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Exhaust and suspension suggestions please!!!

Discussion in 'Member's Project Work Logs' started by Dillon Forrester, Apr 28, 2011.

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    Dillon Forrester New Member

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    Just starting to tune my 05 tc...need some suggestions from some of you more experienced people. i wanna replace the entire exhaust from the headers....and i dont necessarily want to lower my car, i just want to have some stronger suspension cuz when i have my backseat full of friends the back tires rub the tire walls...i dont think thats good....please help me out guys! Thanks!
    Dillon Forrester, Apr 28, 2011
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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    Exhaust Suggestions:

    Header - 4-2-1 or 4-1 (Weapon-R, DC Sport, Strup, Alphawerks)
    Down Pipe - Invidia
    Resonator - Moroso Spiral Flow
    Muffler - TRD, Tanabe Medallion, Magnaflow, Borla


    Suspension Suggestions:

    Struts - Tokico
    Strut Bar - Greddy, DC Sport, TRD, Cusco
    Rear Sway Bar - Progress, Eibach, Suspension Techniques, TRD, Hotchkis,
    CadenceScion, Apr 28, 2011
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    Dillon Forrester New Member

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    hey thanks alot...very much appreciated...you and navy are always helpful
    Dillon Forrester, Apr 28, 2011
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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    Your more than welcome, we do our best to help everyone out. Keep us posted on your mods. :)
    CadenceScion, Apr 28, 2011
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    Dillon Forrester New Member

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    ya definetly will...
    Dillon Forrester, Apr 28, 2011
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    navylife59 Super Moderator

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    I believe that Cadence has an initial mod list posted somewhere. There are also numerous stickies in the thread sections that have most of what to know in them. When you need to feed your brain more Scion goodness, there is the expansive Tech section.
    navylife59, Apr 30, 2011
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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    (New Members Section) - Check There!
    CadenceScion, Apr 30, 2011
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    NVeed_TC New Member

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    I went with the Injen CAI, Megan Race Header and a MagnaFlow exhaust. I love the throaty sound and never thought a 2x. Thinking about adding the Megan S pipe to it.

    I wasnt worried about power gains as much as I was sound. I didnt want a raspy "honda" sounding system.

    As for suspension I have the Tein STec springs. Havent decided on what I'm doing for shocks yet.
    NVeed_TC, Jul 29, 2011
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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    If it was me I would try and stay away from Megan, their products aren't of the best quality. I bought an Invidia 60mm down-pipe, and it fit like glove. As far as struts go, I would get Tokico's, I have a set on my tC w/ Eibach Prokit Lowering Springs, a great combination!
    CadenceScion, Jul 29, 2011
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    NVeed_TC New Member

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    A few people have said the same thing about Megan Racing products however I haven had any problems with my header since the day I installed it a tad over a yr ago.

    If I may ask why do you not like Megan Racing products?
    NVeed_TC, Sep 9, 2011
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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    Their quality isn't the greatest, very cheaply made, NavyLife59 can concur on that as well.
    CadenceScion, Sep 9, 2011
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    Megan is great for Hondas, not so much for tCs. The headers are notorious for cracking along the mounting flange.
    connman429, Sep 11, 2011
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    ^ Very true! Your best bet and money for a header are: Weapon-R, DC Sport, Strup, Alphawerks, Tsudo. You need to determine which is best suited to your performance needs (4-1) or (4-2-1). After you buy the header of your choice, send it over to guys at Jet-Hot and have it jet-coated w/ heat protection. You can choose the heat protection you want as well as the coating. Their work is 100% warrantied, if for any reason your not happy or the header cracks, peels, flakes, discolors...etc, send it back to Jet-Hot.

    JET-HOT High Performance Coatings
    CadenceScion, Sep 11, 2011
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    Megan S-pipe.JPG Megan S-pipe2.JPG

    Megan s-pipe quality. Need I say more?
    navylife59, Sep 11, 2011
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    justplayxtragic New Member

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    Definitely stay away from Megan industries. Their stuff is very cheaply made and beaks easily. They're almost as bad as eBay brand. Another one to stay away from is ZPI or Zero Point Industries. They went out of business a few years ago but people still have their poorly made parts floating around (more so on Scion Life). Really, best bet, just stay away.
    justplayxtragic, Sep 26, 2011
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    j0nes New Member

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    Have you looked into going the coilovers route? It's a bit more pricey on the wallet but overall once I got coils I couldnt go back to springs/strut setup. Plus they are adjustable so if you ever wanted to lower the car you had that option.

    I actually had megan coils on my nissan s13, they werent that bad but the design was completely different that the tc coils and i heard alot of bad things about knocking on the rear setups on the tc. If you are interested in coils I can give you a quick run down on what are usually good/decent and what to stay away from and what the main difference is between them.
    j0nes, Oct 3, 2011
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    RayRay New Member

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    Eibach makes a very reasonable high quality lowering springs/Sportline kit that im currently running and i highly recommend. Ebay it. better pricing.
    RayRay, Oct 4, 2011
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