F-sport lowering springs?
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Just to confirm with everyone, the fsport pkg doesnt come with the lowering f sport springs. My question is, how badly does the fsport lowering springs effect the life of the stock fsport package shocks?
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You will know it by yourself. When your shocks go bad, the ride will be very crashy, very harsh even over slighest imperfection on the road. You will feel everthing on the road. The handling will be very wobbly over ripple surface especially during cornering. Your car will not be able to handle the curve like it used to. I had Eibachs on my A4, and that's how my car behaved after just 8000 miles with Eibachs and OEM shocks (They are Sachs if I remember correctly). Took the OEM shocks out to check, and the front pair were badly worn to the point of no damping force left for the first half of their stroke.
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nitrotang is correct. Shocks serve the purpose of stopping the continual bouncing of springs. When the shocks (aka shock absorbers) go bad, your car will bounce excessively over dips in the freeway or bumps in the road.
You can usually inspect the shock. Any oil leaking from the shaft seal or shock body means that a shock is going bad.
You can usually inspect the shock. Any oil leaking from the shaft seal or shock body means that a shock is going bad.
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I am going to disagree with you. Compared to my stock ride height, my fsport springs lowered my IS350 to the PERFECT level. Filled the fender gap up perfectly, and as a person preference, I think slammed cars look stupid, so the fsports are great for me personally.
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Even though rim is bigger, new tires have smaller sidewall
So it's not gona do much for you
Bob is right too, can also give you more wheel gap depending on circumstance
Last edited by reyoasian; 09-28-12 at 11:14 AM.