hi guys, I just bought a set of trd coilovers for my 205. Can anyone give me some feedback on these compared to stock shocks?
All feedback appriciated

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'94 jdm st205

IMO they are bloody horrendous and not suitable for road use

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Life is a *bleep*..............then you marry one

I'm not looking for comfort! Just want to improve handling

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'94 jdm st205

Hard for road use... you'll be swerving to miss matchsticks in the road...

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Kris
95 ST205 - slept for 10 years, now waking up...
Avensis
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Turbocharging - the replacement for displacement

Everyone I know who has had them on a road car has changed them as they are far too hard for road use.

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1996 ST205 UK

I had a set of race spec TRD coilovers bought from TTE in Germany and they were far too hard for road use with the car porpoising really badly over minor undulations. I race a Formula Ford single seater and by comparison it feels like it has a limo type ride compared to a TRD coilover equipped GT-Four My advice would be to sell them on and go for something less extreme like TRD springs and/or KYB Super Street or TEIN coilovers. They are much better suited for road use.

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp

I have a set in my garage waiting for inserts when I find some. They did about 10 miles although tbh by the time I reversed off the driveway I knew I'd made a mistake

Probably fine on track but on the road your so seldom in actual physical contact with the surface control is somewhat compromised.

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I can only eco what has been said above, I drove a track spec GT4 with these on the other day and the ride is extremely harsh and not liveable as a road car in regular use in my opinion. In fact I would say they are somewhat on the hard side even for a full time track car! I have BC coilovers on my own car and the ride quality is a shed load better and handling is excellent, I would take them over the TRD's for my use (mixed road and track) any day.

As above if yours is a road car I would definately recommend you sell them and buy some alternative coilovers like Tein, BC, D2 etc.

If your currently on stock shocks your in for a shock (literally!).

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Thx for your input guys. Might change my plans after reading all this

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'94 jdm st205

I canceled the TRD coils and instead bought a set of BC. Since many of you seems to have these too, can you guys tell me what setup works out best? I know its a personal feeling but a little guideline on settings would be nice. Thx

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'94 jdm st205

I think that's probably a wise move I haven't used the BC coilovers myself but they seem to get good reports. If you use the Search function on this forum you will find quite a lot of info.

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Don
GT4DC Chairman
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205WRC JDM 269bhp @ 0.9bar
1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Special GT 590bhp @ 1.8bar
1989 Van Diemen RF88/89 Formula Ford 1600
2008 Nissan Patrol GU 3.0L ZD30DDTi 154bhp