Lowering Spring Install (Tein H-Techs)
#41
Originally Posted by kuo34
Bump to get this article under tech. I had to dig around to find it again. I see the pics are gone though. Does anyone know the size of the nuts/bolts that are at the bottom of the front struts?
#42
Yep, thanks for the info. I tracked it down recently. I had to use a 7/8" and it was just a fraction too big and didn't want to strip the bolt down doing it later. On a side note, only ONE of the impact socket sets I found had a 22mm, the rest skipped that one. It's also a pita to find a 22mm of any drive around here. It's even skipped in my brother in law's Crescent tool set. What's the deal with that? Anywho, thanks again shupes.
#44
just started doing this. I wish my car was as rust free as in the pics. makes me jealous. I had to go out and buy a half inch socket set just to fit my 3 foot wrench to get some of these bolts off. and i can't imagine compressing the springs with-out an impact wrench. God bless who ever didn't use an impact wrench
#49
So my s-tech came in today and I want to bring it to a place to have them installed but i dont trust them in taking apart the inside of the car. Should i take out all the back so they are in the clear and can just install? Idk i just feel like they wont put it all back together the way it should be. What do you think?
#53
You don't necessarily need a camber kit. For the TC1 at least, the rear camber is adjustable and a shop can adjust it to a degree.
Your shocks will eventually blow even with the OEM springs in a very long time also depending on how you drive. However with decent lowering springs, the OEM struts usually last pretty long. We have seen customers with TRD springs on OE shocks last over 100K miles with no problems being daily driven.
Your shocks will eventually blow even with the OEM springs in a very long time also depending on how you drive. However with decent lowering springs, the OEM struts usually last pretty long. We have seen customers with TRD springs on OE shocks last over 100K miles with no problems being daily driven.
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