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Old Apr 25, 2011 | 12:07 AM
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i been debating on dropping my car .. im defantly gonna do s-techs that a nice aggresive drop it gave you .. but does it mess up warranty?
Old Apr 25, 2011 | 01:21 AM
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Nope.
Old Jun 9, 2011 | 01:17 AM
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Nope.
I told the sales team right off the bat (When I bought the car), I was going to mod the crap out of it. He said as long as the aftermarket part doesn't cause damage to the car, then you're all good.
Old Jun 9, 2011 | 01:21 AM
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Looks nice. Are you going to make the wheels more flush now.
Old Jun 14, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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Is there any rubbing with the s tech's with stock rims and tires?
Old Jun 15, 2011 | 04:10 AM
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i have no issues at all with this drop. drives great, no rubbing. once i tear up these tires im going with some 19's and wider rims to make it flush
Old Jun 15, 2011 | 06:18 AM
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Anyone here having noise after installing their Stech ?
Old Jun 15, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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Go into your dealer now and have them make sure your struts are cocked correctly. Did mine wrong, along with a lot of people here, and you have to replace your strut towers if installed wrong and driven on too much
Old Jun 16, 2011 | 12:09 AM
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cocked as in greased?
Old Jun 16, 2011 | 01:48 AM
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More info on the noise and problem on the first page
Old Jun 16, 2011 | 03:11 PM
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How long did it take yours' to make noise goose119? I have about 100 miles on them since I put mine on, no noise yet. i know I made the same mistake a lot of people have. I just put the new springs in the marks that the old springs made on the rubber silencers. THEN I read the TRD instructions the next day. I got so caught up in worrying about the blue dots and not the actual clocking of the springs. I made sure nothing moved on the struts and I put the springs in exactly how the factory had them. So I may be ok, might not. I know my passenger side strut spring is within 30 degrees of the wheel. Not sure about driver side. The back, we just threw them in. I know I need to reposition the rears.
Point is everyone who does not already know spring clocking, needs to read the trd instructions regardless of the brand you purchase.
Old Jun 16, 2011 | 05:01 PM
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I don't know how many miles, but it was about a week when I noticed it
Old Jun 19, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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That is a nice drop height! Thanks for making my decision easier.
Old Jun 23, 2011 | 03:33 PM
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What gives you more of a drop the tein s techs or the eibach sportline ?
Old Jun 23, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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The numbers I have are:

Eibach Sportline 1.7F/2.3R
Tein S-Techs 1.5F/1.8R
Old Jun 23, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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But it says 1.3 an 1.5 for eibach on there website
Old Jun 23, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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Default 2011 Scion Tc Eibach Sportline 1.3 Front 1.7 Rear

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalreaper/5864346426/
Old Jun 23, 2011 | 09:11 PM
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Yeah,I guess it depends what web site you look at.
Old Jun 30, 2011 | 05:17 AM
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So for those of us planning on doing the install, what precautions can we take to be sure that we don't reinstall everything crooked? Because it looks amazing, but the fear of doing that to a brand new car is a little scary.
Old Jun 30, 2011 | 05:21 AM
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from what others are saying, look up trd lowering spring installation instructions and read carefully and do exactly what it says



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