Tokico Illuminas

I just ordered a set of Tokico Illuminas. I was wondering how much do they lower(if at all) and how much they will increse my handeling compaired to stock.

thay lower the car 1.5 inches and they improve handeling alot! I love mine!!

if its just the shocks it will lower about .5 inch
handling will be improved, adjust them to suit your liking

i didnt know they lowerd the car at all. i thought they were the stock height. learn somthing new every day. their great shocks.

i have them on my 96 GS. you get alot more road feel out of them. Which means a bumpier ride, but the car handles better with them. They are great shocks.

If you go real low, they are only good for about a year, or 35k miles, in my case. Any shock's life is shortened when its travel is significantly shortened. Shorter shocks would be nice, but now I'm rambling. Illuminas are my personal choice, but mainly for lack of a better alternative (that wont break the bank). Just consider shocks consumables, and it will be easier to handle it later. :D

I need a spring compresser right?

it depends, if you buy the whole set of tokico shocks and springs like I did all you have to do it swap the assmbly, if you want to put stock sprinks on the tokico shocks then yes (or aftermarket springs on stock struts).

You wont need it to put it back together if you use lowering springs, but taking it apart it is under some pressure. I have never used a spring compresor, but try that at your own risk :D

I missed some of the posts above. Swapping the shocks alone should not lower the car. The aftermarket springs lower the car.

a pipe wrench works wonders for holding the stock spring while taking off the nut that holds it together... that way your nut and washer doesnt go flying when you loosen it all the way!