The risks: What are they?, Lowering Springs. Options

[Syaoran]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/90-93-94-99-TOYOTA...r#ht_4134wt_952


How/why can you make something that works for so cheap? Discuss e-Bay springs!

[Syaoran]

normally, you would go for certain products if it were the ONLY option but in this case, 6gcs have no problem with aftermarket lowering support between coilovers and springs.

If coilovers weren't so expensive, I'd consider it. But a full set of coilovers right now would cost me more than the car itself.

Actually coilovers arent that bad, they range between 800-1000 shipped.

Given the fact if you plan to drop with good springs that would run you roughly 200 dollars plus up to 400-600 dollars worth of decent to good shocks, that would put you in or near the coilover range. not only that you may need to change your top mounts as well x 4. plus you gotta pay for shipping somewhere in there. and with spring drop, you still never get that full remove and replace deal, you gotta disassemble/reassemble and never get full adjustability. Trust me, i went through two lowering spring setups, TRD and Intrax, and ended up going coilovers, imagine if i just spent the money in the first place, I wouldn't have spent on shocks and springs in the first place, cus they lacked the adjustability, i was never satisfied.

A car is not about making sure parts are always less than the car, #1 its always impractical to put aftermarket parts on your car, period. if that is the case, you should not plan on putting any more parts on your car cus it will just add up and be more than the cost of the car anyway. it does not help at all that our cars are old too. if you are into the car and fixing it up, that should not be your mindset, it should be because you want to fix it up, plus you gotta pay to play anyway.

The car cost me ~$1300, so $1000 in just suspension would be cutting it. I don't plan on tracking the car, just daily driving it. I don't need performance shocks, just OEM replacements with some springs (TRD, Tein, Megan Racing, Eibach etc.) that will work with OE Replacement shocks, like KYB and Monroe, both of which I can get locally for decent prices.

Right now the car needs a whole suspension overhaul, and ~$150 in springs, ~$200 in struts, ~$50 in endlinks won't run more than $600. I'd rather spend more in the car in mods than fixes. (e.g. turbo setup, than suspension work) It's not like the stock suspension setup is bad. I'm just looking for stock + mild drop. The streets here don't let me go down past 1.5" anyways.