Shocks recommendation?
#16
Awesome, thanks for following up on this with your experiences. Always good to have a thread like this that'll be useful for future folks...the three of them that will actually lower this body style..lol
#17
Lol, not too many dropped or modded 4th gen es300s. I have only seen one non stock 4th Gen es300 in person, and it it my own. I considered lowering mine to get less wheel gap until I found out about my spine disc problem, now I want all the softness there is. I guess airbags would be a good solution but I can't justify the cost.
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The fronts are fine, not planning to change the shocks anytime soon. Lol I'm not done with this car yet, still have a rear diffuser, front lip, and side skirts to go.
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I don't know on these vehicles, but this is what I weighed when I re-did struts 2 years ago:
a) On my Audi/in that community, the Sachs available were viewed as OE-equivalent and no upgrade. So i went with Boge turbo gas and was happy.
b) On the only Sachs application for the ES, they are OE-type twin tube.
c) Everyone is generally so happy and very satisfied with the KYB Excel/GR2 on these cars (I am).
d) the Sachs are 30/40% more than the KYB on average.
So why bother? That was my analysis at least.
I just put some KYB shocks (gas-a-just) on my SUV last week and am very pleased. I'd go KYB unless someone gave me a very compelling reason to pay more for the Sachs, and I don't see that happening. So not a perfect answer for you but some food for thought.
a) On my Audi/in that community, the Sachs available were viewed as OE-equivalent and no upgrade. So i went with Boge turbo gas and was happy.
b) On the only Sachs application for the ES, they are OE-type twin tube.
c) Everyone is generally so happy and very satisfied with the KYB Excel/GR2 on these cars (I am).
d) the Sachs are 30/40% more than the KYB on average.
So why bother? That was my analysis at least.
I just put some KYB shocks (gas-a-just) on my SUV last week and am very pleased. I'd go KYB unless someone gave me a very compelling reason to pay more for the Sachs, and I don't see that happening. So not a perfect answer for you but some food for thought.
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Cool, I'm just doing a bit of research, I've gone from running a '97 BMW M3 in the UK to a '00 ES300 out here in Saudi Arabia. Parts availability out here seems to be a bit of a lottery so it's good to know there are a few good options.
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