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Old 12-31-13, 11:22 AM
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So I've been ready to get some lowering springs for quite sometime now. But I'm having the hardest time picking which springs to go with. I'm looking at F sport lowering springs and H&R lowering springs. I know a lot of you will tell me to get coilover but I don't plan on messing or adjusting ride height and all the suspension gizmo stuff that coilover has. I just want to some feed back from F sport springs and H&R springs owner.
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Also interested to hear feedback on these products, I know H&R is lower, I'd choose it over the F-Sport, guess it depends if you want to be "low" or "lower"
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how many inch does the swift springs drop?
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I have fsport springs, drop is OK, mild but noticeable. Ride on stock shocks it's a tad bumpier. But overall a good lowering spring that's OEM
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Originally Posted by DFig619
I have fsport springs, drop is OK, mild but noticeable. Ride on stock shocks it's a tad bumpier. But overall a good lowering spring that's OEM
So if I paired it with the F shocks would it ride less bumpy?
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Love my Eibach pro-kit. Drop is 1" front, .8" rear- enough to be noticeable and smooth riding for my daily 40mile commute each way to work!
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Swift Springs
Front - 0.8" / Rear - 0.6"

Tein H. Tech
F - 0.9 / R - 0.3"

Tein S. Tech
F - 1.7" / R - 1.0"

F-Sport
F - 1.0" / R - 0.75"

H&R
F - 1.4" / R - 1.3"
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I believe the f-Sport springs are made by Eibach. So you will save money going that route
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I vote for Swift. I believe it's the only linear one. The drop is 1 inch front / 0.8 inch rear

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...-an-is350.html

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Thanks all the reply. I just orderd the F sport lowering springs from sewell lexus parts.
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Whats your milage? If your car isn't new, and is in the 60k+ milage range, I recommend coilovers as your stock shocks won't last too much longer. Then you have to pay more money to get the shocks replaced!

If its a new car then sure, lowering springs will work great ... then eventually when your shocks go out you can upgrade to coils. Thats what I did
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I have tien a techs and they ride super bouncy and don't offer much of a drop
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I rode on H&R after doing a good bunch of research and still being relatively skeptical.

I was looking for amoderate drop at the time while trying to maintain ride quality as I liked the comfort of stock and didn't know what to expect.

I installed it and was very surprised. Being relatively picky about these things, the ride really felt close to stock. With moderate wheel offsets, I did not rub either so it was great. The ride is slightly stiffer, you do notice a bit more feedback from the road but this also made the handling more responsive.

The drop was also very even and noticeable. I think it is the best way to go if you want the comfort but want a noticeable sporty drop.

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Originally Posted by GiantsFan
Whats your milage? If your car isn't new, and is in the 60k+ milage range, I recommend coilovers as your stock shocks won't last too much longer. Then you have to pay more money to get the shocks replaced!

If its a new car then sure, lowering springs will work great ... then eventually when your shocks go out you can upgrade to coils. Thats what I did
that would be my route as well. if the car isnt relatively new, i would just save and go coils. because if the stock struts dont have that much life left, lowering springs will finish them off. once you factor in cost of new struts, as stated above, you were better off just getting coils to begin with


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