tokico and lowering

patwrecked · June 7th, 2007, 03:07 AM

i just bought tokico lowering springs and hp struts and shocks. when itook out the stock rears and put them up against the new tokicos, they were the same. but the tokicos are supposed to lower the car 1.5". also if i take out the spring isolators will it go lower or should i leave them in. i was thinking of just shaving the isloaters down. would that be ok?

homebrewed · June 8th, 2007, 03:02 AM

Ehhh.... Leave the isolators alone. They help with bottoming out. I learned my lesson about cutting those with my Eclipse. Every decent sized bump and I got a "clunk" outta the front struts. Beat the Hell outta the bearing plates.

SWEET2KSTANG · June 13th, 2007, 02:24 AM

the springs have a different spring rate at the ends and will allow the car to lower once the car is back on the ground. they may seem the same when out the car but there is a big difference.

matrixpuba · June 13th, 2007, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by homebrewed

Ehhh.... Leave the isolators alone. They help with bottoming out. I learned my lesson about cutting those with my Eclipse. Every decent sized bump and I got a "clunk" outta the front struts. Beat the Hell outta the bearing plates.

isolators dont help with bottoming out. they help with noise, harshness, and vibrations. they isolate the noise so u dont hear it and feal it. bottoming out is from the shocks and struts being to long or failing.

homebrewed · June 13th, 2007, 02:35 AM

Originally Posted by matrixpuba

Originally Posted by homebrewed

Ehhh.... Leave the isolators alone. They help with bottoming out. I learned my lesson about cutting those with my Eclipse. Every decent sized bump and I got a "clunk" outta the front struts. Beat the Hell outta the bearing plates.

isolators dont help with bottoming out. they help with noise, harshness, and vibrations. they isolate the noise so u dont hear it and feal it. bottoming out is from the shocks and struts being to long or failing.

Right right... I meant the upper portion on the strut/spring isolator, where the bearing plate resides, on my Eclipse kept poppin' after I shaved 'em off. Granted, what happened to me was on a totally different vehicle structure. So it may or may not hold true for him. Just my experience

Thanks for the correction, matrix :award

matrixpuba · June 13th, 2007, 04:15 AM

haha no problem.

June 7th, 2007, 03:07 AM	#1
patwrecked Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 339 iTrader: 0 reviews	tokico and lowering i just bought tokico lowering springs and hp struts and shocks. when itook out the stock rears and put them up against the new tokicos, they were the same. but the tokicos are supposed to lower the car 1.5". also if i take out the spring isolators will it go lower or should i leave them in. i was thinking of just shaving the isloaters down. would that be ok?

June 13th, 2007, 02:24 AM	#3
SWEET2KSTANG mm's nitrous mod 2000 mustang gt 11.79@115.83 (old set up) Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.W. AR Posts: 12,542 iTrader: 8 reviews	the springs have a different spring rate at the ends and will allow the car to lower once the car is back on the ground. they may seem the same when out the car but there is a big difference. __________________ project warhorse under construction wagon burner under construction as well (04 lightning) being built by MP2 Performance

June 13th, 2007, 04:15 AM	#6
matrixpuba Hardcore Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: tennessee Posts: 2,364 iTrader: 0 reviews	haha no problem. __________________

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