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Old 04-02-13, 09:12 PM
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Hey I recently purchased a 2011 IS350 F-Sport (amazing car) and want to lower it down more. I don't want to spend coil over money because I rather invest that into something else for the car, or maybe a payment. I was wondering what a good set of springs would be for me to get and what ride heig would be ideal? I believe the F-Sport already comes lower than the regular models by .4 if I'm not mistaken.

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You are in the wrong forum, you have a Second Generation IS
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Road Magnet springs for an additional 1.6", or H&R springs for an additional 1".
Old 04-03-13, 06:08 PM
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this is the second generation forum .....
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get F Sport sway bar set first, easy to install, really improves the handling
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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
get F Sport sway bar set first, easy to install, really improves the handling
Thanks buddy a lot of people have been telling me that, The F-Sport kit comes with the rear swaybar and front stabilizer right?
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yea, make sure you register your CL name with Sewell too, youll get a discount on parts with them. You can get the front and rear sway set for $400ish. Make sure you get the 09+ ones, the 06-08 ones have different brackets

will show up as a lower price once you register and login to your sewell account:
http://is.sewellparts.com/accessorie...2011/5408.html
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Originally Posted by 4TehNguyen
yea, make sure you register your CL name with Sewell too, youll get a discount on parts with them. You can get the front and rear sway set for $400ish. Make sure you get the 09+ ones, the 06-08 ones have different brackets

will show up as a lower price once you register and login to your sewell account:
http://is.sewellparts.com/accessorie...2011/5408.html
OHH ya I know about that, I already ordered a few parts from them thanks though
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congrats on the new purchase! I recently just purchased mine too and I was wondering the same thing.

I have a buddy who has the f sport springs on his 07 is with 18's and he has a clean drop. He compared the ride to mine and he said that his ride is about as hard as ours, but he mentioned that if we put it on our dampers then it would probably be a tad bit stiffer.
The only thing I am curious about are the springs for our cars similar to the blue f-sport springs as far as spring rate and ride height or would it lower further? I ask this because supposedly our car is has f-sport suspension but how do our springs compare to the aftermarket f-sport springs?

Sorry im not thread jacking, hope this could help you as well. ;-)
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funny how you didnt want coils and we convinced you anyway lol
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