Prius Installing new shocks and springs

[mkamranasif]

i just got 1inch spacers at front and rear.. nothing changes.. fuel economy remains the same.. suspension also seems fine.. no sound when hitting cat eyes or on bumpy roads..

[mkamranasif]

I think changing tires to 205/70/r15, if this profile is available, will give you a raise of .67 inches that is more than half inch, your mileage will suffer a little only in city driving not on highway but i think it is the less complicated way of increasing car height. You can compare the tire size on Tire Size Comparison to see how much difference is there.

i just got 1" spacers at front and rear.. nothing changes.. fuel economy remains the same.. suspension also seems fine.. no sound when hitting cat eyes or on bumpy roads..

[asimzahid76]

Hello every one

I have prius 2011, I want to change its shocks and springs to increase height (ground clearance) like my corolla Altis,

Need help in this matter, is there any genuine extra height shocks and springs available for this purpose

If yes than how and where can I find them

Professional advise needed

Thanks

I would like to share my own experience. In 2010, I bought Vitz and faced the same problem. On one of my friend's advice I simply went to bilalgunj and got changed back suspension springs with the used Japanese harder springs and used car for five years without any issue in the car drive both in the city or on highway and without any worries of grave like speed breakers.
For the last 1 year I in using Prius that up graded with the Vitz and applied the same formula and again living in peace and enjoying Japanese car drive instead of local cars where companies are snatching money from the innocent people and pull out all the advance features just to make unfair heavy profits. Even government don't take any action against them because we people are silent and don't bother because " saday kol paisa bara ae pher ke ho gaya".

[nome670]

This post might be useful for others prius owner. I have a prius 2011 Just like every one else i had to be very careful while moving over the speed (car)breaker. Instead of going for spacer as i am not a fan to mess with suspension i went with tyre size increase . Recently after 44k on meter i changed the oem standard yokohama 195 65 R15 Tyre with a Tyre size of 205 65 R15. The difference is 2 % increase and most manufacturer allow less than 3% for safety.

The net result is a near 1 cm increase in height of car that is enough to clear bumps with peace of mind. Yes there is a trade off.Now I need to rev a little more, meaning a couple of notches off my km/l. yet braking and comfort had improved tremendously. (I went with continental contipremiumcontact 5 for top braking and comfort ,on the other hand these tyre have short life)

[buozier]

nah --- all in good fun. Same here - I tend to laugh on "Mr Bean Logic" ideas too ---

Zulifqar: bro, it was not for you.
was replying to other guy.
nyways, chill.

[mohdarshad]

Nome670, how much did the tyres cost you?

[nome670]

They costed 9000 per piece . The month was febuary when i had them changed.

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[bilalalam]

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[bilalalam]

This post might be useful for others prius owner. I have a prius 2011 Just like every one else i had to be very careful while moving over the speed (car)breaker. Instead of going for spacer as i am not a fan to mess with suspension i went with tyre size increase . Recently after 44k on meter i changed the oem standard yokohama 195 65 R15 Tyre with a Tyre size of 205 65 R15. The difference is 2 % increase and most manufacturer allow less than 3% for safety.

The net result is a near 1 cm increase in height of car that is enough to clear bumps with peace of mind. Yes there is a trade off.Now I need to rev a little more, meaning a couple of notches off my km/l. yet braking and comfort had improved tremendously. (I went with continental contipremiumcontact 5 for top braking and comfort ,on the other hand these tyre have short life)

Couldn't agree more - For my gen 2 Prius (2007) model, I changed from 185 XX r15 to to 195 65 R15 - I additionally installed 1/2 inch spacers at the back- and the issue got resolved, together they have increased the clearance by 3/4 of an inch- that solved my clearance problem to a greater extent.I have driven the car 79,000 Kms since than on highways, motorways, country roads and done sway test once (yes that was stupid) without fail- I respect Xulfiqar's opinion but Alhamdolilah the car has never shown any errors etc. At the end of the day it is neither an offroad nor a track car - it is an engineering marvel and treat for tech enthusiasts - Keep it for the passion's sake not to compare it with your cousin's Rolla or Londa civic

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[Shahab1234]

Have a spacer put on top of shock, not in spring. You may need to use a longer mount bolts. All it would do is increase your car height by 1" in unloaded condition. And would add height roughly .75" when loaded. Thats all you need to cross any bumps with peace of mind.No at front. Yes at back.

It will put a space in chassis and your shocks, thats it.

Now, it would not make your suspension any different.. Why? simply because, you are not increasing the spring tension by puttin spacer in the shocks. It won't disturb your center of gravity at all. As i got it done in my friend's prius. In my Honda. and in my Buick.

Simply don't be affraid of trying it out.

Guaranteed, suspension would nor be stiff nor be soft.

Making wheels bigger itslef is a heck. How? your speed would not be matched with of your speed meter. Your average would suck. and your pickup would be dropped considerably. Hicking power on hill would reduce. Extra load on engine. etc etc.

A simple soluotion to your simple problem.

Its like, if your bulb is fused, and you going for changing the whole charging system. Not needed !!!

And for all those, who making fun of you by suggesting hilux and stuff. Do not have a clue, hilux does not give luxury. Also they don't know in pakistan we do not have much varitie of vehicle to choose from.

Here in canada, we have atleast 24 brands and 4-6 model of each to choose from on very competitive prices with each same resale value. Hats off !!!!

So finally, don't go for tire change. will cost you atleast 40k+ with rims and tyre upgradation.

This solution woudl hardly cost you 1k.

I recently bought Aqua 2014 and am very pleased with the car, but one thing kept nagging me, and that was it's low road clearance, the car kept hitting the speed breakers, which are more like small mountains in Karachi, that I like to call "car breakers", so I got spacers installed, one inch high in front & 1 1/2 inch in rear wheels, this solved the clearance problem, but my car started having a slight rattling sound from steering wheel when driving on gravel roads,I am worried if it is going to damage the steering mechanism or suspension? what are the results of using larger size tires instead of 175, like 185, or even 190 size (but the later ones have complain of the tire rubbing against the body on close turns.and the 'strain on the drive train' plus wrong mileage on odometer). I would like to know the experience of forum members.