Okay, I do not have a Scion yet, but I wonder; in an ideal situation would you go TRD for all of your mods, or would you shop for other accessories? Regardless of warranty, TRD or your preference of mods?

 

IMO, trd is simply a shoddy (at best) attempt made by toyota to provide 'aftermarket' parts for their vehicles... while i do not necessarily feel the quality of their parts is sub-par, they are notoriously high priced, and are very limited at what they provide... for the average car enthusiast, trd may be fine... (lowering springs, an exhaust canister, etc...etc...) but for anyone serious about increasing performance, trd is usually not even an option.

 

TRD is the only serious line of parts for the tC that will not get a second glance from the service department if you go in for warranty service. Also, their parts are well engineered (in many cases, over-engineered) and are virtually guaranteed to fit and work as advertised. I don't think TRD is always the best choice, but I don't consider their prices out of line versus other parts manufacturers, plus I know I'm getting a quality product.

 

I don't care for TRD at all. I believe their parts to be a little conservative. For example, their short throw shifter doesn't decrease the throws nearly as much as my Perrin shifter does and their springs don't lower the car as much as I'd prefer. I can get the same mods cheaper with better results if I buy elsewhere.

 

I agree, and I feel some people discount TRD too quickly, many not even realizing that they offer 3 level of performance parts, much like Nismo. Their stage 1, sport level, parts, the only level even available for the tC at the moment, is just that, sport tuned parts. Parts made for an increase in performance but while still maintaining near stock drivability and longevity (w/ performance being sacrificed when needed to ensure drivability). That’s why they offer an extensive warranty on said parts, but not on their upper level parts (much like Nismo). If someone were to go with all Level 1TRD parts; struts, springs, sway bars, rims/tires, short shifter, brake pads, clutch, and supercharger, they would have pretty well balanced vehicle. Would that setup (minus the supercharger) be suitable for a 300+whp turbocharged engine? I would say definitely not, many of those mods just are not aggressive enough for that type of power. But, they aren’t meant to be either.

 

Thank you for your comments.

 

Several things I like about TRD were already mentioned: no second glances/odd looks when taking the car in for warranty work
engineered for longevity

 

Since TRD and toyota are concerned with giving quality parts that can still be used on an every day car (carb EO/street Legal) You can trust that every product you get Won't get you in trouble in any way. Unlike most companies out there at the moment. No one is producing any kind of after market bolt ons (with the exception of exhaust) that are Carb EO numbered and 50 state street legal. That being said. TRD is the ONLY company that will produce a street legal 200+ whp tC at this point in time. I

Edit: I realize the only official numbers for the trd supercharger is 200 BHP, but thats not intercooled etc.

 

"Edit: I realize the only official numbers for the trd supercharger is 200 BHP, but thats not intercooled etc."

Intercooled isn't TRD. Still street legal w/ aftermarket Intercooler though, but not TRD.

 

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Your post just baffled me. Why would you say "Intercooled isn't TRD."? Never said intercooling had anything to do with trd. What I ment (I guess i didn't make it clear) was the TRD supercharger ups the tC to 200 bhp, I was saying with adding an intercooler, along with some other mods you can get the tC to 200 whp with the TRD supercharger.

 

It took me months to finally get over the fact that I am putting TuRD components on my car.

TRD looks like TuRD to me

why not TDR? RDT? WHY???? WHY?!?!??!

 

There are no official numbers, or even an official release date of the SC Fall is about all we know

 

Good point. I hope they have it available when I purchase mine in August.

 

Because fecal matter is hot!

 

I know the official numbers havent' been released or a date for that matter. But the only thing we have heard from Toyota was 200 bhp. You people know this.. quit bustin my chops.

 

i think if u have the whole trd setup your car would be balanced out all around. I mean if you look at each part individually they don't compare well against their competitors.

 

The poster is asking for TRD only vs. aftermarket. I was making it clear that TRD doesn't offer an intercooler. Sorry I baffled you, I wasn't trying too, and I thought I kept it simple.. I'll keep you in mind when I post here.

 

And where did you "hear" toyota say this?

 

This is one of the very first press releases from Toyota, made oh so long ago.

http://pressroom.toyota.com/photo_li...id=2005scionTc

They really have been saying 200hp since day 1.

 

Doesnt say whp or bhp.. but most likely bhp.. if so I stand corrected... and very dissapointed. If they are pushing 6 PSI (which was the guestimates I heard through scion people) then it would work out to roughly 200 WHP, which would not be bad... if they are getting 200BHP from 6PSI, then they really screwed it up! Over $3000 for 40 WHP is not something many people will go for IMO.

But.. I will wait til it is on the shelves before I judge it either way..