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kokopelli previously said:
You're running the red and blue ones on the front? Ron
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Yes, red/blue Bilsteins from a '07 TRD SE:
Sorry to hear about how you feel towards TRD. TRD USA is a company of it's own... not owned by Toyota. TRD Japan (much more seriously involved with motorsports compared to TRD USA) is a totally separate entity as well. As far as TRD USA is concerned, most of the products that they sell are rebadged items. Very few items (supercharger kits, strut tower braces, to name a couple) are made by TRD USA. I recall a while back, TRD USA was selling SS brake lines for the Supra... they were simply reboxed Goodridge lines. The upgraded suspension kit was just a set of bilsteins with eibach lowering springs.
In the case of the red/blue bilsteins that came standard on the '07 SE, they are Bilstein units made to Toyota's specs... I spoke to Shane at Bilstein and he was unable to give me the compression/rebound specs due to them being "proprietary".
So far I've had great success with Bilsteins... I don't think the Bilsteins supplied to Toyota are no different in quality. If they fail, I'll definitely let you folks know.
