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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:10 AM
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Default My tC has me all sorts of excited....

So far this year, I've added a sub/amp, 15% 3m tint, a trd rear sway and hotchkis lowering springs. I can't wait to see my car in December. Next up, d3, short ant, hid's and rims. Anything else I should do for 2k8 under my total of $1500

Before


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Night Time...




Next......
???
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:13 AM
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I would do the rims next. Along with the tint, new shoes really make your tC a different (and better) looking beast.
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:14 AM
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its dropped??
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:16 AM
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yeah.. Hotchkis drop as of last week
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:23 AM
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so i guess you have OEM shocks right??? BTW i see two tCs....who owns the other?
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:23 AM
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yea i'd do rims next fo sho!
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:30 AM
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Yea, its on oem shocks. I'll worry about that later. The other tC is a fm that belongs to my sister. Bone stock lol
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:34 AM
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0ok.....the reason i ask is b/c it doesnt seem like you have a drop.....simply beacuse you are on oem shocks.....
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:51 AM
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Get a good set of wheels and tires........they change the car from the stock look to the hot look...........go on..........go do it.........
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:57 AM
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if you saw my car now, you'd definately notice the drop. it seems to get lower and lower by the day. Only a week in and waiting for it to fully settle. I can definately see the difference
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I have the full TRD drop on mine....i know what you mean....i have notice that as the days go by....my car gets lower....
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 06:56 AM
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get teins..way better than hotchkis...new rims....get a unique one..not the usual black with chromed lip.. then exhaust get an AGENCY full exhaust damn those are sick..sway bars, struts and camber kit..........
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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hey tampa boy whats up let me know any hook ups im in clearwater plus btw theres a show at tampa bay toyota on march 22nd you should come out
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SW_08
I have the full TRD drop on mine....i know what you mean....i have notice that as the days go by....my car gets lower....
x2 mine def got lower than when i first dropped it


And I think you should get some nice rims next
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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i think it's looking good so far. the drop is substantially noticeable.

i love it.
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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I cant really get to shows cause they are on the weekends and I'm a bartender. I live opposite hours than the normal people. Thanks for the compliments. So if you were me, what kinda rims would you get. I am thinking hyper black 7 spoke or a 5 spoke like enkei evo 5. But I dunno, when I first got my car, I wanted the black with polished lip. Maybe it makes my car tooooo dark. what do ya think
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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go silver to many black on blacks
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Coming along quite nice...especially like the painted grill - I might have to take on that project myself before the rims I'd look into retrofit h.i.d.'s tht would really set it off besides rims
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