Tanabe NF210 Lowering Spring Install
01-26-11, 10:20 PM
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Tanabe NF210 Lowering Spring Install
I ordered some NF210's for my LS460 from a store on Ebay. My friend was having a slow week at the shop and asked if I wanted to start working on one of my vehicles. I only had the springs in for the Lexus so I pulled it out of storage and we installed the springs today. I took a couple of pictures of the install. The back was more difficult because you do have to get at the rear deck to get to the nuts that hold the top of the rear struts in. I have the Lexus factory service manuals and they tell you to remove a lot more things than necessary to complete the job. It did take several hours. My sway bar end-links took a little longer to remove because of the WI winters, but it all worked out.
Here is a picture with stock suspension from this morning.
Removing the lower rear seats
We didn't have to completely remove the seat-backs, just enough to get them out of the way to access the rear deck panel
Ready to lift up the rear deck panel and get at the 3 nuts each side which hold up the rear struts
Poor picture of lifting up the rear deck to get at the 3 nuts that hold up the strut. Actually it's 6 nuts a side, 3 hold on the cover plate, 3 hold on the strut
Starting to take the wheels off
The only thing we removed was a nut for the end-link(top) and bottom bolt of the strut. Used a pry-bar to get more room and out it came!
Compressing the spring
Tanabe spring assembly
Tanabe spring installed
Rear Height Lowered .8"
Another
Front factory setup
Unbolted a few more things on the front but went much more quickly than the rear
Spring installed
1.5" drop in front .8" rear
Ride quality is still great even with our WI roads..
Here is a picture with stock suspension from this morning.
Removing the lower rear seats
We didn't have to completely remove the seat-backs, just enough to get them out of the way to access the rear deck panel
Ready to lift up the rear deck panel and get at the 3 nuts each side which hold up the rear struts
Poor picture of lifting up the rear deck to get at the 3 nuts that hold up the strut. Actually it's 6 nuts a side, 3 hold on the cover plate, 3 hold on the strut
Starting to take the wheels off
The only thing we removed was a nut for the end-link(top) and bottom bolt of the strut. Used a pry-bar to get more room and out it came!
Compressing the spring
Tanabe spring assembly
Tanabe spring installed
Rear Height Lowered .8"
Another
Front factory setup
Unbolted a few more things on the front but went much more quickly than the rear
Spring installed
1.5" drop in front .8" rear
Ride quality is still great even with our WI roads..
01-27-11, 06:35 PM
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Looks great.. With the new springs, is it a little more stiffness? Meaning does your LS corners a little bit better or still has the drift characteristic?.Just wondering you mentioned sway bar, what type are they?
01-28-11, 12:58 AM
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I have the tanabe springs installed on my LS and I would say that the drop is at a great height and the ride is still a nice comfortable ride with better response than factory. After putting on 22 inch wheels, the springs lower the car at the perfect height IMO.
01-31-11, 11:04 AM
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can you post some pics of your ls...thx
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02-15-11, 10:42 PM
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what tire sizes are you guys running ??? I am on 245/30/22 and 295/25/22. Damn these pics!!!! They make me want to drop my LS soooooooooo badly.