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My 8th gen Rolla

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    How do you like those stagg struts?
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    Have any of you tried the baseball bat method of rolling fenders?
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    Don't do it lol. Just pay the 60-80 bucks to someone with experience. I don't rub at all and I have a 205/40 on a 16x8 rim
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    yea the baseball method is risky business..
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    Lol ok I seen it on youtube so just wanted to check on that.
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    dont, if anything do the proper poor mans fender rolling...use a heat gun and a rubber mallet to fold the lip in and done....thats what i did to my corolla.

    its alright, not going to say its the best but if you have oem shocks and are the original ones from the factory then its a good noticeable difference, worth the money. Ride quality is nice on both city and highway plus i commute 50 miles twice a week. I did review before buying them and everyone says they sit in between KYB and TOKICO.

    But going from tokico struts, k-sports then stagg sturts...i know a bit of experience.
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    That's what I did, but I couldn't fit a bat in there. Luckily, I had a small metal pole that worked great.
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    i used a bat on my rear fenders. worked fine. did the drivers front and it looks like a porn stars asshole.

    i am also on konis and ground controls.
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    This is completely out of curiosity not sayin ima do it but how do y'all think a set of tein s techs would do on the autozone Gabriel ultras? They have a lifetime warranty and would save me about 80 bucks but idk if suspension is something I wanna be cheaping out on.
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    im sure they would blow very easy
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    Ok I don't mind spending a little extra for the kyb's and good news I just put a deposit down on a new motor today 114,000 original miles coming out of an automatic and 6 month warranty.
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    dont cheap out on suspension. ever. you will hate it and regret it. i love mine despite it being stiff as fuck. its beast mode all the time
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    Agreed 100%. So many agree feels here

    First thing..... those are NOT coilovers, but rather coilover sleeves. Those are the WORST thing you can install (only cutting springs is worse) lol.

    I would go for a set of springs if you can't get fullbody coilovers.
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    by the time you buy good shocks and lowering springs you are a bit away from full coilover price.
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    Yeah I know I just didn't know what else to call them lol think ima go ahead and order the tein s techs off ebay they are like 150-160 shipped then get some kyb gr2s for em. The good coilovers are mad expensive lol
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    this
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    Perfect

    Exactly, which is the reason I actually got coilovers, once I realized the price difference was minimal lol
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    and i was given a lecture to save my money and not get coilovers :rolleyes:
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    Yeah It's lookin like rite around 400 for springs and struts vs 8-900 for coilovers. Plus by the time I get the sway bars and strut bar I think it will handle the way I want it to.
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    Well you aren't made out of Gold lol
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    no but i have some, might surprise you guys at toyofest14
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    Too bad you're the only one who will be there!
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    :eek: not going?!:(
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    You're the only one who they'll let in lol
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    well you can park outside...heck i might cancel it, only reason i signed up was for you guys but you guys didnt get a spot so loosing interest really. Id still go tho
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    Yeah obviously it's gonna be huge, and I'm hoping they find a way to expand and let more people in. It will be worth going to just to look for sure. And I am still planning to go over there... got some money to collect :heh:
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    and i will be happy to give it away if that someone shows up

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