Finally lowered my Yaris

[Kaotic Lazagna]

thanks to El Jefe for all the help.

i was too excited and forgot to take before pics. but here's an old pics for a before, and an after pic at almost same angle and same location.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

some more pics...

TRD Sportivo shocks
Tein S.Tech springs
Tanabe Sustec strut bar

my car has all the colors of the rainbow. lol...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

comparison of the springs...

[brickhardmeat]

So how do you like the feel of your new suspension?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

more pics...

[El Jefe]

no prob, i think im gonna order up some teins now that i got the wheels. thanks for the food it was bomb

[Kaotic Lazagna]

So how do you like the feel of your new suspension?

surprisingly, i want it to be more stiffer. i really notice the difference in the corners though. seems more flat/planted, no more body roll. we still have to get the rear shocks in though. probably within the next 2 weeks.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

no prob, i think im gonna order up some teins now that i got the wheels. thanks for the food it was bomb

the Basics? oh no problem, glad you liked the food.

[brickhardmeat]

You got the front lower tie in and the rear sway?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

You got the front lower tie in and the rear sway?

nope, no cash for those yet. i want that 4-point lower tie bar, and the TRD rear sway bar....i need more money! :frown:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

no prob, i think im gonna order up some teins now that i got the wheels. thanks for the food it was bomb

i thought your rims were bronze in your myspace pic. lol...just noticed they're black.

[brickhardmeat]

nope, no cash for those yet. i want that 4-point lower tie bar, and the TRD rear sway bar....i need more money! :frown:

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
me too

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hahaha. what do you have so far?

[brickhardmeat]

I am riding on shitbrand springs with a 1.9 inch drop front and rear on stock wheels and tires. DF in the closet and I want to buy tie bar, strut bar, sway and shocks before I install them. I just want to do it right all together. Probably take me a couple or a few months to get it all together. Friday I am ordering my Rota JMAG wheels and hopefully enough left to swing for tires.:smile:

[Blenjar]

nice!!!
Now take them off and fedex it to me so I can install it on my car!

-- Blen

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I am riding on shitbrand springs with a 1.9 inch drop front and rear on stock wheels and tires. DF in the closet and I want to buy tie bar, strut bar, sway and shocks before I install them. I just want to do it right all together. Probably take me a couple or a few months to get it all together. Friday I am ordering my Rota JMAG wheels and hopefully enough left to swing for tires.:smile:

hahaha, Megan, Zenn, or some other eBay brand springs? do you know what brand of shocks, sway/strut/tie bar you're going for? i forget, what is the JMAG's copying? they're nice. what size?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

nice!!!
Now take them off and fedex it to me so I can install it on my car!

-- Blen

hahaha. 800 for everything, that's a great deal! :laugh: j/k. but yeah, i spent 520 on the springs and shocks. not bad at all. but i think i told you that before on myspace. heh.

[brickhardmeat]

hahaha, Megan, Zenn, or some other eBay brand springs? do you know what brand of shocks, sway/strut/tie bar you're going for? i forget, what is the JMAG's copying? they're nice. what size?


Dunno but I like the JMAG looks good. Oh, lets just say shitbrand (relabled Tenzo). Just a temporary set up, I can say I gave them a try and honestly they aren't bad but I would compare it to using dollar store detergant over good ole' Tide. Price difference wasn't shit anyway ended up being within 15 dollars of the Tanabe.

Probably the TRD Shocks because I'm not patient and that's what there is. TRD sway for the same reason. Cusco lower tie and Tanabe upper strut bar in front. You know there really isn't many choices except in the spring dept.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

if you're willing to spend close to 600 bucks, i posted adj. shocks by Tokico. doesn't Tanabe or another company make lower tie bars? yeah, not much out...yet.

when you say relabled, you mean fake? never really heard to Tenzo before.

[brickhardmeat]

Tenzo is just crappy springs. Really these aren't fakes they are genuine shitbrand made in Argentina.

Yes Tanabe does the lower for a little price difference and in red. Don't care to spend that amount of money on shocks. I'll go with the TRD.

[eTiMaGo]

looks much better lowered, man.. That should really be the stock ride height, I think Toyota has some kind of back room deal with the major springs manufacturers. "We'll make our suspensions extra high, and we get 20% on all lowering kits you sell" :biggrin:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

looks much better lowered, man.. That should really be the stock ride height, I think Toyota has some kind of back room deal with the major springs manufacturers. "We'll make our suspensions extra high, and we get 20% on all lowering kits you sell" :biggrin:

lol...seriously. i first noticed the high ride height on Toyota with the Corolla's.

[Sabina74]

you need new wheels now!!!!
are the springs by TRD?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

you need new wheels now!!!!
are the springs by TRD?

i wish i had more money for rims and tires, but my next mod will, and have to be tint.

the springs are made by Tein. i didn't want the TRD springs because they are progressive and don't offer the drop i want. i got the S.Tech's because it has a stiffer rear spring set up than the other companies, but are more expensive than them as well.

