Mmmaxx

Well with the work of maxima10to1 i got the Tokico Kit put on today. I ordered from Custom Maxima, I remember in a previous post there was some debate on a tokico kit from Ebay that came with Red springs rather than the silver ones. In any event, my order from CM came with red springs, which if I remember correctly are still tokico springs, but colored different for unknown reasons. Anyway, the drop first day and ride quality on 3 all around is awsome! currently the rear drop allows me to very tightly fit 3 fingers where as before I could stick my entire fist in and bounce it up and down. The front is a loose 3 finger, again, before it was a fist with room. Im very pleased so far, felt like stock while I had my stock rims on, but then we decided what the hell and put my 18's on and the difference i felt was about the same with 18's and stock suspension. Car looks awsome compared to stock, can't wait until the springs settle all the way. There should be some pictures coming when I get them from Maxima10to1 i will post those as well. Comparison stock to Tokico both with and without rims. Also a few install pix for the hell of it

gtr_rider

iTrader: (50)

youre gonna have funnn..

Gibby

Congrats! That's the same setup I have (with the red Tokicos), and I love it! Did you measure your drop on each corner? Are you a 5-spd or Auto?
Try placing the rear struts on one setting higher than the fronts (ie 3 front, 4 rear). This reduces understeer and is great fun in the twisties!!! Enjoy!!!

jdm71488

Im glad you like it & it rides good cuz that's what I going to be getting here shortly...

Congrats!

Mmmaxx

Didn't measure the drop, but i supposed I could measure the height of my fist vs 3 fingers and im an Auto, so im thinking the front will settle down some more maken it pretty even front and back

JSutter

iTrader: (46)

The drop is almost identical to my Eibachs, maybe a bit lower. And it is not nearly as stiff. But, it looks soo bad a$$. You know I never got to ride in the thing! WTF?! Matt you owe me big time.

happyricefob

iTrader: (7)

the drop seems similar to maxspeed as well. i'm glad you liked it

Mmmaxx

ok side drop comparison stock 2 years ago, and shortly after install

Stock..


and with drop..



other images with rims to come tomorrow

DoGGy

man i keep hearing good things about this setup. looks like imma purchase it after i get my 19"

any estimates on the drop in inches for F&R? judgin by the pics i think its the same as progress, no?

s3roush628

Tokico's and H&R are kick @$$ too, i run them on 4 all around, maybe ill go with 4 up from and 5 in the rear, i love my handling!

Gibby

I got 1.625" in the front and 1.75" in the rear. I have a 5-spd, so the front will probably drop more with an auto. The ride height is now identical front and back, so no worrys about SAS (saggy a$$ syndrome---I made that one up).

I30tMikeD

iTrader: (8)

How did you measure? From the top of the wheel well to the ground, or did you try and measure the actual gap? I want new springs and am wondering how accurate the measuring was.

BOSS

IMO, the tokico springs give too much of a drop - seems like the car is waaaaaaaay too low. I believe H&R springs give the best drop of all, because they only give like 1.4 inches in the front, whereas this setup appears to have given a 2 inch drop.

Anyway, why did you buy from Custommaxima? There's a group deal for tokico illumina shocks - $425 shipped

Mmmaxx

Well, I paid 620 shipped for both illumina's and the springs, so basically I paid like 430 for the illumina's, if I had gotten the illuminas with the GD, then boughten the tokico springs from CM it would have been 200 shipped for the springs, so in the end I saved 5 bux too :P

BOSS

well, the guy who does the GD sells tokico illuminas for $425 shipped plus good quality Vogtland German-made springs for $200 shipped so total = $625 with a very similar drop and much better springs IMO.

Gibby

I measured from the wheel well to the center of the wheel hub before and after lowering, and again about 3 weeks after. The numbers posted are the difference between OEM distance, and the distance 3 wks after lowering. I was very careful about this, and this is how the instructions from Tokico suggested to measure.

Gibby

You said you got red springs. It's been suggested that there's no real difference between the red and silver springs. I'm inclined to believe that now, that you've received red from custom maxima, and Luke had silver from them.
I ordered the kit off of eBay for $560 shipped. I ordered on Saturday, received that Thursday. Pretty good shipping I'd say, and packaged directly from Tokico, all in one box, and included the red springs. I was pretty happy over all, and still am!
P.S. the seller was: jdmwerks

Mmmaxx

How do you know they are better? Have you used both the Vogtland and the tokico springs, or are you basing it on reputation of springs?

BOSS

reputation, based on what others have said

Brudaddy

iTrader: (2)

drop looks good. I bet the ride is good too.
Those Illuminas are supposed to be the best. They ought to be, they are made out of gold. ha ha

kchase219

Ive had the same kit for a couple weeks and I couldn't be happier,

The pic was taken a day after install, it looks a bit lower now.

Mmmaxx

Pictures with rims...

zealotnyc

how's the ride?

nismos14

iTrader: (56)

are you auto or 5 speed? its a perfect drop, but im assuming ur an auto?

image

iTrader: (6)

Im having trouble deciding over the H & R's and EIbachs for the tokico shocks.... I know the difference, but is H & R worth it?? Is eibach really too rough?