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"do it right or don't do it at all" doesn't really apply. what are we doing it right for? i drive the living crap out of my car because i travel between san diego/la/oc and currently riverside too on a weekly basis. now if i were to get coils and lower my car it would mean that my car would face the 5 and the 91 freeways constantly and neither the 5 or the 91 are the smoothest of freeways. and i REALLY dont want to have to sit in a car for an hour each way feeling every bit of gravel there is. the reason why i went with f-sports is because everyone seems to say it drops the car a bit and still maintains most of the ride comfort, perfect for what i need. along with that i am a med school student living on his own working whatever hours i can to pay my living expenses. i can spare a decent amount but like projectdna says comparing cost to reason its safe to say i'd prefer springs for my daily use. so imo i definitely think i'm "doing it right," wouldn't you say?
What does driving the living crap out of your car has to do with dropping your car? You think that coilovers give you a crappy ride or something? If you didn't know, coilovers ride smoother than stock. You are more likely to feel every bump on the road on springs with stock shock compared to coilovers.
I didn't know dropping cars on stock shock is so common on the Lexus board. I use to be on clubrsx and hondatech and even they know how to drop their car correctly.
O yeah by the way, you lose HP on your short ram because it is sucking hot air into your engine. Have fun.
I vote for choice #1.
Even if you do not plan sprited driving or tracking your car, the coilovers would definately change how the car handles. Lowering springs are a good way to lower your car for aesthetics, without burning a hole in your wallet. However, it is not specifically designed to work together with factory shock absorbers. Unlike lowering springs, every component of the coilover assembly is designed to work together, mainly the springs and the shocks. They provide a different level of performance and driving experience altogether.
Again, I have seen many people start off with lowering springs and later move onto coilovers, one being myself with my previous TSX. Not only will you have to pay twice for installation/labour for both the springs and coilovers, you will also have pay extra when you put the stock springs back together with the stock shocks, requiring a compressor to do that. So if you prefer to have a piece of mind, track-ready performance setup, coilovers are the way to go.
TEIN S-tech springs go for $2XX + shipping. Megan Coilovers go for $889 free shipping on Hopupracing. So you are really paying for a few hundred more for a set of coilovers and enjoy the performance and longetivity it delivers.
Just my 2 cents and sharing my experience with suspension mods. Good luck with your choice
Even if you do not plan sprited driving or tracking your car, the coilovers would definately change how the car handles. Lowering springs are a good way to lower your car for aesthetics, without burning a hole in your wallet. However, it is not specifically designed to work together with factory shock absorbers. Unlike lowering springs, every component of the coilover assembly is designed to work together, mainly the springs and the shocks. They provide a different level of performance and driving experience altogether.
Again, I have seen many people start off with lowering springs and later move onto coilovers, one being myself with my previous TSX. Not only will you have to pay twice for installation/labour for both the springs and coilovers, you will also have pay extra when you put the stock springs back together with the stock shocks, requiring a compressor to do that. So if you prefer to have a piece of mind, track-ready performance setup, coilovers are the way to go.
TEIN S-tech springs go for $2XX + shipping. Megan Coilovers go for $889 free shipping on Hopupracing. So you are really paying for a few hundred more for a set of coilovers and enjoy the performance and longetivity it delivers.
Just my 2 cents and sharing my experience with suspension mods. Good luck with your choice
^ you guys ever consider reading the entire thread before throwing in your $0.02?
he's got $600, and i don't know of any shops that will sell new coilovers for $600. that, and he was looking at a used set of tein ss (without knowledge of their condition). a search will confirm that tein ss has had mixed reviews. add to the fact that they're used, it's even less recommended.
if he's doing the install himself and getting the alignment done for free by his friend (which you all would have known had you all read the thread), all he's doing is spending the time. all he would have to do is put out the money for the springs, which he could recoup some of it by selling it in the 2is FS/FT section.
btw, lowering the ride height by using aftermarket lowering springs is commonplace. just because the people @ clubrsx/hondatech run coilovers doesn't mean they "know how to drop their car correctly."
short-ram intakes might be sucking hot air into your engine, but at driving speeds there's enough cool air coming in that it replaces the hot air trapped under the hood. that, and it's less constricting than the oem intake.
he's got $600, and i don't know of any shops that will sell new coilovers for $600. that, and he was looking at a used set of tein ss (without knowledge of their condition). a search will confirm that tein ss has had mixed reviews. add to the fact that they're used, it's even less recommended.
if he's doing the install himself and getting the alignment done for free by his friend (which you all would have known had you all read the thread), all he's doing is spending the time. all he would have to do is put out the money for the springs, which he could recoup some of it by selling it in the 2is FS/FT section.
btw, lowering the ride height by using aftermarket lowering springs is commonplace. just because the people @ clubrsx/hondatech run coilovers doesn't mean they "know how to drop their car correctly."
short-ram intakes might be sucking hot air into your engine, but at driving speeds there's enough cool air coming in that it replaces the hot air trapped under the hood. that, and it's less constricting than the oem intake.
Last edited by projectdna; Jul 6, 2009 at 12:37 AM.
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