[Sabina74]

i wish i had more money for rims and tires, but my next mod will, and have to be tint.

the springs are made by Tein. i didn't want the TRD springs because they are progressive and don't offer the drop i want. i got the S.Tech's because it has a stiffer rear spring set up than the other companies, but are more expensive than them as well.

how many centimetres (or inches,...) did you lower the car?

[Blenjar]

comparison of the springs...

is that red yaris?

how long did it take u to do it all?
take parts off
put stuff up

-- Blen

[Kaotic Lazagna]

how many centimetres (or inches,...) did you lower the car?

Tein says that the springs will lower the LB 1.9 inches. it should be a little more with the sedan. i forgot to take before and after pics, so can't say exactly what.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

is that red yaris?

how long did it take u to do it all?
take parts off
put stuff up

-- Blen

heh, guess whose red Yaris that is.

took about 4 hours (getting to ^ house [easy to figure out who that is]; having to go to Home Depot for some bolts, washers, and nuts; taking out old parts; installing new; tinkering around with the rear half, trying to figure out how to gain access to the rear shocks; putting everything back on/stuff away; getting lost a little bit on my way back home; and reaching home) :tongue:
all-in-all, shouldn't take that long to do. i say 2 hours tops???

[Sabina74]

Tein says that the springs will lower the LB 1.9 inches. it should be a little more with the sedan. i forgot to take before and after pics, so can't say exactly what.


1.9??? mine is 1.2 and i thought it was too much...!!!

[Kaotic Lazagna]

1.9??? mine is 1.2 and i thought it was too much...!!!

heh, i think it's just right. :biggrin:

[Sabina74]

heh, i think it's just right. :biggrin:

i'd like to have a lowerest car but with 1.2 " lower the wheel rustles with mudguard...maybe it's because of the spacers....!:confused:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

i'd like to have a lowerest car but with 1.2 " lower the wheel rustles with mudguard...maybe it's because of the spacers....!:confused:

i've done full lock, and my tires don't rub at all. i even had my parents, my brother, and a wheelchair in my Yaris, still no rubbing. but then again, my Yaris didn't come with the factory mudguards (never liked those things).

[Blenjar]

okay im deff taking the TRD springs...
I'll get the 1.5...
Is this guy trustful kaotic?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/YARIS-HATCHBACK-VITZ-TRD-SPORTIVO-SPRING-SET-06-07-JDM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33582QQihZ009QQitem Z190086339843QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V
Get on aim!!

-- Blen

[Kaotic Lazagna]

okay im deff taking the TRD springs...
I'll get the 1.5...
Is this guy trustful kaotic?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/YARIS-HATCHBACK-VITZ-TRD-SPORTIVO-SPRING-SET-06-07-JDM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33582QQihZ009QQitem Z190086339843QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V
Get on aim!!

-- Blen

sorry Blen, i'm in class right now. but yeah, that guy has 100% feedback, although i would only buy from power sellers. your call.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

hey Blen, try eBay Express. that's where i bought my strut bar, but i don't think that guy was a Power Seller. also try looking in amazon.com

[Sabina74]

i've done full lock, and my tires don't rub at all. i even had my parents, my brother, and a wheelchair in my Yaris, still no rubbing. but then again, my Yaris didn't come with the factory mudguards (never liked those things).

and which mudguards your Yaris have???

[weaponrcamry]

Man, at first I didn't like the sedan. But looking at it, it looks pretty cool. :respekt: to the four doors!!!

:coolpics:

[Sabina74]

Man, at first I didn't like the sedan. But looking at it, it looks pretty cool. :respekt: to the four doors!!!

:coolpics:

for me it's the same!!!
i want the sedan!!!
can you send me it to Italy? :bellyroll:

[Vic-2NZFE]

The car is sitting low, looks very nice :thumbsup:
how much did you pay for the springs?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Man, at first I didn't like the sedan. But looking at it, it looks pretty cool. :respekt: to the four doors!!!

:coolpics:

thank you, thank you. :biggrin: :wink:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

and which mudguards your Yaris have???

my does not have any, at least they look nothing like the options pictured online.

[sf180th]

Glad to hear that the Sedan is starting to grow on some of you LB owners.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

The car is sitting low, looks very nice :thumbsup:
how much did you pay for the springs?

i paid $189, shipped.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Glad to hear that the Sedan is starting to grow on some of you LB owners.

yes, me too.

[Blenjar]

im am as excited as you are for that spoiler..lmao

-- Blen

[Kaotic Lazagna]

im am as excited as you are for that spoiler..lmao

-- Blen

lol...are you getting anything shipped?