Lowering Woes, And shock questions Options

[Coomer]

Before my car went into the body shop, I had some super high coilovers installed on it. They slammed the car so that it was probably about 2-2.5" below stock height, and the ride was really bouncy and bottomed out on everything. Last night I raised it up once I got the car out of the body shop, so now it's about stock height. The car doesn't bottom out, but the ride is still pretty bouncy though. It's definitely a lot bouncier than stock, even though it's about at stock height. It makes me wish that I hadn't lowered the car at all in the first place, at least not until I could afford new shocks to handle the drop.

I want to get some new shocks fairly soon, and I was considering Koni Yellows, so I did some research and found that they cost $300-400 just to install them! I was wondering if any shock is going to cost that much to install, or if it's just the Konis. Also, is there an alternative to the Koni Yellows that provides close to the same handling, but without adjustability(Or the higher price tag.) Thanks!

[west_minist]

Remember that  lower spring have a high spring rate that stock.

The aim is not to bottom out.

But also increasing te spring rate, it , bounce more. to drease this, the damper or shock must have more damping of increase damping factor. In other word, feel a little harder than stock.

Some spring rate might be a little to hiqh than others.

That is why you should go with well test suspension like Tein HA, Eibach, GroundControl , JIC and so on.

I think that the spring rate in the front is 450 in the front and 350 in the back. Do those numbers sound in line with other springs for the sixth generation Celica?

I really do not know. It souds so, but the 450 to my believe might be for a heavier car like 1500KG or maybe 1400kg and up.

A supra guy mention that same weight to me. Also Tein RA is that weight.

If so, you need a good damper or shock to go with it. The shock that you want seems like the right price , but not quite adequate since you might want a little firmer ride or to combat bottoming out?

Installation + shocks cost=$300+

If I were you, I would go with adjustable shock to accommodate for such high spring weight for your car.

I really do not know much about the weight for the ST and GT usa models.