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Originally Posted by xdavidx
[...] Thinking maybe the TRD forged wheels might help... Pretty inexpensive for forged wheels and I can pretend those are stock, [...]
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Inexpensive?! I thought TRD SF-2 forged wheels aren't officially available in North America and are like $3k USD a set through side channels. When the stock tires are worn, I'm thinking about putting snow tires on the stock wheels and add a set of summer tires on 18" forged wheels. Highly unlikely those will be SF-2 though.
Anyway, I have TRD lowering strings and sway bars as well. This video on low car rituals might be of interest:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y2J2y9OeZc[/ame]
For potholes, just keep an eye on where you're going. If you can see them on the ground, you can usually dodge them. If you can't see the ground ahead because you're following somebody, just watch for the guy in front bobbing up and down, SUVs are especially bad for that. Then you know the hole's there. If you have to brake hard for a big one, don't forget to ease off to take the weight off the front before you hit. For my regular routes, I know where almost all the significant potholes are by heart. If a route is really beaten up, I just make up some excuses and tell my wife I'm taking her Corolla
For speed bumps, cut them at a constant angle as per the video. That isn't always possible though. There is a camera store in Toronto that has parking lot in a courtyard area only accessible through a narrow passageway with a pair of really high and sudden speed bumps. And the passageway forces you to take them head on. The only solution there was to complain to management. "Oh, they don't cause any problem for the owner's Porsche."
And for parking, the back up camera allows you to see what's on the groud so backing in is much preferred. I almost never go head first these days.