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Re: What Brand Struts/ Springs you running on your Camry? (Non OEM)
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Originally posted by Pearl Jam-5150 Strut (Brand) = Tokico. 40+K miles, 70% highway on them (80K on the car, '00 LE i4). No issues with them, except that I think they are a little to soft for the springs (jsut a little). Still holding on great.
Likes / Dislikes
Spring (Brand) = TRD. A lot firmer than stock, nice drop - almost not noticeable, unless you know it is there, but handles a lot better. Noisier than stock too.
Likes / Dislikes
Upper Strut Mounts (Brand) = OEM currently, tried KYB. Both have clunking and knocking noises in my car, KYB being worse compared to OEM with TRD insulator.
Likes/Dislikes
Recommend Them? = Yes, especially if you are lucky and have no knocking and clunking noises. Firmer than stock, nice ride on the highway, quite bumpy over city potholes (partly due to 215/50-17 tires at about 35 psi)
(Spring/Strut Combo)
What are you looking for from your spring strut combo? I can tell you what i like, and others can tell you what they like...but you need to figure out why you want springs and sturts.
On a side note...only get tokicos. Have had a bad experiance with KYB and no longer carry them.
Sean www.ctmotorsport.com
Struts: Tokicos
Springs: Vogtlands (1.5 front and back)
Likes/Dislikes: Rides like a dream. Much firmer than stock. Either the struts or springs are a bit noisy though, I'm not sure which. Drop on the vogs are hardly noticeable but performance is great.
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Struts: Tokicos
Springs: Vogtlands (1.5 front and back)
Likes/Dislikes: Rides like a dream. Much firmer than stock. Either the struts or springs are a bit noisy though, I'm not sure which. Drop on the vogs are hardly noticeable but performance is great.
Really the drop isn't noticeable? I thought the dro on the vogs were supposed to be more notieceable than Eibach and H&R
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