droppin' - need spring advice
#1
droppin' - need spring advice
I am looking to drop 1-2" on 2nd gen xB, but unsure which spring set would be best for me.
I want to keep a near stock ride, that's my #1 goal. The TRD springs look interesting - how do they ride?
I'm also looking to get some information from THE MANUAL, most likely the suspension and possibly the brakes sections. I don't think I have the complete service manual on CD, but knowing which sections are needed to swap springs would be helpful.
thanks
I want to keep a near stock ride, that's my #1 goal. The TRD springs look interesting - how do they ride?
I'm also looking to get some information from THE MANUAL, most likely the suspension and possibly the brakes sections. I don't think I have the complete service manual on CD, but knowing which sections are needed to swap springs would be helpful.
thanks
#3
My wife has Tein S-Techs. Good drop, decent ride.
As far as the manuals go, I can't help ya. I do know the rear is a breeze; the front is a little more work. There should be several write ups on the process here on scionlife.
As far as the manuals go, I can't help ya. I do know the rear is a breeze; the front is a little more work. There should be several write ups on the process here on scionlife.
#4
MORE?
There's got to be more people out there with lowering springs. Is there a 'short list' of preferred vendors? Again, I am looking to drop without changing the ride characteristics of something along the stock.
thanks,
Mark
thanks,
Mark
#5
NF210 Springs
-mark
#9
Nope. Rear of the car is a 'torsion beam' type of axle. No real way of adjusting it. There are the EZ Shims that work decently well, but you'll have to shim the brake caliper as well.
#10
Camber in the rear won't change enough to matter; it's toe that becomes the problem. You'll likely have to shim the rear hub 1/64" (put them behind the hub on the front most two bolts on each side) to keep the toe within reason. With that little shim adjustment, you should be fine without shimming the calipers.
The front can be aligned to spec with any of the popular spring sets without modification.
Regarding brakes, you don't have to remove any of the brakes to do the spring installation, though I'm always a fan on swapping in the front TC2 brakes and calipers while you have everything disassembled (larger and thicker rotors, bigger calipers, bigger pads).
The front can be aligned to spec with any of the popular spring sets without modification.
Regarding brakes, you don't have to remove any of the brakes to do the spring installation, though I'm always a fan on swapping in the front TC2 brakes and calipers while you have everything disassembled (larger and thicker rotors, bigger calipers, bigger pads).
#12
camber adjustment
Camber in the rear won't change enough to matter; it's toe that becomes the problem. You'll likely have to shim the rear hub 1/64" (put them behind the hub on the front most two bolts on each side) to keep the toe within reason. With that little shim adjustment, you should be fine without shimming the calipers.
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Looked more into the shims. They give a general idea of what a single shim will do to camber if added. I saw shims sold by the piece part, and some sold as a "kit".
Is it that easy to determine how many shims you need? I mean once you get your initial alignment, you look at the rear camber and compute the number of additional shims which will be needed, to bring back to factory? If it involves both camber and toe, I'm guessing that the number of shims required is somewhat a guessing game? This is for approximately a 1.2"/1.7" F/R drop (or close), gen 2. Tires/wheels 16", fwiw.
thanks
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