Dropzones....yea yea yea lol Options

[XE_Nathaniel]

What if I installed the dropzones and kept it at stock height? would they be like before or will there be a noticible difference?

-Nate

[presure2]

yes, the springs in the d/z's are not great quality.
if your looking for about 1" i'd recommend the eibach pro-kit springs, 1" all the way around. same as the TRD, just a bit cheaper, and from what i've heard the TRD's are made by eibach anyway...

[IczerCelica]

I have a set of the Drop Zone adj. coil-overs on my 94 Celica GT, and it was cool at first, but now its so goddamn bouncy, you cant go fast over bumps unless you wanna bottom out like I do sometimes, and believe me, the sound of the car hitting the road is absolutely horrible. if you try to take on even little dips in the road....if they are in succession..the car will not stop bouncing, until you slow down. oh well there my 2 cents on the Drop-Zones.

[Coomer]

I had generic coilovers from eBay for a while which are supposedly very similar to the Dropzone coilovers.

I absolutely hated them! They were by far the worst purchase I've ever made for my car. They were bouncy to the point where it was dangerous to drive fast, and I bottomed out on everything, even when the car was close to stock height. It was no fun driving my car at all, and at one point I got so sick of it that I raised the car up to about an inch higher than stock, and the ride was still very bouncy and horrible. Plus, the coilovers popped every time you'd turn the wheel, and if only one side popped, the car would pull heavily to that side until the other side popped.

I had the coilovers for about a month, and then I bought some KYB GR-2 struts and some Eibach Sportlines, and now I am very happy with my suspension setup.

Also, keep in mind that it's not very easy to raise/lower your car with low-priced coilovers. It's about fifteen minutes of work to do all four corners, and you need to re-align your car every time you change the ride height very much for optimal tire wear.

I would simply go with some Eibach Pro Kit or TRD springs if I were you. They'll ride much better than coilovers, be easier on your stock struts, won't be as bouncy, won't make as much noise, etc.

[95STHATCH]

Hey coomer, I know that eibachs say that the drop is 1.5"s but it looks lower on your car and a few others that have them also. Would it be safe to say that the eibachs settle at a lower height than they say it does. I was thinking about getting coilovers but I like the hieght yours is at, I seem to have such a huge gap between the tires and fenderwheel with my 40 series tires.

[uberschall]

i've been weighing out whether or not to put coilovers or springs in my car...ultimately, coilovers are a crapload of work. they're more difficult to install, need to be "tuned" for an acceptable level of performance, and have to be adjusted to maintain even ride height. and that is one bouncy, miserable ride. they're great for people who never DRIVE their cars, like show puppies. i'm probably going to use tom's springs for what it's worth.

[celica3sgte]

Don't buy dropzone coilovers. They're crap. I had set of them. You will bounce around like a honda with cut springs. There's a good chance you'll blow out a strut. Even with the the coils raised up all the way, you will still bounce everywhere. The springs are just crap.

This post has been edited by celica3sgte: Aug 9, 2003 - 5:30 PM