Luc

For the springs, you can get the Eibach, which only gives a 1" drop, or H&R, the Sport OE gives a 1" drop, and Sport gives a 1.3" drop. If you shop around, you can get the set for about $200. For the struts, you can get KYB for about $360 or Tokico for about $380.

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Luc

NYC ES3

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E,

any car drops down when its got a few people in it. But if yours drops down considerably then YES THE SPRINGS ARE SHOT. A quick test is : with the car empty push down on the trunk and bumper and bounce the car up and down hard a few times and when you get a good up and down motion going on let go...it should stop bouncin almost immediately....if not and it keeps bouncin they are gone 4 sure.........Lexus springs will more then likely cost more......as well as struts depending on where U live ..I'm in NYC and I did my suspention like 4 months ago 1" drop H&R's and replaced the Lex struts with new ones. Backs struts were $168 / each and front $141 / each and they gave me a deal on the fronts.....So Hell yeah aftremarkets are cheaper!!!
I just did that because I didn't want to chance the damping rate being too stiff for me...I like the good performance ride but I wanted to savor some of that smooth Lex ride also...I paid $257 for my H&R's........H&R's are a little stiffer than Eibach but they give U little better performance.

EGainer

i did the spring test, the car stops pretty quickly, i dont know what it is. maybe i'll just have the dealer look at it....