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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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Default Tein S-Tech Fitment!

I have decided to go with the Tein S-Tech Lowering Springs for my Scion tC. I have searched and found some 07 S-Techs with 2.4 Front Drop and 2.0 Rear Drop for 150. Also I found some 05+ S-Techs with 1.7 Front 1.2 Rear for 125 ... which will look best!
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:07 PM
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I can help you put them on... I installed them on my tC (I'm in Tuscaloosa at UA but my house is in Birmingham)
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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Guess I should've said this, too...

I looked around any most shops wanted to charge what I thought was way too much for a job that, in retrospect, really wasn'y as bad as most people said.

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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:27 PM
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Where at in Bham are you --- im off 280
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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I just just outside Greystone Legacy... sounds like you might not live too far from me... I can come home any weekend.
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:53 PM
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What is your name and did you attend Spain Park High School? I graduated from there in 05
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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Nah, I went to Oak Mountain and I graduated in '06... name's Aaron.
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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hop on aim -- i added you -- my sn is xnewt0nx -- and im Ryan
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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I'll hop on after the Super Bowl if that's ok... I'm at a friend's room watching the game and he doesn't have AIM on the laptop I'm using.
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:05 AM
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dude thats perfectly fine -- i dont watch football except alabama (when im not working)
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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Good, your loyalties lie in the right place... unlike some people in a certain car club I'm in.

Roll Tide!
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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Yep -- well back onto the subject -- should i get the 2.2/2.0 drop or the 1.7/1.2 drop -- i have no ground fx or kit on the car nor do i want one! also i want it to look low but not low-rider low

Oh and i just purchased an HKS Hi Power Exhaust
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:27 AM
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... the s-techs are all the same...

are you confusing them with the h-techs that provide the shorter drop?
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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this is possible i guess the s techs do give the 2.2/2.0 drop right?
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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Correct, the H techs are the mid 1" drops
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:40 AM
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S-Tech with 1.7/1.2 Drop
http://www.theperformancedriver.com/...0&cat=0&page=1

S-Tech with 2.4/2.0 Drop
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TEIN-...QQcmdZViewItem
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:45 AM
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.. yeah.. that website doesn't know anything..

why don't you get your resources from a much more reputable website...

say like.... TEIN's???
http://www.tein.com/ti/l52.html
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:53 AM
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I was wondering when i read the first post. " I was like s-tech have never been 1" anything WTF."

But if you really want to know how both look right now, do a search for both. There's even a "show me your drop thread". If you don't mind the wait then I'm sure people will post up pics, now just isn't the optimum time. SUPER BOWL!!!! <----History is here!!!!

Oh and yeas Bama was good, but these days you guys just aren't rolling like you used to. I was going to ask you if you went to Hoover High, but then I read the SP part.
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:57 AM
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acutally.. who knows.. those FAKE s-techs out there.... hmm.. lol.

but i think it drops closer to like 3" after the sagging....
Old Feb 5, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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Probably in Korea and Hong Kong. LOL
You can get anything fake and real there. well most anything.

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