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Old 04-25-12, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by eddiekay
why does everyone regret f sport springs =( i'm thinking installing them myself
I regretted it because I wanted it to go lower after a while, which meant I should've got coilovers first. If you're happy with a mild drop, then by all means get it.
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I regret not getting Navi originally... but then hey there's always fly audio!!
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I think i'm gonna have to change my answer:
The mod i regret the most is~

THE FIRST ONE its been all downhill since, once you start you just cant stop~ it keeps calling me~ i need more MORE MORE~ 'come on just one little mod, something to hold me over'
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^^haha
mine probably has to be getting springs instead of coilovers to begin with
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Originally Posted by eddiekay
why does everyone regret f sport springs =( i'm thinking installing them myself
It's hardly noticeable. It's a love-hate relationship. I hardly ever scrape but it's not aggressive enough for me. But whenever I have a date, I don't want it to be hella uncomfortable and bouncy (at least on the first date) for her.

If I had to do it over, I'd get coils, but I wouldn't lower it by much.
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Originally Posted by eddiekay
why does everyone regret f sport springs =( i'm thinking installing them myself
Here is the reason~ because here on the 2IS board ppl say stupid things like FSport = lowering springs, 'i wanna lower my car so im getting fsport springs'... THE TRUTH is that FSport springs are NOT what a modder would call 'lowering springs', FSport is a spring that just makes the car .6in lower front/.8in lower rear than the stock sports suspension... Now if you want a better suspension feel WITHOUT sacrificing ground clearance then by all means get FSport springs, they feel great on the road but just don't get them for looks. If you want the best of feel/ground clearance then get Eibach is250 springs, FSport springs are just Eibach 350 springs anyway.

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and if i may add they are a waste of money !!! Get something like Eibach, H&R, Tanabe something along that line....
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sell me 1 of your F-Sport crappy springs..
Im getting some 20" giovanna kilis wheels tomorrow so it would come out good...
dont regret anything thus far,, and dont think i will... [hopefully!]
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
Here is the reason~ because here on the 2IS board ppl say stupid things like FSport = lowering springs, 'i wanna lower my car so im getting fsport springs'... THE TRUTH is that FSport springs are NOT what a modder would call 'lowering springs', FSport is a spring that just makes the car .6in lower front/.8in lower rear than the stock sports suspension... Now if you want a better suspension feel WITHOUT sacrificing ground clearance then by all means get FSport springs, they feel great on the road but just don't get them for looks. If you want the best of feel/ground clearance then get Eibach is250 springs, FSport springs are just Eibach 350 springs anyway.
^^^Precisely. The Fsport shocks and springs perform wonderfully, but just don't cut it (for me) aesthetically because it doesn't lower the car by much at all.
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Default What mods did/do you regret and why?

I'm sure we all had a mod we regret doing. Whether on impulse or whatever the case maybe, the mod life is just that. What mods do you regret and why? Do you still have these mods installed or where they removed? Please share
Old 01-22-13, 07:51 AM
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Modding in general, I regretted buying an AEM intake for my 1999 Honda Accord 6cyl. Made it sound great, but did nothing for power.

Specific to my Lexus though, nothing yet. I've had purchases I've regretted (springs, used side mirror blinkers), but nothing actually installed on the car.
Old 01-22-13, 08:00 AM
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Already a thread like this.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-the-most.html
Old 01-22-13, 08:04 AM
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Smoking out my tails, cheap led strips on the headlights, getting blue interior leds, fsport exhaust, resonator delete, etc lol
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^^^^

Can you explain why you regret the F Sport exhaust and resonator delete? I am curious.....
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Originally Posted by L3XOTIC
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Can you explain why you regret the F Sport exhaust and resonator delete? I am curious.....
Well first of all, I got the fsport exhaust directly from my dealer so I over paid. This was before I knew about the forums. The exhaust was not loud enough for me so I decided to delete the resonator, which was a bad decision.

Raspppppppp alllllllll dayyyyyyy longgggggggg. High pitched and sounded farty after 4K RPM

Got annoying after a while so I sold the exhaust, got a HKS Hi-Power and Invidia midpipes. Very loud and deep.

Music to my ears


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