Question I purchased Tanabe springs for my 3rd gen from a Japanese site and was told they will fit my car before I go through the hassle does anyone know if the springs are the same ? Or similar could they work ?

 

Pretty sure they're a lot different..

-Josh

 

I’ll have to cut my losses and sell them

 

Depends on which springs you got. NF210 fits both 3GS and 4GS. BUT the 3GS can also use DF210 which does not fit the 4GS.

 

so they are NF210 so you think they should work ?

 

Are you trying to put them on a 3GS or 4GS? The Tanabe website shows both are compatible with NF210.

http://www.tanabe-usa.com/nf210.asp?id=2

 

yes I want to put them on a 3GS but the code on the spring is GRl11 and it doesn’t have much information about it just that it fits 4gs 250 and 350

 

Not sure if your reading it right. GS 2008-12 has a different spring part # than the GS 2013+

 

That’s how I read it too different part number and spring rates the only way I’ll know is when I buy the new struts I can see if they fit

 

Just so you know, Japan calls our 4th Gen a 3rd Gen. Our 1st Gen they call Toyota Aristo.

 

The only thing is that the Japanese part numbers don’t match those either I wonder if the Springs work on third generation and a fourth generation GS 350 when I look up the code it shows they work on a fourth generation GS 250 and 350 but the curb weight of the 250 is very similar to the 350s week so I wonder if it’s just a difference of spring rates not of Fitment

 

So I got an email from Tanabe and it states the gen 3 and gen4 springs will fit so now I’ll just have to see what happens with spring rates

 

So the rears don’t fit but the fronts are the same so I ordered another set of f sport springs and installed on the rear now I have Tanabe up front and f sport in the rear of change the front but I have no shakes or wobbles so idk what to do ?? Also if anyone is interested in the front f sport fourth gen and rear Tanabe 4th gen springs make an offer so I can recoup some money lol no reasonable offer refused ?? 75$ plus shipping ???