Thanks Andrew, my first impression is I need to clean my undercarriage, it's filthy! LOL!

As far as the springs and struts/shocks go, first impression was not too favorable on a short drive, seemed harsh and bouncy, like a super ball, jittery, like an un dampened spring. On a hunch I checked the tire pressure, both front tires had eight more pounds pressure in them than the back! Of course, I had been driving on them so the pressure would be off from a cold reading, so I just matched the front to the back. Just got back from a second test drive, much better! Once the tires cool down I'll put the standard 33psi in them, see how it works then. I'm sure you are wondering how I could be so dumb as to have over inflated tires, that would be the folks at Tires Plus, my bad for not checking after the fact, but, you would think they would know how to read a door sticker for tire pressure! They had sold me the tires this past November, my Mom had passed away, and her home was 550 miles away for me, over 1,000 miles round trip. And yes, the tire pressure was correct then. A few weeks ago I was planning a return trip to handle her estate and I was getting some vibration, nothing I would want to put up with for a thousand miles, so I wanted them to look at it. Tires Plus had checked it before, the balance was fine, or so they claimed. This time, just like the last, balance was good, but they did some other work this time, "flipping" the tires, what ever that is, and checking for any out of round conditions, they found nothing other than a leaky shock. Of course, the wanted to replace all four corners for "only" a little over $1,000! Right! My guess is they over inflated they tires while they were working on them, and I just didn't think to follow behind and check. And, as I'm sure you can guess, they won't see me again!

Once I have the tires at the correct pressure I'll be better able to give an honest opinion on the ride and handling. As for the pics, gotta figure that out, been looking on the site, no instructions on how to put them in the post, but, I'll figure it out.

T.

 

Make sure you get the front end aligned, or your tires will be chewed up in a couple of months. Depending on how much you drive.

 

It's on my to do list Cuball, I don't drive all that much, but I can never tell when I have to take a trip. Gotta find a good shop first, I could take it to the Toyota dealership, for sure not gonna take it to some tire place!

T.