Best First Upgrade
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my first upgrade for the auto were lowering springs, looks sooo much better. The second was the TRD exhaust, love it! Third was the Injen intake, love that too! Already came factory with tint, but I would recommend any of those as your first, you'll be very happy!
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depends on what you are going for.
looks:tint and hids
sound: exhaust and intake
cornering: suspension, but don't halfa$$ it, get trd sport shocks and springs. if you don't have the $$$, get the sway bar and strut tower brace
if you sit in bumper to bumper traffic all day, might as well have a nice radio and stereo setup so you can rock out to your favorite tunes.
best bang for your buck in general can only be really determined by you and what you would enjoy most in a car. you can't ask other people what upgrades they enjoy most about their car and apply to your values with the same results.
looks:tint and hids
sound: exhaust and intake
cornering: suspension, but don't halfa$$ it, get trd sport shocks and springs. if you don't have the $$$, get the sway bar and strut tower brace
if you sit in bumper to bumper traffic all day, might as well have a nice radio and stereo setup so you can rock out to your favorite tunes.
best bang for your buck in general can only be really determined by you and what you would enjoy most in a car. you can't ask other people what upgrades they enjoy most about their car and apply to your values with the same results.
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I like all three, looking good, sounding good, and cornering. But the thing I notice the most at the moment is cornering and general handling, it feels so shaky, you can feel too many bumps, what is the best in dealing with this? Also, would I have problems bottoming out with lowering springs?
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the shakey feeling from bumps is mainly because of the lower profile tires. if you put on a bigger tire witha smaller wheel and more sidewall, you won't feel bumps so much.
as for lowering springs, it depends on what you get between mile and wild. if youg et the trd spring and struts or maybe with tein h-techs are best for your reguler enthusiastic corninger. if you just get the springs and not the struts, you will have a sloppy ride because you don't have enough dampening power, and you can blow out a shock.
the trd and h-techs are about 1.3 and 1.5 inch drops which shouldn't be too bad. i'm not sure, i haven't had mine installed yet.
springs that lower your car more around 2 inches like hotchkis and s-techs are probably too much for a daily driver and are more of a suspension for people who autocross than commuting. if you really worry about botteming out and scraping on entrance ramps, just get the sway bar and strut tower brace.
as for lowering springs, it depends on what you get between mile and wild. if youg et the trd spring and struts or maybe with tein h-techs are best for your reguler enthusiastic corninger. if you just get the springs and not the struts, you will have a sloppy ride because you don't have enough dampening power, and you can blow out a shock.
the trd and h-techs are about 1.3 and 1.5 inch drops which shouldn't be too bad. i'm not sure, i haven't had mine installed yet.
springs that lower your car more around 2 inches like hotchkis and s-techs are probably too much for a daily driver and are more of a suspension for people who autocross than commuting. if you really worry about botteming out and scraping on entrance ramps, just get the sway bar and strut tower brace.
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
trading in for a manual. lol.
exhaust and intake. suspension
exhaust and intake. suspension
i'd say it depends on what you're going for, show or go. if you're going for show, i'd say go with what a couple of these guys said with the tint. and for go, i'd probably go with the i/h/e. just my 2¢
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Originally Posted by XSNiper
Is there anything cheaper then the TRD Lowering springs/Strut/shock kits on scion.com?
they got the combo for cheaper too
let me get the link for yah
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TRD Sport Struts and Lowering Springs Special: ($599)
http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...1&parts_id=586
TRD Struts, Rear Sway Bar & Lowering Springs Set: ($735)
http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...1&parts_id=583
http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...1&parts_id=586
TRD Struts, Rear Sway Bar & Lowering Springs Set: ($735)
http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...1&parts_id=583