Bay area meet in last Friday of June

[Pur_Blu]

I'm down to help out with some mods. What day is this going down and has a place been picked out?

[ezhacker1]

id be down for some help with my front Tokico Blues. Blues on the rear, stocks in the front feels twitchy LOL. or squirrely. Also i still need to put on that UR front strut bar.

I could bring Jack/jacks tands/torque wrench/sockets. The usual stuff.

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by ezhacker1

id be down for some help with my front Tokico Blues. Blues on the rear, stocks in the front feels twitchy LOL. or squirrely. Also i still need to put on that UR front strut bar.

I could bring Jack/jacks tands/torque wrench/sockets. The usual stuff.

i got the spring compressor and cordless impact gun

[advocate]

so the date this title suggests is the 25th. Unfortunately I don't think I'll have my coilovers by then.

Could we set it a bit later?

[Pur_Blu]

Any updates on this?? and who is getting work done?? Time place ha ha

[YarisSedan]

I think we should push the date a bit as sean suggests. I dont even have my car this week anyways either not sure what day i will be getting it back. If we want to find a place and time set in stone next month ill use it as a excuse to order some tokiko struts and camber bolts to put in as well.

[advocate]

don't order tokiko struts!! please buy mine! I will get you a good deal. I'm DEFINITELY going to order coilovers, it's just a matter of time. Working on getting a used pair right now.

[Pur_Blu]

Sean PM me bout those shocks... I might be interested

[YarisSedan]

Okay if we plan to do this we should plan it a all day thing. Like a saturday or a sunday. Those who want to work on cars can meet up early in the day and those who dont can still come watch/help or meet up afterwards like a normal meet. We just have to agree upon a time and place.

[ezhacker1]

im down for an all day meet. Sounds FUN! Ill try some fitment stuff then.

We need a big enough place AND where we wont be harrased by people. So it cant be just some parking lot.

[advocate]

My dad's new place might be perfect for this.

I've got a great idea. Let's have this meet the SOONEST possible time we can, when everyone will be ready.

For sure attending:
Sean - Not ready - needs coilovers first
Jonathan - Ready
Jason - Not ready - needs car back from shop first
Assad - Not between July 28th and August 17th - will be on vacation at that time
Pur Blu - Ready?

Copy / paste the above if you wish to update / change your status.

I am waiting on a pair of coilovers to come in. Until that point, I won't be ready.
I could be persuaded to go back to stock suspension temporarily if the coilovers are going to take too long to get in. I will get an ETA on the coilovers ASAP.

[advocate]

Update for me:

The used TEINs I was looking at don't provide an aggressive enough drop. Weighing my next options now.

Sean - Not ready - needs to order new coilovers
Jonathan - Ready
Jason - Not ready - needs car back from shop first
Assad - Not between July 28th and August 17th - will be on vacation at that time
Pur Blu - Ready?

[Pur_Blu]

Sean which teins were you using?? the SpecS or the Basics?? I've got the SpecS on my car and the drop is nice but i want a stiffer and yes more aggressive drop. I'm doing R&D now to make a set of one off coilovers.

Most of my performance i go with my gut and make my own design to my driving style. I'll keep you updated on my design, should come out to about 500bucks all the labor imma do myself.

[advocate]

Well this whole coilovers business has been a learning experience so far.

I was unaware that you could remove the spring perch in order to get an even bigger drop so the TEINs might be suitable for what I'm looking for. I'm going to shoot you a PM Pur Blu.

I've also PM'd the seller back saying that I might be interested in buying them again.

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by advocate

Well this whole coilovers business has been a learning experience so far.

I was unaware that you could remove the spring perch in order to get an even bigger drop so the TEINs might be suitable for what I'm looking for. I'm going to shoot you a PM Pur Blu.

I've also PM'd the seller back saying that I might be interested in buying them again.

Keep in mind i think by doing that your spring rate will still be the same just the result is your car is a little lower. So where as you would normally not bottom out rub you will do so now. Where as coilovers i believe the perch moves up ward or downward preloads the spring slightly which changes the spring rate to compensate.

[cali yaris]

where as you would normally not bottom out rub you will do so now.

lots of people dumping the car on coilovers with no perch and not rubbing. depends on wheel/tire combo and how much weight is in the car.

you can always upgrade the springs later if you want to.

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

lots of people dumping the car on coilovers with no perch and not rubbing. depends on wheel/tire combo and how much weight is in the car.

you can always upgrade the springs later if you want to.

I should have refrased that to that you may instead of you will. Thats true its total dependant on what your current wheel and tire combo is now. I think sean is runing 195s so probally should be okay. As oposed to people runing a different offset with 205-215s

[YarisSedan]

Originally Posted by advocate

Update for me:

The used TEINs I was looking at don't provide an aggressive enough drop. Weighing my next options now.

Sean - Not ready - needs to order new coilovers
Jonathan - Ready
Jason - Not ready - needs car back from shop first
Assad - Not between July 28th and August 17th - will be on vacation at that time
Pur Blu - Ready?

So looks like we should plan something before the end of july. That should give us plenty of time to get our stuff straitend out and parts we need and before assad takes off on vacation.