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Discussion in 'New Members' started by h13k, Feb 7, 2011.

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    h13k New Member

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    name's H13K, just glad to be a member of club-tc, recently picked up an '09 Tc :) hope to get some in depth knowledge of the yota, post of the progress of my project and make some new friends that share an interest for TC's.

    I'm new to posting pics on this type of website lol, so here's a pic of natalie :p

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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    Welcome to Club-tC H13K and congrats on your o9 tC. What all do you have done to your tC, she looks great? If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
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    Racingsolution New Member

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    Welcome to the forum
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    h13k New Member

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    Thanks for the warm welcome :)

    Well so far i have replaced the satellite like antenna for a 3' one :) and just ordered a buddy club shifter. I'm starting small for now, i was previously driving a civic, with that I gained some automotive knowledge. Definitely I want to focus on suspension and looks of the car, so I'm looking into getting the Tein s-tech lowering springs. I just have to wait until I get my income tax lol
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    CadenceScion Moderator

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    I'll be doing Eibach Lowering Springs and Tokico Struts on my tC hopefully this month, just waiting for the order to arrive. Have you done a rear sway bar?
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    h13k New Member

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    Nice combo!, nah, I've been researching good combinations, idk to get a shock and spring combo, or a full damper kit. I was looking into a d2 damper kit. I'm definitely interested in getting a sway bar, idk which one would be good, either eibach, TRD, or progress sway bars.
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    If it was me, I would do a Tokico or Koni Strut and a lowering spring for street driving and a fully adjustable coil-over for racing/auto-cross. As far as a rear sway bar, I would suggest, Suspension Techniques, Eibach, TRD, Hotchkis or Progress. I have Suspension Techniques and love it.
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    Yea you have a point, there aren't any real tracks, much less circuits around my area, so there would be no point to get road racing parts just to go to school :p

    In any case by any chance do you know how long i can ride with, let's say the tein s-tech springs with stock shocks? If i can go at least a good year w/o compromising my shocks i'll get the lowering springs for the mean time, if not then I should just save up and get the spring and shock combo.

    As far as the sway bars go, do i need do modify the end links or something of that nature? Or is it just a plug n' play type of upgrade? And where did you notice the improvement of adding a sway bar?
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    As long as your OEM struts (McPherson's) are still good, you should be fine for a year. The rear sway bar, I noticed my cornering is a lot smoother and tighter, less body roll. I also noticed taking on/off ramps and curves the steering response is amazing. The rear sway bar requires taking the OEM one off and installing the after market one, pending on which one you buy, you'll have the option on how stiff you want the setting. If you want to upgrade your end links you can do that also, NavyLife upgraded his. Another mod I would highly suggest is doing your motor and tranny mounts (Energy Suspension) and a Lite Weight Crank Pulley (NST or Agency).
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    Hell yea, my car barely has a little over 16k miles, so i'll go for springs for the mean time and save up for shocks later. I'm still undecided about the tokico's or the TRD struts. Now when you installed your sway bar, did you just remove the oem one and install the ST one? Do I have to upgrade the endlinks in the long run? or will the oem ones last?

    I wanted to switch out some bulbs on the headlights, i just don't know what they are called, I wanted to know the name, size and the proper wattage of the bulbs. Here's a picture from Ken Gushi's Tc

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    I took the OEM sway bar out and put the ST one in. As far as I know my end links are still fine, I will more than likely upgrade them in the near future. If your going to swap out bulbs in your headlights I would go HID, halo's are junk and won't last all that long. Another option would be to swap yours for the headlights that come on the 08 Scion tC's and newer, but that is an H11 bulb. o5-o6 Scion tC's have 9006 bulbs in the headlights.
    CadenceScion, Feb 9, 2011
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