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Any pics of an IS250 AWD with Swift Springs

Old 01-23-15, 07:27 AM
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Default Any pics of an IS250 AWD with Swift Springs

Hello I have been looking on the forum all morning and I haven't seemed to find anything, does anyone out there have a pic of an is250 awd that is running swift springs with stock shocks or f sport shocks. It doesn't really matter if the car has rims on in the pics I just want to see how these springs look like on an awd, there are a few pics of is250 rwd with these springs but i have not found any awd pics. any help would be appreciated.
Old 01-28-15, 11:34 AM
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bump no one has pics
Old 01-28-15, 02:13 PM
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Pretty sure it will look the same as RWD with swift springs...?
Old 02-16-15, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by getafewliv
Pretty sure it will look the same as RWD with swift springs...?
Because the RWD comes out of the factory lower than an AWD.
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Originally Posted by getafewliv
Pretty sure it will look the same as RWD with swift springs...?
Like what GeorgeR said the AWD sits slightly higher than a RWD model (~0.6" higher in overall height, specs sourced from Edmunds). Even the wheel gap is a bit larger compared to the two (4 all around for the AWD, and 3 for the front and 2 for the rear for RWD).

For the OP, I've done a good year of research before lowering my AWD. What I concluded is simply no one on the forums with AWD ran Swift springs. It's more of the moar low syndrome or the dissatisfaction of how minimal/"uneven" the springs lowered the AWD that stood out in my research.
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nobody really uses Swift Springs (AWD or RWD) on the 2IS because the drop is minimal and they're relatively expensive compared to others (even though they make the best springs in the world)
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