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Old 02-25-2011, 07:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Plan for some new stuff

Winter is almost finish, cant wait for spring and summer so right now im planning to get some new stuff for my car. My first plan is to get a new set of wheels/tires. But then i was thinking to work on upgrading the handling first, because for me performance is more important than looks.

Well anyways, i have no idea where to start on upgrading the handling, should i start with the springs? FSB? RSB? Just need your opinion guys.

If i only got enough money, then i would buy those at the same time..
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Old 02-25-2011, 07:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'd start with a set of lowering springs.
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A set of nice summer performance tires will be your best bet. My choices will be:

Potenza RE11
Advan AD08
Dunlop Direzza Z1

Lowering springs and front strut brace are nice add on too! If you have a xrs, then do rear sway bar before the fsb since the xrs already have a stock fsb under the hood!
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1. Larger wheels & lower profile tires.
2. Lowering springs
3. TRD RSB & FSB

If you want to improve the handling even more after that than start adding Ultra Racing (UR) bars.
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1. Larger wheels & lower profile tires.
2. Lowering springs
3. TRD RSB & FSB

If you want to improve the handling even more after that than start adding Ultra Racing (UR) bars.
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this is the order i went and im happy i did
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Thanks guys for for the options that you gave. Still cant decide what kind of wheels im going to choose, but for the springs,fsb, rsb, i found that trdsparks are on sale.

http://trdsparks.com/displayparts.ph...&parts_id=2452

http://trdsparks.com/displayparts.ph...&parts_id=2451

http://trdsparks.com/displayparts.ph...&parts_id=2450

Fair enough for the price?!
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TRD Sparks is AMAZING for prices! I got my springs there and very glad I did. I will go back to them for the RSB
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i say spring first then summer tires.
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Old 02-26-2011, 04:56 PM   #9 (permalink)
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TRD Sparks is AMAZING for prices! I got my springs there and very glad I did. I will go back to them for the RSB

the only available shipping option to canada is USPS Priority Mail International which cost me $73 of shipping. So all in all is $232.

or ?

Cant find any good price exept trdsparks, even ebay doesnt have like this.
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