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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 08:21 PM
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JUST DROPPED MY 06 XB AND NOTICED AFTER A WEEK THAT THE FRONT is way higher thasn the rear....noticed too wen drivinng home at night all these people highlighting me wen driving....as i sed the rear is like an inch lower than the front? please anyone help on any thing wrong?
Old Apr 7, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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What springs do you have?? Your profile says Tein 3", which don't exist to my knowledge.

Is the car itself higher, or do your headlights need to be aligned?

Pics would help immensely.
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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it saays tien on the springs....its 2.5 " drop front and rear....the front is like inch and a half higher in the front and the back is tuckin real good how i like it!
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They're green? S.Tech?
Can you get a picture of them?
Springs need to settle in, but it shouldn't be that dramatic...
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 02:24 AM
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did you get legit TEIN's ? tell us more about where you purchased your set of S.Techs, and that might give us a clue as to what is going on...
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 02:32 AM
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^ Yup. There's not a lot of info here...

especially if the springs say tien instead of tein. That could be bad.
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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Tein actually drops more in front then in back--something strange here
https://www.scionlife.com/parts/?sub=13
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 07:10 AM
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LOTS of fakes out there...
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 08:23 AM
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check the tein website to see if yours look fake, that could be it, or... do you have a heavy audio setup back there?
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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MAybe put the back on the front and fronts in the back since you say the front is usually lower than rear.
Old Apr 8, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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The way the Teins are designed, it'd be really, really obvious during the install if the rears went up front.

I'm thinking if the springs were advertised as Tein 2.5" drop, they're fake. I know the Stech settle to 2ish, but they're sold as 1.7"
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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theres no way to put the front springs in the rear of the vehicle.
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 06:34 AM
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You would be surprised at some of the stuff i have seen done that i thought could never happen.
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Yeah but they are prob knockoffs, sorry to say you got ripped.
Old Apr 9, 2007 | 03:03 PM
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i read your parts profile, and you say you have 3" TEIN SPORT DROP springs ... if that's what it said when you bought your springs, that means you got fakes because TEIN doesnt make 3" drops on springs for the xB. that is the reason why your ride is messed up. Get that fixed son. buy legit TEIN's.
For the xB, the springs that are available from TEIN are H.Tech and S.Tech - drops of about 1.1" and 1.8" respectively.
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http://www.tein.com/counterfeit/warning.html
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well these springs look legit cause there printed on not stickers n the only thing was tyey came in a regular box not a tein labled box....but the fron did settle so the onl;y difference is that the back is jus 1/2 inch lower than the front oh wells my fault!
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Buy some Toyota Echo struts it will drop the front a 1/2" then you will be level.
Old May 15, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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so with the echo front struts they'd drop down a 1/2"? do they bolt on direct? what year toyota echo?
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any year echo and yes the are direct bolt in



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