ok soo i have s-techs on and my ride is soooooooo horrible i live in NYC i feel every bump evrything i feel like my car is falling apart i bought the car brand new i have had it for over 2 years......everyone i have read so far has no complaints about their stechs but from my experience my ride is uncomfortable should i consider trds or what?? am i the only one with this issue is there anyone out there with this problem??

 

i have no problem with my stechs. i do feel bumps and rattling but thats from scions ____ty build with creeks and stuff. also my struts are most likely blown.

nyc here aswell

 

bro it's not the car it's the nyc roads.....trust me i live in jersey and i drive to ny....it takes it toll....but when you're on smooth road it rides great

 

lol yeah i guess is NY streets and scions crummy assembly when i drive my mothers rav4 i feel like im on a cloud when im on the TC i feel like im falling off a cliff

 

eh, I have trd springs with trd shocks. I think that's already pretty stiff, but then again I live in WI where the roads are horrible too. Every time I drive my dad's Lexus LS and go back to my tC, I feel every bump on my tC.

 

hahaha same thing when i drive the rav4 in the city...it's like flying...

 

S-techs have different spring rates making them stiffer, plus having them on stock struts that are not designed for it will make for a stiffer ride. Add in horrible roads and you have a very crappy ride.

 

hahaha right on point mr. spicy

 

its the roads not the springs,yea the more you drop the car the more bumps you feel...i know a few that have stechs and rides very nice,but when you have crappy roads,yup gonna ride crappy,

 

good i was beginning to worry damn maybe its my car so if i were to add lets say some trd struts would it make any difference

 

i have toicko shocks and it's a differences from stock....

 

Try upgrading your shocks cause that I know will make a big difference as well. Stock shocks on our cars are a POS.

 

get new shocks

 

oh wow for real well as far as the stock shocks being a POS lol has came to my attention now lol but do u think lets say TRD shocks for example would it make it stiffer or would it slightly relieve that feeling of the car falling apart on your head

 

My current suspension setup is TRD shocks with Tein H-Techs. The ride is so much smoother, more responsive and less bouncy than stock but the H-Techs themselves have a softer spring rate than S-Techs. No doubt your car will feel better but with springs as low as your S-techs and being the spring rate that those are setup to be your going to be sacrificing some ride comfort looks. Other than that you should be upgrading your shocks anyways. It'll make a difference. Trust me.

 

thanx bro im definitely gonna consider that ill prob change the stechs to htechs but definitely different shocks

 

I actually want to change my springs out to S-Techs or Progress springs later on but I don't have time to do that since I ship off in less than a month.