I noticed today that my drivers' side front corner is sitting about 1-1.5 inches lower than the passenger side, so i am looking into replacing the shocks/struts, i already have the Tein lowering springs which i installed back in AZ, but i need some one who could help me with it out here in the Oxnard area. Also i am looking at getting the TRD set, anyone know of a better setup? without getting too expensive that is

 

driver side tends to settle faster than the passenger side because of the weigh bias of the car. like the transmission and the driver.

which springs do you have?

if it is only the fronst driver side, you could have blown the strut.

 

they're Tein S-techs, and they were installed in Feb 2006, and the tC was in storage for the last year because i was overseas. I figure that i did blow the strut, i was out in Phoenix with some friends this weekend and there were some pretty bad dips in the highway, the fun ones you don't see, just feel.

 

are you sure you bought authentic tein's?

 

yeah i have the warantee paperwork somewhere, they rode great, like stated above its probably a blown shock, they're not really made to be used with lowering springs

 

did you install the tein's on stock shocks? if so, i wouldnt be surprised if you blew your struts

 

shouldn't be your shock, Teins are known to Sag, I'd invest the money your spending on the TRD shocks into a set of coilovers, or some stiffer springs. How many miles do you have on the stock shocks? Even with lowering springs, they should last up to 60k

 

i'm just over 38K miles, and i just got back from the dealership, it is the spring...they want $1300 just to put my original springs back in so i'll be getting coilovers or possibly the TRD springs and shock/strut combo, doing the research into that decision right now

 

all i have to say is "WOW" $1300 just to put it back tham i will do it for $1000

 

Forget that, I'll do it for $800!! (triple digits dude! That saves you one whole digit!!) haha

btw. Coilovers FTW!

 

I'm looking at either the Tein Basics or the K-Sport Kontrol Pros

 

i'll do the install for 799

 

oh and i'll install them myself...thanks for all the offers though i did the springs install so i can do the Coilovers, just wasn't sure exactly what the problem was, but now that i do...well its just a matter of getting the parts

 

I ordered the kSport Kontrol Pro Coilovers...anybody in the Oxnard area have a house and a hand to lend, i'll bring beer

 

I have all that in the OX. Air compressor, air tools, floor jack, jack stands, creeper....not for $1,300...not for $1,000 or $800....but for $500 you can use my garage for the convenience it brings and the time you'll save. lol j/k

 

Oh and that $1,300 dealership price...sounds like you visited DCH Toyota of Oxnard!