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Old 11-28-2006, 06:48 PM
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Installed yesterday. The dealer said toyota wasn't making the TRD springs we payed for.... ... So they bought and installed some Eibachs. They said they were the sportline, I hope they are wrong and they are the prokit. Judging by the pictures I think that this may be the case cause the sportline is suppose to be pretty low, which this is not.


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yeah sportlines are much lower than the TRD's. The pro kit would have been more along the lines of the TRD. Eibach is a good company though, and their springs are much more expensive than the TRD's. If you like it being a bit lower, then I say you made out with the Eibach's.
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Old 11-28-2006, 06:57 PM
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I was saying that it doesn't seem real low, at least not as low as the sportlines are suppose to lower it. I thought maybe they put the prokit on there. Maybe some Eibach pros can tell the difference...
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oh, read that wrong. yeah then you have the prokit which is pretty much the same as TRD. Supposedly TRD and Eibach are the same...
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Eibach makes the TRD springs from what I have heard.
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Old 11-28-2006, 09:13 PM
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^I read that too. Wouldn't surprise me at all if TRD and Eibach ProKit were the same springs, just different colors. I believe the specified drop is the same for both too, and yes, the SportLines are more of a drop than ProKit & TRD.
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Give them about a week and they will 'settle' a little more. That's what my TRD Springs did.
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Old 11-29-2006, 02:17 AM
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Apparently the dealer installed the TRD shocks too... makes sense, I was wondering how they were going to warranty the oem shocks..
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Old 11-29-2006, 02:20 AM
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just get sum 19 inch rims and the car will look alot lower....lol
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Nice lookin tc you got there. which dealership did you buy at?
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Old 11-29-2006, 04:46 PM
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Toyota/Scion of Seattle... my brother in law works there..
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uh... did you have to pay for the shocks or do you just get the hook up from your bro
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Old 11-29-2006, 09:44 PM
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A little of both.. haha
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thats what i thought... trd shocks are mucho expensive
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*bump* i want settled pics plz!
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:36 AM
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Its a little dark out, but I'll go see if I can snap a few.
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Old 12-20-2006, 01:46 AM
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Yeah the pictures didnt turn out well at all, I'll take some as soon as i can.
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Awesome thanks man! Ill be looking forward to them!
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Donny have you still not picked some springs yet?
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Lol nope...I have the cash, but I dunno something always comes up just b4 im about to buy some lol ended up tinting tails and building box instead....I do want to drop tho.
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