stevenray7

any pics of it installed? and i think 3 inches all around is the max cuz the tein s techs are 1.5" Front & 1.8 and thats just lowering springs. so the max on these are 3 inches

Scion202

i know of the stechs drop, im just saying I will let you guys know exactly what the drop range is since clearly in the rears its not 3" range as they claimed

Scion202

just got off the phone with Megan Racing, apparently the thread length is not linearly proportional to the drop

so you have to set your own baseline and then measure the drop and go from there

stevenray7

well cant wait to see how ur car looks when u install the megan coils

Scion202

Since there r way too many dips around here ill only be dropping it .5 front and 1" rear but I will drop it to the lowest just to see how it looks. When I'm back in NH ill drop it prolly 1.5 front and 2 rear


Btw I don’t care about being close to the ground, what I find attractive is 0 wheel gap, that was one of the reasons why I bought bigger tires. My tires reduce the wheel gap by 0.2”!

stevenray7

man if u can take pics of the lowest drop if u can. i wanna see how the megan racing coils look when its maxed out. if its not a good drop i might as well stick with the tein s techs.

Kyleptrsn1

I think you may have just found me my next purchase... But only if they look good with zero wheel gap. I'm like you in that respect.

Scion202

haha yeah lowest drop on these will look STUPID low and yes I will

Scion202

parking next to Zs.....



finally got a smartphone!

bought refurbished Incredible 2

and heres the camera quality

GAPS11TC

iTrader: (1)

Beautiful, how do you keep the black looking so fresh? Lol

Scion202

it was actually dusty as ____, I guess the camera aint good enough to pick up the dirt lol

but it mostly California...it doesnt rain here but if u saw my car in person ud see a ton of scratches since paint is crap. I havent waxed it since october and 2 weeks ago was first time since then I just use california duster to sweep off dust/pollen





btw i puke in my mouth a bit every time I look at this disgusting wheel gap

Scion202

I just made a quick video about the coils and whats in the box

2tCornot2tC

The height adjustment is very predictable front-to-rear. Since the front is a Macpherson strut and is pointing to the center of your contact patch therefore that will be 1:1 (minus the cosine of the angle the struts are leaning at). Now take a look at your rear suspension…if you are very astute, you will notice that the spring is just about at the center of the lower suspension arm…swivel-point-to-swivel-point. That is the ratio you will get when you set the ride height…that is why they have only half the range of the front. All is good…You will get twice the change at the rear wheel from the “lever-arm” action. I also think that Megan screwed up…all the other manufacturers have twice the spring rate rear-to-front – and that “lever-action” is the reason for it. And that is about right for the car from a dynamics point of view. Megan does not! Their spring rates are identical front-to-rear. I’m going to predict that in a high speed corner when you hit a bump or a dip in the road, your car will pitch back and forth like on a hobbyhorse with Megan’s identical spring rates…well, maybe you won’t even need to be in a high speed corner. Now the manufacturers that make a true coil-over (TEIN for example) for the rear, their spring rates should be the same – the spring reacts at the end of the suspension arm therefore no “lever-action”.

Scion202

"(minus the cosine of the angle the struts are leaning at)"

angle between the vertical and coilover? then it results in something close to ~0.8-0.9" which seems pretty close



TEIN is not a "true coilover" in the rear, same setup. separate spring and shock for the basic and street kits

this shows 6kg springs as you mentioned:
http://www.tein.com/tech_info/q30.html

this shows the construction of the rear on the last page(pg10)
http://www.tein.com/tech_info/inst/2q30u.pdf


have you seen them in person? how did you come to the conclusion that rear is a true coilover?

we know for sure that the basic kit has separate spring and shock from here:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=47

johndeo11

when will it be installed? lolz cant wait for the review. hahahaha

Scion202

i may do it in steps. one night front and rear the other.

Im just kinda scared replacing the shock in the rear since ive never done it and not sure if i need to keep any of the stock pieces

johndeo11

it was easy. lolz installing back the rotors to the arm is much harder. ahaahaha

Scion202

"easy" not telling me much haha

did u keep any of the old parts or use only the ones that came with ksport?

johndeo11

used all that came with ksport...
well, at first try it was kinda hard... i just followed the instructions that came with TRD springs.

Scion202

but there isnt anything about removing the shocks...

im talking about the top part only