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cbridges17tc · 07-20-2010, 01:15 PM

Hey. Anyone know a quality place that can install my coilovers for me in northern NJ? Or if i end up doing it my self does anyone know a place that can do a good job adjusting them for me?

Thanks

cb

AristoSan · 07-20-2010, 05:39 PM

Where r u located

cbridges17tc · 07-21-2010, 12:09 AM

bergen county. ramsey.

Kouki Crisp · 07-24-2010, 01:49 PM

slidewayz in palisade park. google 'em

cbridges17tc · 07-25-2010, 02:39 PM

thanks, ill check them out. how are their prices?

Kupkake · 07-26-2010, 08:04 AM

Akuma Motorsports in NJ did mine.
Awesome guys and spectacular work! They did a full alignment for my car and set the height/camber right to where I wanted it.
Really good shop. Call them up and ask for John (owner), after the install he was showing me around the shop, showed me his Time Attack STI and a couple GTRs!
www.akumamotorsports.com

SupraMan1784 · 07-27-2010, 09:26 AM

Broadway Performance in Passic did my coils, great guy. great work for a good price.

http://www.broadway-performance.com/

973-779-8405

cbridges17tc · 08-06-2010, 08:23 PM

going to install them my self tomorrow. if anyone wants to come help you are more than welcome. shoot me a pm. zip 07401.

**Big_Jim** · 08-06-2010, 08:42 PM

Good luck with the tC. the suspension is a pain in the sack. Front end is a cake walk, the rear is where it gets tough.

Ive done numerous scion suspensions, and every time I do a tc suspension swap, i say to whoevers car it is "im never doing this again"

Last tC swap was from TRD springs/shocks/struts to Raceland coilovers. Took a total of 11 hours, 2 cases of beer, and a dinner break.

cbridges17tc · 08-06-2010, 09:10 PM

wow really? the guys who did my trd springs had it done in 50 minutes lol on the ground no lift. they had a big metal bar they stood on to get the rear strut out. what problems did you run into? im going to have an air gun so hopefully all the bolts come off easy. I might start with the rear because that seems to be the more difficult part, and if i cant get it i wont be stuck with the fronts on and not being able to put the rears on lol. i dont need anything off the stock suspension either which is nice, i dont need to compress anything or take anything off the stocks.

cbridges17tc · 08-08-2010, 09:28 PM

coil-overs are installed! did it my self. feels good doing it myself. ran into some problems the first day, you wouldn't believe it haha. the lugs i have are cheapo ones that came with my rims that you need a key for all of them. well it snapped off in one of my lugs after i installed one of the coil-overs so i had to go out and find another key which is just a 12mm hex. so i found one after an hour of driving from one hardware store and one auto parts store to the next. then me and my friend cleaned up to take a break, he had to go to work and i was gong to wait for my other friend to come. and we could not find the new key, was no where to be found. anyways my friend left it in some weird place and totally forgot where he put it, and my mom found it later that night and was like wtf is this doing here lol. so i started up again today and got them on no problem. drilled the broken key in the lug and it came right out.

the fronts are perfect, very easy to adjust the height and got it perfect. they both are exact.

the rears on the other had are a b*tch to adjust and they came with no directions. anyways i found out later tonight how to properly adjust them so tomorrow or another night ill adjust them another half inch or inch lower so everything is perfect. then ill get an alignment.

over all i love the handling, my car sticks to the ground like glue now. i have the dampening at about +20 in the rear and +15 in the front, might go stiffer in the front because I'm tucking a little tire and i don't want to risk rubbing over larger bumps or speed bumps. there are 32 levels of dampening so ill play around with it all after i have the height where i want it and i am aligned. =]! car looks great slammed, well almost, the back has to come down more to complete it lol. ill put some pics up when im done.

07-20-2010, 01:15 PM	#1
cbridges17tc Noob-Jersey Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NJ Member #16748 My Ride: Scion tC iTrader: (0)	coilover install in northern NJ Hey. Anyone know a quality place that can install my coilovers for me in northern NJ? Or if i end up doing it my self does anyone know a place that can do a good job adjusting them for me? Thanks cb

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08-06-2010, 08:23 PM	#8
cbridges17tc Noob-Jersey Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NJ Member #16748 My Ride: Scion tC iTrader: (0)	going to install them my self tomorrow. if anyone wants to come help you are more than welcome. shoot me a pm. zip 07401.

08-06-2010, 09:10 PM	#10
cbridges17tc Noob-Jersey Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NJ Member #16748 My Ride: Scion tC iTrader: (0)	wow really? the guys who did my trd springs had it done in 50 minutes lol on the ground no lift. they had a big metal bar they stood on to get the rear strut out. what problems did you run into? im going to have an air gun so hopefully all the bolts come off easy. I might start with the rear because that seems to be the more difficult part, and if i cant get it i wont be stuck with the fronts on and not being able to put the rears on lol. i dont need anything off the stock suspension either which is nice, i dont need to compress anything or take anything off the stocks.

08-08-2010, 09:28 PM	#11
cbridges17tc Noob-Jersey Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NJ Member #16748 My Ride: Scion tC iTrader: (0)	coil-overs are installed! did it my self. feels good doing it myself. ran into some problems the first day, you wouldn't believe it haha. the lugs i have are cheapo ones that came with my rims that you need a key for all of them. well it snapped off in one of my lugs after i installed one of the coil-overs so i had to go out and find another key which is just a 12mm hex. so i found one after an hour of driving from one hardware store and one auto parts store to the next. then me and my friend cleaned up to take a break, he had to go to work and i was gong to wait for my other friend to come. and we could not find the new key, was no where to be found. anyways my friend left it in some weird place and totally forgot where he put it, and my mom found it later that night and was like wtf is this doing here lol. so i started up again today and got them on no problem. drilled the broken key in the lug and it came right out. the fronts are perfect, very easy to adjust the height and got it perfect. they both are exact. the rears on the other had are a b*tch to adjust and they came with no directions. anyways i found out later tonight how to properly adjust them so tomorrow or another night ill adjust them another half inch or inch lower so everything is perfect. then ill get an alignment. over all i love the handling, my car sticks to the ground like glue now. i have the dampening at about +20 in the rear and +15 in the front, might go stiffer in the front because I'm tucking a little tire and i don't want to risk rubbing over larger bumps or speed bumps. there are 32 levels of dampening so ill play around with it all after i have the height where i want it and i am aligned. =]! car looks great slammed, well almost, the back has to come down more to complete it lol. ill put some pics up when im done.