Hotchkis Stage 1 TVS suspension upgrade

hotrice · #1 (**permalink**) Mon., Apr 09, 2007

does anyone know anything about the hotchicks stage 1 suspension kit?? i found it for a decent price on one website and it comes with front and rear sway bar plus lowering springs. if anybody has any input let me know.

Scion Jon · #2 (**permalink**) Tue., Apr 10, 2007

i think you mean hotchkis? lol

hotrice · #3 (**permalink**) Tue., Apr 10, 2007

you wrote me back to correct me??? not helping

SquallLHeart · #4 (**permalink**) Tue., Apr 10, 2007

what do you want to know about it?

if it's good? yes.

hotrice · #5 (**permalink**) Tue., Apr 10, 2007

well yeah need to make sure i am getting the right parts for the car for the track. i'm not trying to drop it to much and screw up my handling. the stage one kit looks like a good deal and a good mod.

pwrsfttc · #6 (**permalink**) Wed., Apr 11, 2007

I have just the hotchkis rear sway bar on (havent gotten time to put on front) and it helped the handling a ton. But a good mod would be tires also the stock ones suck.

hotrice · #7 (**permalink**) Wed., Apr 11, 2007

yeah i agree when i went out to the track the stock tires just didn't want to hold onto the road as much as i would have liked but i am going to get the kit first and then think about the tires. but best believe the tires are coming soon afterwards. the thing is those things are expensive. the ones i'm looking at range between 120 and 170

navylife59 · #8 (**permalink**) Tue., Apr 17, 2007

I have the Hotchkis (wish it was hotchicks!) Stage I TVS springs/roll bars. This is definately worth the money. Perfect for a budget suspension. No sense in wasting those OEM struts. I have the rear sway bar set to the middle and have not installed the front replacement yet. I have the Hotchkis front strut bar and MMW rear strut bar (useless IMAO). I am also rolling on the stock craptenzas. I also have the Hotchkis rear camber links. The front adjustables were not needed as I only had a slight neg. camber.

Car is lowered about 1.8" and rides fairly smooth for being lowered. I have no prob with rubbing or abnormal tire wear. Car drives straight. Definate change in road characteristics of the car. Can easily take corners 10-15MPH faster than stock. I give it two big toes up.

hotrice · #9 (**permalink**) Wed., May 02, 2007

well navy i ordered the kit and hopefully in the next two weeks i wil be stiffer and lower.

navylife59 · #10 (**permalink**) Fri., May 04, 2007

Well worth the money. You'll like!

ForBiddeN · #11 (**permalink**) Fri., May 04, 2007

lol stiffer and lower... lol

hotrice · #12 (**permalink**) Fri., May 04, 2007

only you forbidden.

ForBiddeN · #13 (**permalink**) Sat., May 05, 2007

i know :P i cant help it!

navylife59 · #14 (**permalink**) Mon., May 14, 2007

What? No more hotchicks discussion?!?!?!?

hotrice · #15 (**permalink**) Mon., May 14, 2007

oh you know we gotta keep with discussion. i'm still waiting on the springs to come in i didn't have enough cash for both the springs and the sway bars.

hotrice · #16 (**permalink**) Tue., May 15, 2007

man i'm pissed. i have been waiting for over a week for my springs and so i called the company that i ordered them from. they told me that they had to order them from hotchikis and i wouldn't get them until friday of next week.

navylife59 · #17 (**permalink**) Fri., May 18, 2007

Nobody stocks what they sell.

hotrice · #18 (**permalink**) Fri., May 18, 2007

thats crap!! if they are going to have an online store then they need to have the damn parts. oh well i will eventually get my damn parts i mean **** i should probably get a whole rack of parts hitting me at once. it will be like x-mas

navylife59 · #19 (**permalink**) Sat., May 19, 2007

That is why they are an online business. They just don't have the capital to warehouse parts. They also have no concept of cusotmer service. Automation is what keeps them in business.

Why the delay? Well, there are several factors. One, they order the part from a master wholesaler or the manufacturer only after your payment is received. If you paid with PAYPAL or other online services, then this process will take sometime; typically 2-3 business days. When you have very limited operating capital, this is the only way to go.

The second issue is they don't buy enough product per quarter to receive "Drop Shipped" orders. "Drop Shipping" is when a business places an order to a distributor/manufacturer on behalf of a customer. The product is then shipped directly to customer. This is does not happen with most online retailers. They don't have the business relationships or accumen to make "Drop Ship" orders. Instead, they have to "BE" the customer and order that part and have it shipped to themselves. Once received, it goes through their processes then is shipped to you. The latter can make for a very long delay.

Correction.... Christmas. Call it for what it is

hotrice · #20 (**permalink**) Sat., May 19, 2007

damn navy what you selling at your online store?? ha ha you know a whole lot of crap man. you remind me of my uncle just full of information.