Such thing as lowering struts? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

CameronCamry · 01-20-2004, 11:53 PM

I need to replace the struts on my car and decided while I'm at it I might as well lower it too. I was just wondering if there is such thing as lowering struts, or are short coils the only way to lower a car.

CameronCamry · 01-20-2004, 11:54 PM

oh yea, and just for the record I did search online for lowering struts but only found them for Beetles, so I did do some research before posting and I'm still a little stumped

NOTSOFAST · 01-21-2004, 07:16 PM

Well U got some options, if u want lower u get aftermarket lowering springs( Eibach, H&R,Sprint,etc) and struts(KYB Gr2, Tokicos) that can handle the lower setting
as for lowering struts U can get KONI adjustable ( see lots of money ) or go with a coilover system like JIC !!!!! Ohhh almost forgot ......... Use the fucking SEARCH button !!!

Nick · 01-21-2004, 07:18 PM

no such thing as a lowering strut, its job is to dampen the spring's motion

gqdabien · 01-21-2004, 07:35 PM

Struts dont do nething w/ the height but i did find that while i had vogtland springs on my car. I installed Tokico Blues and my car did lower it a bit more as opposed to when i had my blown KYB's. I now scrape on about everything after switching struts. The cause of this? I have no idea.

NOTSOFAST · 01-21-2004, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by gqdabien
Struts dont do nething w/ the height but i did find that while i had vogtland springs on my car. I installed Tokico Blues and my car did lower it a bit more as opposed to when i had my blown KYB's. I now scrape on about everything after switching struts. The cause of this? I have no idea.

Dude the KONI red's are adjustable !!!!!! Ask Ratko he has them !

gqdabien · 01-21-2004, 09:41 PM

OKay. I just thougth that koni ones were just adjustable in terms of stiffness of teh struts.

Nick · 01-22-2004, 02:27 AM

yeah, adjustable struts, you can adjust stiffnees, that's it

NOTSOFAST · 01-22-2004, 07:00 AM

Well how do U think u can adjust the stiffness without changing the height of the car ????? It's not like it has a valve to add pressure or lower it !!!! it's done by putting the strut to a lower setting to get the stifness.........

brink · 01-22-2004, 07:06 AM

It adjusts the valving internally to allow a higher or lower rate of gas to slip by. That's the way struts work.

luisitol · 01-22-2004, 07:59 AM

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Originally posted by gqdabien
Struts dont do nething w/ the height but i did find that while i had vogtland springs on my car. I installed Tokico Blues and my car did lower it a bit more as opposed to when i had my blown KYB's. I now scrape on about everything after switching struts. The cause of this? I have no idea.

Really? You scrape alot...damn i live in NYC and i have Tokicos on the way and was thinking about combinig them with Vogtland but if you're saying they scrape all the time then i dunno

Do they really scrape that much?

gqdabien · 01-22-2004, 02:06 PM

Its probably jsut cause i have some steep driveways i encounter around here.. but i go straight through speed bumps no problem.

Rolla97 · 01-22-2004, 10:57 PM

yeah man JIC coilovers are awesome. wish i had $2000 for some

Jimmy Hoffa · 01-23-2004, 07:44 PM

There are short stroke shocks for sports suspensions. When you lower your car you no longer use the full stroke of your shocks, so there's un necessary travel.