after searching through the forum looking at peoples responses to the TRD lowering springs, im kind of skeptical about them now. i live in CT and the roads here are terrible, but the TRD's STILL look too high. i was thinking about going with the TRD shocks as well as the springs, but i have other investments i would like to put my money in so i was just going to go with the springs.

i have heard awesome things about s-techs and how they give like a perfect drop, but i dont want to void my warranty because its a BRAND new 09'. thats why i was thinking of going with TRD's.

someone, help! haha

 

TRD FTW

 

you answered your own question. yeah s-techs look better but its a lot more drop. if you are worried about warranty go with trd, if not try h-techs.

Or wait and same for some trd coilovers and keep your warranty and go lower if you want.

 

x2!! I have them and they are really not that high after they settle. I think it is a great drop. Also the ride quality and handling is great with them.

 

ride quality perfect height for horrible streets and it looks great, with the TRD shocks it drops down even more like .25 i thnk

go with TRD bro. or if anything tein Htechs.

 

i'd rather get the Tein H Techs over the TRD's.

 

i like htechs too though the way the stance is looks good

 

 

I had the same dilemma and finally went with the trds. Yeah, the others give it a nicer drop but i just couldn't stand the thought of driving on those Chicago roads and causing some serious damage.

 

x3!

 

H-Techs are great. if youve never driven lowered its gonna take a bit of time to get used to. but after there no problem. i never scrape. if you like the lowered look.....after a while you're going to notice the wheel gap in the back with H-techs. not a lot but its starting to get to me....im going for coils

 

i love my trds, at first i was disappointed with the drop but when they settled it came out great. my rear looks lower than the front though, dunno if its just me, i might post pics

 

TRDs are great. I had them on my car for a while, they look good and handle well while preserving a decent ride quality. In fact, I've still got them if your interested, feel free to pm me with questions.

 

sry but i LOVE my s-techs!!

 

I went with h techs for the same reason, i scrape occassionally though.

 

I'm on TRD's with 19"s.
Looks perfect, handles perfect.

 

x4

 

well i guess ive made my decision.

TRD

tax refund=
TRD springs
TRD axleback
Mobile HID 5000K/6000K (still thinking about it)
Tints

and I want to paint my stockers black. anyone know anywhere i can get this done in CT for cheap but good quality?

 

TRD is absolutely the way to go.

Note: Mine dropped about 1 inch at first, then it settled out. I would venture to say their "final height" after about 6 months is more like 1.5ish, perhaps as much as 1.75 or 2.

It's PERFECT on 18's. Anything lower would look slammed and ricer-ish, but that's just my opinion.

 

I love my hotchkis springs :] I was freaked out at how much lower it got after 3 months...