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NJ Drive · 03-07-2013, 08:38 PM

Need to raise the front, lower the rear. Sure looks pretty.

xnamerxx · 03-07-2013, 08:56 PM

Nice, what did you end up doing for springs and shocks?

NJ Drive · 03-07-2013, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

Nice, what did you end up doing for springs and shocks?

Still on Tokico HTS but with custom springs and Cusco tops.

racerb · 03-07-2013, 09:10 PM

Very nice!!

racerb

xnamerxx · 03-07-2013, 09:31 PM

what spring rates did you end up going with? if you don't want to tell everyone you can pm me, i won't tell.

justjesus · 03-08-2013, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NJ Drive

Still on Tokico HTS but with custom springs and Cusco tops.

tops? as in the front upper strut mounts?

NJ Drive · 03-08-2013, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justjesus

tops? as in the front upper strut mounts?

Yes.

xnamerxx · 04-02-2013, 05:39 PM

For anyone who was wondering Rival vs Toyo in width.
And you can see my severely overheated Toyos in the picture.

NJ Drive · 03-07-2013, 10:17 PM

380f/330r.
Not optimal, but it's all I have to work with right now.

xnamerxx · 03-07-2013, 10:32 PM

Out of curiosity why did you bias the springs frontward?

NJ Drive · 03-07-2013, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

Out of curiosity why did you bias the springs frontward?

I was intending on losing the front sway bar.

xnamerxx · 03-07-2013, 10:46 PM

Ahh, makes sense.

Let me know how that works out for you, I never liked the way the car felt, running no front bar, so I decided not to pursue it.

NJ Drive · 03-17-2013, 10:06 PM

For curiosity's sake, here is a cutaway of my stock front sway bar.
5.5mm wall thickness, 24.5mm diameter.

xnamerxx · 03-17-2013, 10:41 PM

So the front bar is hollow after all I'm guessing.

CrankyOldMan · 03-24-2013, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xnamerxx

So the front bar is hollow after all I'm guessing.

For torsion, the center of the bar contributes very little to the effective stiffness. Hollowing out the bar results in more weight savings than lost torsion.

xnamerxx · 04-02-2013, 12:25 AM

So after my terrible defeat at the hands of a Mini this weekend, I decided to follow their lead and adjust the toe on the rear of the car just to see what happens.

Well holy cow what a difference low speed turn in is so much better, but man it sucks to drive on the street so twitchy.

ilikerice · 04-02-2013, 04:08 AM

how much toe did you do?

xnamerxx · 04-02-2013, 11:25 AM

0 or as close to it as I could get.

I used 2 .05" washers and grinded down one side to be flat.

I test drove the car some more, and it really requires quite a bit less steering input to turn.

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03-07-2013, 08:38 PM	#1
NJ Drive Drives: 2012 Yaris SE Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 179	Need to raise the front, lower the rear. Sure looks pretty.

03-07-2013, 08:56 PM	#2
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	Nice, what did you end up doing for springs and shocks?

03-07-2013, 09:31 PM	#5
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	what spring rates did you end up going with? if you don't want to tell everyone you can pm me, i won't tell.

04-02-2013, 05:39 PM	#8
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	For anyone who was wondering Rival vs Toyo in width. And you can see my severely overheated Toyos in the picture.

03-07-2013, 10:17 PM	#9
NJ Drive Drives: 2012 Yaris SE Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 179	380f/330r. Not optimal, but it's all I have to work with right now.

03-07-2013, 10:32 PM	#10
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	Out of curiosity why did you bias the springs frontward?

03-07-2013, 10:46 PM	#12
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	Ahh, makes sense. Let me know how that works out for you, I never liked the way the car felt, running no front bar, so I decided not to pursue it.

03-17-2013, 10:06 PM	#13
NJ Drive Drives: 2012 Yaris SE Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 179	For curiosity's sake, here is a cutaway of my stock front sway bar. 5.5mm wall thickness, 24.5mm diameter.

03-17-2013, 10:41 PM	#14
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	So the front bar is hollow after all I'm guessing.

04-02-2013, 12:25 AM	#16
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	So after my terrible defeat at the hands of a Mini this weekend, I decided to follow their lead and adjust the toe on the rear of the car just to see what happens. Well holy cow what a difference low speed turn in is so much better, but man it sucks to drive on the street so twitchy.

04-02-2013, 11:25 AM	#18
xnamerxx 0-60 in slow Drives: light blue liftback Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: so cal Posts: 926	0 or as close to it as I could get. I used 2 .05" washers and grinded down one side to be flat. I test drove the car some more, and it really requires quite a bit less steering input to turn.