Greetings tC owners!

Our engineers have been very busy developing and perfecting suspension for the Scion tC, and we were anticipating arrival of our springs in late July. Testing R&D and manufacturing has finished ahead of schedule and they will be arriving in a little over 2 weeks! Please mark your calenders and call your local dealers if you have these on backorder to ensure that your springs are on this first shipment

Here are the pictures of the DF210's installed on an IIP courtesy of our friends at literally our next door neighbor, Toyota National Headquarters!


We spent a great deal of time developing this spring so that it would have the excellent drop, great comfort, driveability and price that made our DF210's for the xA and especially the xB one of the most popular and well regarded trouble free lowering options available.

Please feel free to follow this link for more information:
http://www.tanabe-usa.com/springs/df210.asp

 

what spring rate front and rear? how much of a drop front and rear?

it looks good

 

The drop looks about 2".

 

Spring rate: 3.4/4.3
Drop: 1.7/2.2

Great spring guys!

 

Wow, just when I was about to order the Hotchkis springs. Now I am debating these. They look great.

 

tanabe just took the #1 spot imo for springs. i think it looks a lot better than the s-techs.

 

Those look delicious

 

wow...i'm still gettin coilovers =D

 

Why's the rear tucked so much more than the front?

 

Hmmm... you should take a look at more pics of the tC with stock rims and a lowered ride. They all look like that since the rear fender sticks out farther than the front. The rear wheel is tucked further into the well and so you get the illusion that the back is dumped more than the front, which is not the case. Proper rim offset can fix this, but otherwise, that's just the way it goes.

 

looks very nice.. still think i'm gonna go with Hotchkis though.. that drop looks hellaciously low. (but very clean).

 

I don't think this is the case with tanabe. If you look at their web site, rear drop is more than the front. The main reason I decided not to wait for it.

 

Looks the same as the "SPRINT" drop...... Looks good.

 

OOPs...... duplicate post

 

this is an EVEN drop. imo much better than say the s-techs which lower the front much more than the rear.

 

Do all springs eventually need new shocks? I like these a lot and I would want to get them but the whole "Shocks blowing out" thing is kind of turning me away from it.

 

RE: Scion TC spring drop and spring rate

The Scion tC from the factory has a slight forward rake and a bit of rear suspension travel. When we developed the DF210 spring for this car, the ride height of front and rear was balanced out for a more suitable stance. To provide better handling, weight transfer properties, and to reduce understeer characteristics of the tC the rear spring rate was also raised.

RE: Offset

Stock tC has a very high offset, so the wheels appear that they are sunken in

RE: Upgrading shocks

All springs (including stock) will need new shocks eventually, as shocks are a normal wear and tear item.

For performance springs, and lowering springs, it is generally a good idea to upgrade the shocks, as higher line shocks from reputable companies like KYB, etc will have more reliable, and stronger valving, which is ideal for the higher spring rates on most performance springs. (Our NF210 only raises spring rate 5% and are meant for stock dampers)

Stock shocks will work on a lowering spring, depending on the spring's specifications. The useage life of the shock can be diminished, depending on driving conditions.

Basically, on our spring line, the spring rates ranges from conservative (NF210) to aggressive (GF210) The DF210 is right in the middle, check out the xB corner carvers section-- there are a great deal of people with the DF210's installed for several years running stock or upgraded dampeners.

 

Are you eventually coming with Sustec coilovers for our tCs?

I need something a lot more performance orientated than my H&R springs...

 

looking good.. keep up the good work!

 

tanabe coilovers will be released soon from what i've read.