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lowering struts for TRD springs

lowering struts for TRD springs

Postby laphan » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:47 pm

I bought TRD lowering springs for my 06 SE. I searched here and found that some people says my SE struts will not ride nice with TRD springs. Howbad is the ride if I just slap the TRD spring on my current SE struts (40K miles).
Can anybody here give me suggestion on what strut is good with TRD springs?

I'm thinking KYB GR-2, Tokico HR or just get SE sport strut from toyota.
They all almost similar in pricing. or i you have any good experience with other struts (and TRD springs) other than mentioned above, please share your experience too.

Thanks....
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Postby LostSoul » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:24 am

i have trd springs & kyb gr2 ride is cool i really didnt feel no diffrence but i did notice the drop
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Postby Aotoyota » Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:31 am

i believe that lostsoul and I are the only two with teh kyb gr-2 + trd springs.
its a very nice setup where you retain the factory cushiony ride but for those
fun days you can push the car pretty hard..

as far as i know kyb is the only company that makes struts for our cars

one last thing everyone hear preaches is to get the TRD rear sway bar.. that makes the biggest difference on our cars

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Postby laphan » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:39 pm

thanks for all the help...

I will order the GR2 and RSB if Ihave money after the GR2. :)
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Postby gnegroni » Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:57 pm

laphan wrote:thanks for all the help...

I will order the GR2 and RSB if Ihave money after the GR2. :)

How much do the GR2s go for in your area?
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Postby Aotoyota » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:26 pm

i ordered on tirerack.com...
came out to about 500 or so? i cant remember
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Postby laphan » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:11 pm

I paid #307 shipped from ebay.
I first went to KYB website to look for the part number for solara and found that they are the same like camry.
So I went to ebay to buy camry GR2. The one listed for solara are above $400, but camry is around $300 for the same part number.
I guess they think they can charge 2 door car parts more money :drinking:
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Postby GzNutz » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:51 am

^ What part number did you use?
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Postby GzNutz » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:55 am

Nevermind...got them.
FRONT LEFT GR2 334387 Suspension Strut Assembly 1
KYB REAR LEFT GR2 334389 Suspension Strut Assembly 1
KYB FRONT RIGHT GR2 334386 Suspension Strut Assembly 1
KYB REAR RIGHT GR2 334388 Suspension Strut Assembly 1
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