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Old 03-05-09, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mdgrwl
thats fine w/ me... though I don't think the AWD's sit THAT much higher... what are we talking .3-.5 inches? Its nothing like a full inch or anything.
LOL. Yes, there is a significant difference between AWDs and RWDs. Your car is on 19s which should reduce wheel gap further and you still look much higher than me. You will never be happy with the ride height on springs. Just save yourself the trouble and get coils.



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AWD sit like a full inch higher lol
Old 03-06-09, 03:56 PM
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Ok so the AWD sits higher. The question is why? What makes it sit higher, wouldn't the spring itself be a pretty good reason? So if the AWD has higher spring rates from the factory that alone will make the car sit higher due to weight difference. Sorry for all the questions, but where is the proof? Ide like to see an H&R drop on both the 250RWD and 250AWD to compair on drop difference. I mean if its the struts that make it sit higher I can see it as a problem, but if not than once you swap springs the AWD may actually sit lower due to wiehgt difference.
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Originally Posted by VikH
LOL. Yes, there is a significant difference between AWDs and RWDs. Your car is on 19s which should reduce wheel gap further and you still look much higher than me. You will never be happy with the ride height on springs. Just save yourself the trouble and get coils.



sorry bro, but there is no 'full inch' difference between your car and my car. in all honesty, they look very much the same.
Old 03-06-09, 04:39 PM
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Old 03-06-09, 05:41 PM
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be the test subject for h&r they actually made a spring for AWD. if u dont like it sell it and buy coilovers. hehehe
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Originally Posted by Is300M.Q.
Ok so the AWD sits higher. The question is why? What makes it sit higher, wouldn't the spring itself be a pretty good reason? So if the AWD has higher spring rates from the factory that alone will make the car sit higher due to weight difference. Sorry for all the questions, but where is the proof? Ide like to see an H&R drop on both the 250RWD and 250AWD to compair on drop difference. I mean if its the struts that make it sit higher I can see it as a problem, but if not than once you swap springs the AWD may actually sit lower due to wiehgt difference.
The awd are made to be heavy duty snow chain compatible, thus the higher ride height
Old 03-06-09, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mdgrwl
sorry bro, but there is no 'full inch' difference between your car and my car. in all honesty, they look very much the same.
actually they arent the same because vik's car is on f sports and hes on oem 18's while the other picture is on 19's and should have a smaller wheel gap. but according to those pictures, vik's car is much lower even on 18's.
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Bump! Debating S Techs and H&R's right now, but I want to see some pictures of S Tech's just because there are such a small amount of people that have it compared to the H&R owners thats everywhere in the forum
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pictures of S Tech' on 250 rwd????
Old 11-04-12, 04:57 PM
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So I desperately need to put some springs on a newly acquired is250 AWD but i keep hearing about some sort of vibration that you get from the change or the front axle angle or something of that nature. Id like to be closer to 2in Any of you AWD guys have any issues?
Old 11-09-12, 09:29 AM
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pointless to do springs on AWD imo....you will never be happy with the drop and itll never look lower and no one will ever be satisfied, we can go back and forth about stech and hr....just get coils and we can all be happy
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