Hello everyone! Fairly new to the Scion family and have been lurking around the site for sometime now. I have become familiar with the search function, but man is there a lot of stuff to go through. So heres where I need the help. I have 18's on my box and Im looking for that nice lowered look, but I would really like to know how the different springs ride before I go out and buy a set of Tanabe's or Tein's. Im really looking for honest opinions here. I have two children and a wife that will be cruising around with me so which of the springs out there offers a decent drop but retains a good ride. I know I could go to coil overs but Im on a budget and coiloers dont fit in that budget right now. So any feed back would really be great.

Thanks everyone
Shawn

 

Well, being as I have a Wife and Daughter myself that ride in my car sometimes, I like the ride quality of my Tanabe's. The stance is the lowest without going to coilovers. The ride is maybe a little more bouncy but not as bad as the stocks. It sits perfectly IMO, but could be a little lower. Tein's would be my second choice for stance and quality if I didn't get the Tanabe's. I am riding on stocks though, but my friend has 18's with Tanabe's on his and the ride quality is VERY similar to mine. Hope this helps.

 

Talk to Jeff at partshippers.com about the Progress Techs.

 

thanks.

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if you can swing it...this is a great setup. ride comfort with a heck of an improvement in performance. btw..this is coming from someone thats 38years old, married with a 5 year old little boy. I know what you mean.

jeff

 

Thanks for the input guys, I too have a 5 year old and a 20 month so ride is very important for us. But the wheel gap is unbarable at this time. So any and all input is good.

Thanks again

 

mine with 18"

 

Thats a sweet ride! I love the stance too!

 

Want to thank all that lent there opinions here. I went ahead and bought the springs from LIP! Thanks again Jeff.

 

Good choice!

 

Ill post pics as soon as I can!

 

Well I ordered my springs from Lip late Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning the get dropped off by the man in brown. Friday by 12 there in my ride. I drove around for 100 miles yeesterday and all I can say is DAMN! The ride with these springs is so much better than stock and the look is incredible. Ill post pics a bit later this weekend. But a huge THANK YOU to the guys at Partshipper.com! You cant ask for better service or a better product.

Thanks again
Shawn

 

your very welcome Shawn....enjoy

 

Here are the pics! It has alredy settled about 1/2" Im really hoping it will settle another 1/2". Any idea how long that might take????

 

Springs have been installed now for 2 weeks, Ride is way better than stock!!! Springs have now settled to a full 2" drop. Thanks again Lip!!!

 

your very welcome. i'm riding on exactly what your riding on.

 

Hey Sesh, how's your camber with a 2" drop? I will be lowering mine tonight and was wondering if I will need to get an alignment.

 

I didnt do an alignment to be honest. I really dont think it needs to be done. The car had only 1000 miles on it when I did the springs. Still drives straight! If you think about the way a McPherson strut works, the suspension is always going up and down, all I did was make it go down. I would think if there had been heavy use or suspension mods done then the alignment would have been needed. Good luck with your install, its very easy and took me about 30 minutes or so!

 

Thanks for the info. I'm really looking forward to installing my springs tonight.