lowering questions

[felya589]

i wanted to put trd lowering springs on my 02 camry, but i was concerned witht he low hangin exhaust that it has. Do i need to raise the pipe before lowering? Also can someone link me with a store where i can get a trd strut bar?

[Gellenole]

Originally Posted by felya589

i wanted to put trd lowering springs on my 02 camry, but i was concerned witht he low hangin exhaust that it has. Do i need to raise the pipe before lowering? Also can someone link me with a store where i can get a trd strut bar?

there has been a lot of threads about lowering -- definitely want to do a search before and read up on it.

1. no you don't have to raise the low hanging pipe since the drop is not that low. TRD drop is higher than the Eibach springs, and Eibach springs are pretty high.

The strut bar you can use google to find the trd bar -- ebay would be your best friend here, but google can find you a TRD strut bar.

[felya589]

is the strut bar advertised as a strut bar made for the cmary or is it for antoher car, but it fits teh camry?

[Gellenole]

I don't know the exact part number, but depending on your car just type in the year + the word front tower strut bar + trd and you should be fine.

if not, look in car domain, there's a couple with the trd strut bars.

I'm running the spw cheapies and they are well worth the 20 bucks and does 80% of the job.

[manaburrn]

teh cmary!!


Carry on

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by manaburrn

teh cmary!!


Carry on

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

no worries on the exhaust. and the strut bar is made for the camry. go to www.trdparts4u.com they should have it

[johnnyzee]

^ agreed, only time i hit the exhaust pipe was once (in over a year) going over a ridiculously high speed bump. it won't cause you a problem...

It won't be agreed by many (probably trdvvti) on what I'm about to say, but you don't need to buy TRD to get a strut bar. as Gellenole posted, those ebay no names that are fraction of the cost will do the trick, especially his. me, i'm using a stock SE strut tower bar and works fantastic. The whole purpose of the bar is to brace the strut towers together, to use a strong enough material not to flex (which 99% are good), and my opinion, to have 2 of the three nuts of each tower connected. there's real cheapies that only brace one nut to one nut.

it's your call, but i wouldn't spend the $$$ unless you really have to, or if you sleep better knowing you're official trd.

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

i should have mentioned......i took my camry off roading on saturday lol not really off roading but my friends cottage was in backass country and the roads(if you can call them that) sucked ass and they never told me this BEFORE i took the Camry...or i could have taken the Matrix which is stock height. the point i'm trying to make is.....i only hit bottem ONCE going out because it was dark and i never seen the rock popped up...but i went so slow it never did any damage...when i drove in it was day time so i took observations of where the rocks were and stuff and i angled over them.

If you don't plan on off roading like i did lol...you should be fine!

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by Punks_Not_Dead5

i should have mentioned......i took my camry off roading on saturday lol not really off roading but my friends cottage was in backass country and the roads(if you can call them that) sucked ass and they never told me this BEFORE i took the Camry...or i could have taken the Matrix which is stock height. the point i'm trying to make is.....i only hit bottem ONCE going out because it was dark and i never seen the rock popped up...but i went so slow it never did any damage...when i drove in it was day time so i took observations of where the rocks were and stuff and i angled over them.

If you don't plan on off roading like i did lol...you should be fine!

Damn...sound like you had a blast!

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

Originally Posted by lammydi

Damn...sound like you had a blast!

it was an adventure. but a nice weekend

[jalcom]

i have the eibachs on my '04 I4 and i've cleared every speed bump and parking cement blocks that i've encountered so far. don't worry, you should be fine.

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

i did a stupid thing today...i stepped on it out of a store parking lot and i smashed my exhaust on the curb... no damage but i won't do that again!

[lammydi]

Originally Posted by Punks_Not_Dead5

i did a stupid thing today...i stepped on it out of a store parking lot and i smashed my exhaust on the curb... no damage but i won't do that again!

OUCH!!!

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

i know i was pissed at myself...but the ground looked level so it kind of caught me off gaurd..plus a car was coming and it was my only chance to get out. ah well no damage not even a scratch!