got 1k to spend now... shox n springs or 18"s

[d3im05]

paid all my bills and bought some personal items this paycheck and have some money to spend on the celi, not to mention another 600$ i put on top of my regular car payment...
idk what i'd get first, suspension (kyb agx + tein S tech) or 18"s ???
what y'all think??

[lamboceliGTS]

i was going to buy 18"s but if you do you will have to lower your car or else it will look like a 4x4

[Curt705]

get a performance part....or out of ur two options there I would get springs and shocks/struts

[jerry rojas]

get some teins ss coilovers first

[Bacon]

Coilovers for sure

[cupcake]

Coilovers first. If you just get the 18" without lowering your car, it'll look funny. Or wait a little while so you can get both at once?

[blondie02gt]

Coilovers first. If you just get the 18" without lowering your car, it'll look funny. Or wait a little while so you can get both at once?


that's a great idea, and when all the money is in a saving$ account, imagine the interest that you can get from it!!! :)

[d3im05]

Coilovers first. If you just get the 18" without lowering your car, it'll look funny. Or wait a little while so you can get both at once?


that's a great idea, and when all the money is in a saving$ account, imagine the interest that you can get from it!!! :)


okay... probably june/july timeframe
tein ss coilovers are hella expensive tho. like 800 on dori2garage gb or something, compared to the kyb agx + s tech ( 430 shipped)
i save up 2000 and it sits in my savings acct... x5%(APR) = 100 / 12 (# of months) = $8.3 a month on interest... eek... i'd rather pay that 2k toward my celi 'cause the interest rate on that is 6.5% losing more money on the process, right?

hey thanks guys, i'll probably save up enough, i just dont know what to do with the celi no more. kinda lost my motivation to work on it. and IT IS AN AUTO gts anyway... we'll see...

[DesigningEcho]

HA an Auto GTS Funny. Yah man, I would recommend saving it and dropping it all when your more sure.

[Blue Bomber]

:moved:

Suspension first. 18s look horrible without a drop. Also, you'll only be making your auto even slower with them.

[Lorenzor]

I put 18" rims on my car before lowering it because mine came with hub cabs so i was like "i got to get rid of these asap" if you have the stock celica rims then drop it first, my car looked so high with the 18" rims before the drop...

[d3im05]

:moved:

Suspension first. 18s look horrible without a drop. Also, you'll only be making your auto even slower with them.


i don't need the speed really... i thought anything above 18s would decrease performance?

i'd go for the tein ss/basic coilovers but the price difference against the kyb agx/tein s tech setup is something to look @, trying to save money. we have a CG inspection here soon and i need to refit ,buy , and tailor new uniforms... all 4 of em. and that'll hurt the wallet.

[neological]

18s themselves will decrease performance.

Tein SS/basic are not as great as people here would claim (I wouldn't put Tein Basics on ANY car). Go with a well matched strut/spring.