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Old May 13, 2004 | 10:46 AM
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Thats what I'm about to do and I'm nervous that it will look ____ty and I wont get 17s or 18's for a month or so.
How much will the TRD stuff change the way it rides?
Old May 13, 2004 | 02:50 PM
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I did a 2" drop with goldline springs back in January and I'm still on the stock steelies. For me, the drop was the cheapest mod with the highest impact. The way I see it when I can afford new shoes I can have them set next to the car and get a pretty good visual of how they'll look. The ride is about the same as stock, some say smoother. Just do it!!!
Old May 13, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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will i get rub with 18' dub trump spinners with goldline drop?
Old May 13, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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will i get rub with 18' dub trump spinners with goldline drop?

Depends on rim and tire width
Old May 13, 2004 | 03:32 PM
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they would be 7.5 wide and i can buy any tires? what would be good?
Old May 13, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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I dropped my car the first day I brought it home on the steelies. I got my wheels 3 days later. No problems here.
Old May 13, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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I'm dropping the wife's 1" with no wheels for a while. both the xA and xB need at least a 1" just to look stock
Old May 14, 2004 | 11:21 AM
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i dropped my xA on tanabe's before I got my rims ... I was completely satisfied even w/o the rims cuz the car just looks right. Ya know what I mean??
Old May 17, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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I've been running on the goldlines and stock wheels for a couple month's now. It's as good a place to start as any.

I'd recommend doing it in steps so you can feel the difference of each mod...
Old May 17, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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I dropped my box on tanabe's 2 months ago... still rolling on the stock alloys ... gotta get my wheels .. I'm sick of the swirlies
Old May 17, 2004 | 06:46 PM
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did somebody say lowering, Gabe, it is shameless plug time. Think Scion Specialist or
www.precisionmuffler.com, Now that is shameless. BIll
Old May 17, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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bought the xB last week of Jan. dropped it by April, and said thats it! just wait until i fully used the stock wheels & tires.
i ordered wheels last week and scheduled to receive tomorrow. will buy tires afterwards and that would be it!!! or would it?
Old May 17, 2004 | 08:35 PM
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I ordered rims first cuz I new they were not coming in for 2-3 months I bought springs 2 months later. All of it arrived together on time.
Old May 17, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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I'm going to get my rims first. I got such a deal I couldn't turn it down, and, I have no frigging idea which springs I want yet. So, when I post pics of my rims I don't wanna hear, "Where's the flood?", and "Cool 4x4."
Old May 17, 2004 | 10:43 PM
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my springs were here before the car was. i had the springs on the third day i had the car and the rims in the next 2 days
Old May 18, 2004 | 03:21 AM
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Bought and Dubbed with 7 miles on the box!!

Yeas, that's right, had 7 miles and dubbed with TIS 20"s !
Within a week dropped it 2"s with Eibach's. Big Tiime Rubbing. Changed springs to TRD 1" drops and it's smooth operator and doing just fine. (Don't just drop it - Dub it!)
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