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Old 06-30-11, 03:01 PM
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been wanting to join for awhile. Got a is3 year ago and just now doing it. I would like to know whats the best affordable route to throw some coilovers on the 04 is300 without killing the bank to much? I'm looking to drop it atleast 1" and handle better. I also realized real quick that our keys break pretty easy. Whats the best route to get 1 cut other than dealer?
Old 06-30-11, 08:22 PM
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The Megan EZ streets are probably the cheapest route for coilovers. I haven't heard much about them, but they're affordable for sure.

Or you could just get springs?
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Yeah Megan EZ or Tein Basics are probably the cheapest you're gonna find.
But you get what you pay for, ride might be stiff and bouncy depending..

Key, getting it cut at dealer actually isn't as expensive as you would think.
They only charged me $25 to cut my duplicate....
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Originally Posted by llllllllll

Key, getting it cut at dealer actually isn't as expensive as you would think.
They only charged me $25 to cut my duplicate....
OHHHHHHHHHHH thats cheapppp... i think i paid 35 bucks for my duplicate + i had to buy my own key
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Just watch the classifieds, pick up a used pair.
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Originally Posted by rayy117
OHHHHHHHHHHH thats cheapppp... i think i paid 35 bucks for my duplicate + i had to buy my own key
Yeah I had to buy my own key too.
But to get it cut was cheaper than I was expecting!
And some dealerships wouldn't even touch my key because it was an ebay key.
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^ thats the problem im running into. They want me to buy a key from them because they dont want to cut any 1 elses
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^i never haf lexus cut mine I had somebody else do it and got my blanks off line saves a good bit
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Originally Posted by ISNINE
Just watch the classifieds, pick up a used pair.
again you get what you pay for
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