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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 06:18 PM
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For those of you with the aforementioned setup, do you ever have problems going over bumps? Any issues with scraping?
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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I'll let you know bro. Imma get the springs and struts/shocks installed in a week or two.
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 07:24 PM
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One of our club members has this setup and hasn't damaged anything yet. I'm sure your streets are better than ours.
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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I have no problems
Old Mar 18, 2005 | 04:45 AM
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id like to see pics pls cause my cousins thinkin about getting that combo.
Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:06 PM
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I have the TRD springs-struts and sway bar with the ground effects kit. 95% of the time your fine. You will however, find a few driveways or parking lots that you should avoid entering or leaving. The sound is just sickening
Old Mar 19, 2005 | 02:25 AM
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i have that combo, and no issues here. Only problem I have w/ scraping is when I go us steep ___ curbs but otherwise everything is good. Pics can be found in my sig
Old Mar 19, 2005 | 03:06 AM
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I love how your car looks, tCtuner.

Looks a lot more aggressive and sporty than stock.
Old Mar 19, 2005 | 03:42 AM
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ya i love how it looks too lol thanks
Old Mar 19, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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I've got that setup and the underside of my front bumper is scraped on both sides. I think I've scraped coming down off steep curbs like two or three times, and every time I want to commit suicide afterwards. There's not much you can do about it, regardless of how careful you go, with a lowered car sometimes you're gonna scrape. At least you can't see it unless you get down under the car. Plus the ground effects with the TRD drop looks f*ckin hott!
Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:13 PM
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i've got the same setup in flint mica
Old Mar 20, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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FYI the OEM ground effects do lower the clearance of the car, like most kits do.
Old Apr 1, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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Here you go. I posted pics of TRD spring, TRD strut/shock combo with OEM ground effects.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55144
Old Apr 2, 2005 | 02:28 PM
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u have front and rear sway bars??? i saw that u had a pic of the trd rear. how'd u get a front swaybar?
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