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Old 12-31-08, 02:38 PM
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I told a friend I'd post pics of his ES330. Here it is.


Old 01-01-09, 10:48 AM
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its clean and BEGGING for a drop.
Old 01-01-09, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by egryda
its clean and BEGGING for a drop.
yep, drop that sucka!! lol, it really would complete the look. right now it kinda looks like a semi truck
Old 01-01-09, 02:25 PM
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It's gonna be tuff to convince him to drop it. He trusts what I say but I don't know anything about dropping the ES models. WHat's available for springs? Any issues?
Old 01-01-09, 02:43 PM
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Once it's dropped, It will look 10 times better, nice though
Old 01-01-09, 06:28 PM
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Hijack time

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Old 01-02-09, 08:27 PM
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two suggestions for your friend to bump it up a notch.

1. paint the calipers. nice wide open rims expose the stock metal of the calipers......sometimes not pretty and they just get dirtier.

2. stealth signal bulbs to get rid of the fried egg look of the rear turn signals.

like this, I think I have four bulbs left if your friend is interested.

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Old 01-03-09, 08:16 AM
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I just wanna know what lowering springs are available for this model.
Old 01-03-09, 06:23 PM
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Tanabe has the DF210 and NF210 springs for the '02-'06 ES's. The DF210's drop it 2"/1.3" (F/R) and the NF210's 1.5"/1" (F/R). Below are a couple pics of my ES dropped on the NF's. The spring rates are very similar to stock so the ride is still smooth.


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I should have checked. Someone told me there were no springs for the car so I didn't check. I should have known better. I have Tanabe's on both my cars so I can tell my friend all about them.
Thanks

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Old 01-05-09, 07:10 AM
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Nice but yeah, it'd look much better with a drop
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Looks nice. I agree with everyone here go with a drop.
Old 01-09-09, 12:10 PM
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Very nice looking ES 330 your friend has got there. I love seeing a freshly cleaned ES. It just makes me want to wash and wax my own ES 300...keep up the great work and happy driving...
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