F-Sport Shocks
F-Sport Shocks
09-30-08, 08:55 PM
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sorry, I hope you know I don't mean to sound like an engineer, i think it's called damping ratio when you're talking about the shocks. Damping ratio relates to the viscosity of the fluid/air inside the shocks to create a stiffer damper/shock. Hope this helps. =P
I really dig the F-Sport Shocks too, but I think i'm too cheap...i may just have to stick with my x-Package sports tuned suspension and just get the springs. =(
I really dig the F-Sport Shocks too, but I think i'm too cheap...i may just have to stick with my x-Package sports tuned suspension and just get the springs. =(
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10-01-08, 12:46 PM
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The F-Sport are a Patented design by Bilstein. They are mono tube and the OEM are twin tube. You will not find a better strut on the market unless you go to a coilover with the mono tube design. The strut travel is the same with both tho. You should be able to run any of the aftermarket springs with no problems. I think the Tanabe DF210's for the GS are the lowest drop at @ 2".
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10-01-08, 12:51 PM
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My buddy at the local lexus dealer just confirmed the same thing. They're pricey though, for the price of the F-sport shocks, you might as well buy some quality coilovers and ditch the F-sport shocks and lowering springs combo.
10-01-08, 01:56 PM
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That's exactly what I did, for what the F-sport spring and shock combo cost, you can get a decent set of adjustable coilovers, I was careful to choose ones that had montube struts. Over the years I have come to prefer monotube over twintube because they seem to offer a nice middle ground between comfort and aggression.
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and in order to go lower I need aftermarket shocks...which no one is selling as of now besides the F-Sports.
10-01-08, 05:39 PM
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We used to do with with mk2 VW shocks, cut the shock at the top, take out the shaft and piston drill a hole at the bottom of the strut housing, clean up where you cut it off at the top and use a Koni insert. So the OEM strut housing becomes a casing for the new koni insert.
You could be a pioneer, buy your self a set of used oem struts, contact Koni and see if they have an insert that would fit the OEM strut housings???
