Custom built Ohlins. Enough said.

He said his budget was flexible but it looks like he will only need 1000.... didn’t say that’s all he budgeted.

You can get Ohlins for less than 4. If you really only want to lower the front, than just have the fronts built. You can go that route. That’ll be around 2000. You have a high end car, I def recommend giving it a high end ride.

Ride is is very subjective. I would personally never cheap out on suspension in such a nice platform.

Just want to lower a little and soften the ride but don’t want to spend much. Just hold a propane torch to the stock springs and heat’em up real good. You’ll get just what you are looking for.

you can get just the fronts for 2k. Figs will build them for you. If your fine with rear height, no need to order rears unless you plan on tracking.

I went from swift 16k front and 14k rear BC coilovers to Penske 18k front and 16k rear and all I can say is BC coilovers ride like garbage. If you ever make the change you WILL know exactly what I’m talking about. BC coilovers to me felt really harsh and never settled well after bumps. No matter how much I tried adjusting the damper for them it never felt good to me.

Been there. When I got my 08 ISF I knew harsh ride would be a given but 2 days in I was completely over it. I went with BC racing with swift spring 14/10 rates for about $1200. They were great and comfy but lost some of the sporty feel in the turn and if you want to lower more than an inch you’ll want a higher spring rate like 16/12. I put 55k/2 years on them and after a lot of DC/Baltimore potholes my drivers front started clunking so I upgraded. Your next step up choices are the Kw/Greddy around $1500 and HKS Hipermax GT 4 around $1900, KW and Ohlin and also RR racing’s options are over $2k and have great reviews as well. Personally I went with the HKS which have 16/10 rates last month and they are comfier than BC and feel a bit better in the corners and look well built. Still not ES/LS Lexus smooth though.

I’d recommend 16/12 BC+swift as your best choice for comfort and lowering for a cheap price. Louie at Mod in Japan was my vendor and is great.

Please don’t do this to any car, but especially not an ISF.... really? Do you have any idea what heat treatment does to metal? Do you have any idea how to heat treat all four springs evenly, at the same temps for the same period of time? Do you actually understand what you do to metal when you heat treat it?

this is not a DIY garage affair, and even when done right often results in uneven results because this is not the right way to lower a car or soften suspension.