flektone

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Anyone have a pic? Is it even worth it on an AWD being it sits higher then RWD? Im looking for the BMW, Audi, Benz, style wheel gap, nothing to crazy.

laobo979

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Not worth it cause the front axle has a C bracket where the strut sits on that the reason the front sit higher than the rear wheel drive cars no matter what spring you use. coilover are you best bet

flektone

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I see in your sig you have coils? How are they on the AWD? Ive heard alot of stories of clunking, shaking, etc. with coils on the AWD. Do you have any pics?

laobo979

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BCR are great coilover i dont have issues with the clunking those are with Fsport spring that have that problem. with the adjustable dampening for soft or stiff ride. as for the shaking it depends on how low you go i think. i had no issues with mine. even with the a/c the car shake a little bit any ways. so do it once and do it rite to be satisfy

mikez

F sport springs on AWD

laobo979

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mikez you been MIA i havent seen you up on here for awhile

mikez

Yeah so have you man. I've been very busy with work lately :/

kuuqi

Before:


After:


Dealer installed f-sport on 18" f-sports:


SMILE!

laobo979

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Same here Mikez been working alot too summer been busy for me.
Kuuqi i see you from Mass too how your drop with the fsport? Cause the sale men that had the AWD with fsport spring showed me his and i didnt like how the rear sat lowwer.

kuuqi

i'd wish that my front was just a TAD BIT lower maybe .1 to .2 inches to be honest. if you want we can meet up sometime and i can show u them. im actually quite interested in getting the BCR coils just to have them and to see how the ride is.

laobo979

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yeah i know what you mean i dont need to see them tho i seen the one at the dealer and that why i never went with springs. but i dont have my IS250 anymore sold it to the dealer. a member on here who is up toward the Lowell area bought my coilovers. so i cant show you how great the ride is anymore. but im sure he'll be posting up on here once he get it installed.

huntarrr

kuuqi, did you keep the oem shocks/struts? How is the ride on the fsports?

kuuqi

Yeah I'm on the oem shocks. the ride is good. noticeably (keyword noticeably not obviously) bumpier than stock but in a good way. it's really how the car should of came stock. heck my parents are 50 and 60 years old and they didn't complain about the ride being bumpy when i drove them around. the only complaint they had was "it's too low to the ground, you're gonna plow the snow" haha.

it also made a night and day difference when cornering where everyone noticed that there's significantly less roll when cornering. the steering also feels tighter. im about to get some f-sport sways in as well to eliminate all the roll i can until i do my coils as well. but when i get my 19" wheels on and they look good, i might opt for some bilstein shocks instead. but all in all you can't complain about the ride.

huntarrr

Thanks, bro. Any camber adjustment needed with these springs?

kuuqi

well i know our rears cannot be adjusted for camber (would be nice if it could) as my rear has a slight negative camber now. the front i'm not too sure. i had an alignment done when i was getting my rear quarter refinished (the shop just does it) but i'm still awaiting for paper work so i don't know what was or wasn't adjusted. sorry.