Progress Lowering Springs vs Tanabe DF210 lowering springs - Toyota Yaris Forums

jyfro_13 · 01-09-2010, 08:52 PM

hey gyus i will like to know wicho one of this lowering springs..... thanks
http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...5&categoryId=4

http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...8&categoryId=4

mario98c · 01-09-2010, 09:22 PM

Yo tu me voy por los tanabe ya que son una marca buena y bajan bastante!

fmicle · 01-10-2010, 03:48 AM

I got the Progress springs a couple of months ago and so far I am happy with them. I guess the best answer would come from someone who had both... unlikely :)

I sometimes get clunking sounds from under the car (mostly from the rear) especially when I have another person sitting in the back, but I drive the car somewhat aggressively

I believe the noise is due to the lowered suspension, be it Tanabe or Progress...

bzinn 1 · 01-10-2010, 12:42 PM

I have the DF210s and they are a great smooth ride,biggest problem withthem is frame sits so low that carrying rear seat passengers is out if you encounter a speedbump,and any passengers is gonna make the frame clunk speed bumps if you have large ones to go over....it sits low.

You get used to it though....I never carry rear passengers anyway and the look of the car the way it sits is really good.

cali yaris · 01-11-2010, 01:02 AM

bzinn, did you cut your bumpstops in half?

fmicle · 01-11-2010, 02:31 AM

Alright, I put my Yaris to the ultimate test today

I took 3 more adults and a baby on a trip from San Jose to San Francisco. The car was so low with 2 adults in the back that the mud guards would rub on the speed bumps in the Safeway parking lot

After I refueled (add another 80 lbs of gas to the load) the rear suspension was so compressed that I guessed it must have been less half the length of the coil when not installed. Right after getting gas I started hearing a deep loud vibration, which I attributed to the exhaust touching the axle somewhere, only at idle speed, waiting at a traffic light. I was kinda scared at the beginning because it sounded really bad, but, as I said, it would only happen at idle, so I eventually decided it was nothing too bad or worth canceling the trip or switching the car

All the way there and back I heard maybe a handful of clunks, going over some cracks or bumps in the road surface, but nothing too bad.

Overall, I am very satisfied with the car's performance. I expected the acceleration response to be very laggy and in fact there was no problem getting up to 70 mph. It also seemed to be a little louder on the uphill, louder than what I'm used to when I'm by myself, but I can't really tell if that's a true observation or just in my head...

Go Yaris!

staypuft · 03-23-2010, 11:44 PM

my buddy wants to swap out his df's for my progress springs. which spring is stiffer?

ezhacker1 · 03-24-2010, 02:38 AM

DFs are stiffer than the Progress.

Source: http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...ing-rates.html

01-09-2010, 08:52 PM	#1
jyfro_13 Drives: BlazingBlueMetalic Yaris HB 09 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 50	Progress Lowering Springs vs Tanabe DF210 lowering springs hey gyus i will like to know wicho one of this lowering springs..... thanks http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...5&categoryId=4 http://shop.microimageonline.com/pro...8&categoryId=4

01-09-2010, 09:22 PM	#2
mario98c Drives: Toyota Yaris Sedan 09 STD Join Date: May 2009 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,227	Yo tu me voy por los tanabe ya que son una marca buena y bajan bastante! __________________

01-10-2010, 03:48 AM	#3
fmicle Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Jose, CA, USA Posts: 685	I got the Progress springs a couple of months ago and so far I am happy with them. I guess the best answer would come from someone who had both... unlikely :) I sometimes get clunking sounds from under the car (mostly from the rear) especially when I have another person sitting in the back, but I drive the car somewhat aggressively I believe the noise is due to the lowered suspension, be it Tanabe or Progress... __________________ 5% Tint Rear \| Micro Image LED Ignition Light Kit

01-11-2010, 01:02 AM	#5
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	bzinn, did you cut your bumpstops in half? __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

01-11-2010, 02:31 AM	#6
fmicle Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Jose, CA, USA Posts: 685	Alright, I put my Yaris to the ultimate test today I took 3 more adults and a baby on a trip from San Jose to San Francisco. The car was so low with 2 adults in the back that the mud guards would rub on the speed bumps in the Safeway parking lot After I refueled (add another 80 lbs of gas to the load) the rear suspension was so compressed that I guessed it must have been less half the length of the coil when not installed. Right after getting gas I started hearing a deep loud vibration, which I attributed to the exhaust touching the axle somewhere, only at idle speed, waiting at a traffic light. I was kinda scared at the beginning because it sounded really bad, but, as I said, it would only happen at idle, so I eventually decided it was nothing too bad or worth canceling the trip or switching the car All the way there and back I heard maybe a handful of clunks, going over some cracks or bumps in the road surface, but nothing too bad. Overall, I am very satisfied with the car's performance. I expected the acceleration response to be very laggy and in fact there was no problem getting up to 70 mph. It also seemed to be a little louder on the uphill, louder than what I'm used to when I'm by myself, but I can't really tell if that's a true observation or just in my head... Go Yaris! __________________ 5% Tint Rear \| Micro Image LED Ignition Light Kit

01-10-2010, 12:42 PM	#4
bzinn 1 Drives: 2008 Yaris HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: University Place,WA Posts: 828	I have the DF210s and they are a great smooth ride,biggest problem withthem is frame sits so low that carrying rear seat passengers is out if you encounter a speedbump,and any passengers is gonna make the frame clunk speed bumps if you have large ones to go over....it sits low. You get used to it though....I never carry rear passengers anyway and the look of the car the way it sits is really good.

03-23-2010, 11:44 PM	#7
staypuft aka SDMF View User's Garage Drives: 07 LB Met Met Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 298	my buddy wants to swap out his df's for my progress springs. which spring is stiffer? __________________ follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/samuryan_x

03-24-2010, 02:38 AM	#8
ezhacker1 Drives: Decepticon - Ravage Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,462	DFs are stiffer than the Progress. Source: http://www.microimageonline.com/foru...ing-rates.html __________________ Check out my Build thread: http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52274

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