At the unveiling I got to poke my head under the rear of the car and I am excited/disappointed.

I noticed they fixed the horrible control arm like the 1st gens have, so when you lower it you don't have to fix toe...then camber. But I have mixed feelings about the rear being a shock & spring combo instead of a strut.

anyone else have mixed feelings on this?

 

SHOCK N SPRING COMBO FTL!!!!!

 

All I know is the cup that the stock spring sits in is deep. I wonder how much of a PITA it's gonna be to pull those.

 

^I'm sure I will find out soon I wanna tear one apart so bad

 

^2. I think I might sell my 1st gen and pick one of these new ones up and tear it apart lol

 

A little birdie told me that Tien already has drop springs available...

 

as soon as one hits texas someone will total one and ill go pick it apart

 

your lucky because it is so true over in texas they do crash them so much i dont understand why but they do.

 

Does this little birdy have a part number, pics and pricing?

PM me if you do.

 

^Is the birdy twitter? Get it? Tweet! lol

 

yeah i now where there is about 15 wrecked right now, its almost sad

 

Here in miami i have found a few but parts fly, Would be pretty awesome if we could just pull out the 2011 motor and trans and fit like a glove in the first gen tC

 

dont bet on it

 

i like the new rear suspension design, install will be easier and from what i hear the rear will be able to go lower and still ride good

 

the rear design is almost identical to a rear suspension setup on mercedes (at least the older ones, i know that for sure). its modified mcphearson. and the mercedes that had that setup that i rode in handled like a monster... not to mention it was a hell of a lot easier to get the springs off... especially since u dont need to remove the struts to do it. my friend swapped the springs in his merc in 30 MINUTES!!!

 

McPherson isn't great for handling/track situations. Double wishbone FTW, you can actually gain camber while cornering. If the 1st gen tC didn't have McPherson in the front we could drop the car lower and not have camber issues at the track.

 

Here's a phone pic I took today, this dealer has one up on the rack in their lot:



It looks very interesting and like some one said before, way easier to work on.

 

looks like 3 bolts and the springs are out, 4 and the springs and struts are out

 

Here's a higher ress. one:



Just click on the picture and should take you to a bigger one.