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Old 05-28-08, 01:28 PM
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i've been on this issue for a while.. e-mailing major companies, calling them... etc.. about when they will make sprigns or coilovers for the ES... i know there's a guy in florida who already done it.. , but frankly.... its too risky for me... expensive, and its not that great of a warranty... well.. anyway... i did get some good insight from a worker at tanabe that i called not to long ago... he said if i can get a large number of people willing to purchase springs or coilovers, basically anything... the company would heavily consider it.

so here i am again asking you all to form together in this thread to see how many want to do this.....last time i tried to rally up my fellow ES modders, i only got myself... please dont leave me hanging....
Old 05-28-08, 03:53 PM
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I would be interested but i am only looking for a 1" drop or 1.25" drop, as long as i keep this car i am in...
Old 05-28-08, 04:08 PM
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im pretty sure Eibach makes some springs, should be 100% identical to the 07-08 Camry, they lower them 1.0F/1.4R
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camry spring will not work..
according to the dude in florida who made his own springs... he had to shave down a part to make it work.
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so the guy in florida shaved his springs? I thought he had a manufactor didn't he????
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i thought he is part of a private shop? so yea... since he's "working on a supercharger" i'd assume he's either doing this with a group of buddies.. or private/small shop
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how many orders do you think it has to be???
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That dude in florida kboyj is full of crap cause i been trying to get in contact with him since day one n i haven't got a response..... If someone claims that they have something that other people want than they would bend over backwards to try n make money but thats not the case with him..... Me personally i think either he put those camry lowering springs on and jus did the necessary mods to make em fit or the dude jus simply cut the factory springs to which his ES is a total piece of garbage right now....... Chalk me up on the list n lets do this the right way ng123ray!!!!!!!!!
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i'd say something big.. probably in the 50+ range... otherwise whatever company would lose revenue for producing so few amounts of springs or coilovers...
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im starting to run out of places to bugg... i've talked to tien.. H&R, tanabe, TRD, Megan, ... and others...

also tried getting some lip/body kits going on too... tried wald, tom's, fabulous, veilside, ... and more.

not gonna give up on this... until i either lose interest in modding.... or those companies threaten me to stop bugging them...
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try air runners. I bug them almost every other day too...
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yea i know airbags are an option.. but as a second year college student... its out of my budget sorta... esp since im not really working at the moment.... 3 grand is huge sum of money... that practically all the money i have .... X_X..... slowly saving up to it...
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Originally Posted by bchi99
so the guy in florida shaved his springs? I thought he had a manufactor didn't he????
I shaved the CAMRY springs to fit the ES350, not the ones that were actually made for the ES. The only thing was that the camry springs made the car sit too low not compensating for the extra mass that the ES has over the camry.
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I eventually had to take the camry ones off and prototype the new ones to fit my standards. If you guys are willing to do a buy-in with me for the $20 grand they want then PM me but otherwise I will just have to get every single spring custom ordered.
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try intrax, swift, hotchkis, sprint, b&g, tokico springs, h&r, skunk 2....someone has to have something!

or yah airrunner...3800? something like that?


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