ClubLexus - Lexus Forum Discussion

Suspension and Brakes Springs, shocks, coilovers, sways, braces, brakes, etc.

F-sport lowering springs?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 09-19-12, 07:54 PM
  #1  
Menthol
Rookie
Thread Starter
 
Menthol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: CA
Posts: 85
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default F-sport lowering springs?
Do you guys think this is worthit? I have a IS350 F-sport, which is low enough but I want to lower it a little bit more. I can get these at the dealer and the website said it can drop my ride by around an inch. Do I need anything else install to it on top of these springs?
Menthol is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-20-12, 02:27 AM
  #2  
CLIS250
Pole Position
iTrader: (4)
 
CLIS250's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NorCal
Posts: 347
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Personally I wouldn't get F-Sport springs, the drop is very mild and barely noticeable. Go with something with a bigger drop such as H&R Springs or Eibach Pro Kit Springs.
CLIS250 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-20-12, 07:12 AM
  #3  
Menthol
Rookie
Thread Starter
 
Menthol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: CA
Posts: 85
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Anybody have any pictures?
Menthol is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-20-12, 07:13 AM
  #4  
bob4256
Lexus Champion
iTrader: (17)
 
bob4256's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Weston, FL
Posts: 4,965
Likes: 0
Received 10 Likes on 6 Posts
Default
Dont bother with springs, just get coils.
bob4256 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-20-12, 09:43 PM
  #5  
Menthol
Rookie
Thread Starter
 
Menthol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: CA
Posts: 85
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
I'm not looking for a crazy drop. I live in the bay area and there's a lot of hills and bumps. I'm just looking for a slight 1 inch drop or so.
Menthol is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-20-12, 11:56 PM
  #6  
CLIS250
Pole Position
iTrader: (4)
 
CLIS250's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NorCal
Posts: 347
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by Menthol
I'm not looking for a crazy drop. I live in the bay area and there's a lot of hills and bumps. I'm just looking for a slight 1 inch drop or so.
Still could go with the coils and just don't adjust it to be too low. Haha. I live in San Fran and yea hill suck Heres a couple of quick pics that I could find of mine.

Name: IMG_0508_zpsa1923829.jpg Views: 13066 Size: 160.4 KB

Name: IMG_0400_zpse1fa1b30.jpg Views: 7577 Size: 227.0 KB
CLIS250 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-21-12, 05:33 AM
  #7  
bob4256
Lexus Champion
iTrader: (17)
 
bob4256's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Weston, FL
Posts: 4,965
Likes: 0
Received 10 Likes on 6 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by Menthol
I'm not looking for a crazy drop. I live in the bay area and there's a lot of hills and bumps. I'm just looking for a slight 1 inch drop or so.
The great thing about coils is the adjustability. You can go adjust it whenever you want to go higher or lower
bob4256 is offline  
Reply Like

Trending Topics

Old 09-21-12, 05:40 AM
  #8  
Menthol
Rookie
Thread Starter
 
Menthol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: CA
Posts: 85
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by CLIS250
Still could go with the coils and just don't adjust it to be too low. Haha. I live in San Fran and yea hill suck Heres a couple of quick pics that I could find of mine.



Nice ride! Haha, those aren't the F-sport springs though right?
Menthol is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-21-12, 06:41 AM
  #9  
reyoasian
Lexus Champion
iTrader: (2)
 
reyoasian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,341
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default
FSport sucks...drops like half an inch (or 0.7 or something)
reyoasian is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-22-12, 03:19 AM
  #10  
CLIS250
Pole Position
iTrader: (4)
 
CLIS250's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NorCal
Posts: 347
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by Menthol
Nice ride! Haha, those aren't the F-sport springs though right?
Nope, H&R Springs on OEM Shocks.
CLIS250 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-22-12, 06:17 AM
  #11  
Menthol
Rookie
Thread Starter
 
Menthol's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: CA
Posts: 85
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by reyoasian
FSport sucks...drops like half an inch (or 0.7 or something)
Yeah, I just wanted around an inch since my front is already lower than stock because of the F-sport front lip thing. I kinda just wanted the rear end to look a little lower.
Menthol is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-22-12, 09:03 AM
  #12  
reyoasian
Lexus Champion
iTrader: (2)
 
reyoasian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,341
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Default
If you want small drop, htech is so much better than fsport

the lip doesn't do much....
reyoasian is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-23-12, 05:02 PM
  #13  
es808
Pole Position
iTrader: (32)
 
es808's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SoCal
Posts: 382
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Default
Originally Posted by Menthol
Do you guys think this is worthit? I have a IS350 F-sport, which is low enough but I want to lower it a little bit more. I can get these at the dealer and the website said it can drop my ride by around an inch. Do I need anything else install to it on top of these springs?
Hold on. I'm a little confused. You're looking at F-sport springs and you have an IS350 F-sport? Doesn't your car already have F-sport springs on it? You should be able to look at the color of the springs. If it's black then you have the OEM springs. If it's blue then you have the F-sport.

Buy H&R or Eibach if you want it lower than the F-sport.
es808 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-23-12, 06:20 PM
  #14  
bob4256
Lexus Champion
iTrader: (17)
 
bob4256's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Weston, FL
Posts: 4,965
Likes: 0
Received 10 Likes on 6 Posts
Default
I thought the Fsport package doesnt add any Fsport parts?
bob4256 is offline  
Reply Like
Old 09-23-12, 07:37 PM
  #15  
Hoac
Pole Position
 
Hoac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TX
Posts: 373
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default
f sport package comes with the sport springs. its like .4" lower in the back from OEM.
Hoac is offline  
Reply Like



Advanced Search
Quick Reply: F-sport lowering springs?


Reply Closed Thread Share
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:25 PM.