a hotchkis drop.

 

ill try to get a more up to date pic but i think that the drop is still the same as the pic above... it could be a little lower

 

wtf??

it looks like the rear dropped a half inch and the front dropped maybe a quarter...

are you sure these are hotchkis?? it doesnt looked dropped at all...

 

haha yea im very sure these are hotchkis (the big box in my closet says so lol)... the picture i posted is like wen i had them in for a week so i guess they haven't settled yet, i've had them in now for 2 weeks or so, and ill try to get an updated pic

 

my trds are that low.. actually lower if you look at the pics in my profile

 

Wow, my TRD is lower... My exhaust even scrapes on uneven roads or over big bumps. Maybe you got some janked springs..

Oh yeah and my springs only went on two nights ago so they haven't even settled yet. With 2 people in the trunk, the tires more than make it to the top of the wheel well

 

that honestly doesnt look droppped at all...

heres mine with s-tech... the after pix is right after i put the springs on... its been now 10 months that i have them on and imagine how dropped it is... ill take pix sometimes this weekend...

 

you where probably sold stock springs in a hotchkis box, llol, try to get a better pic of just side view with good lighting.

 

hmm.. who installed them too..?

 

Just give the springs some time, it'll take a few months before they are fully settled. When i had my TRDs, every week they would get a little lower for 5 or 6 months.

 

^^ that's not normal unless the install was really that bad.

springs normally settle in a week of daily driving..

they would only get lower if the springs are crap and what they're doing is sagging.

 

who installed the springs?

 

Here are mine and they are only TuRD springs!! Hard to tell the wheel gap but you can easily see the difference under the car. Before the drop... 3 fingers easily between tire and top of fender. After drop... two fingers barely fit. My floor jack doesn't fit under the car anymore, i have to get a smaller profiled one.

Oh and the pic is taken only 24 hours after install, so i expect more drop too!!

 

Here is an up to date pic i took this morning... the springs have been in for just about 2 weeks...

Front:


Back:


And my friends and i installed the springs at the auto garage at my friends high school... i dont think we messed up the install since we followed the instructions thoroughly, and the auto shop teacher was helping us

 

Yeah, it's lower. Those pics show it better.