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To follow through... I put John Deere HyGard (standard, not Low-Vis) in my 2000 Toyota Echo this week and have done a little driving around town so far. Initial impressions: it shifts really nice, the stick moves more freely in neutral, it *seems like the car accelerates a little more "freely." It's been quite warm this week but we're getting another cold snap so I'll get a chance to see how it feels on an actual cold morning. The oil I drained out of the transmission looked decent, it wasn't utterly filthy or runny or milky. I have no idea what fluid it was or when it was last changed to be honest. It was obviously much thicker than the HyGard but I didn't know if it was spec fluid or regular 90 weight or what. It was also low, drained out 56ozs and poured in 72ozs before it dribbled out the hole. I've owned this little car for about 5 years and put over 40K miles on it so I'm pretty familiar with how it feels while driving in various conditions It's all seat-of-the-pants at this point but I'll say I'm pleased with how it feels. My son is gonna try it his Pathfinder and I'll report back again. His is grindy going into 2nd when it's cold so that'll be a good test.

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I know it's probably not worth shipping them, but I have a brand new set of moog springs for one of these trucks, never installed. I'd let them go for $50 plus shipping.

I have some limited experience with these on a D21. You will probably have a harsher ride due to the increased spring rate on the rear. It also depends on how much less travel you have. Like all other shocks, there is a maximum extension. I was probably very close to that on my D21 giving it a rougher ride. Cranking on the Torsion bars will give you some added lift if that's the desired effect. The front end on these have a bump stop on the top and bottom. The factory ride height is probably ideal for your daily driver. If you have it too high, you'll lose the potential on your extension, similarly, you'll lose compression if it's too low. All in all, adjusting the ride height will give it a harsher ride than the factory ride height. Part of the reason why I'm sticking with the factory ride height since I do little to ZERO offroading on this. I'm not saying that's good, bad or indifferent. It's all what you want to do with the ride. Just keep in mind that adjusting the height on the front also could buy you into getting the front end aligned, adjusting your tow and camber.