Looking for OEM replacement shocks
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F-Sport Shocks = Bilstein Shocks. Cheaper than OEM Tokicos and I am pretty sure they're must better quality. Brother in law has them on his GS (same part # as IS) with Tanabe DF springs and rides well and shocks are holding up after 1.5 years.
My OEM IS350 shocks (2006) were done after 28k miles. Removed them few weekends ago for BC Racing Coilovers and 3 out of 4 OEM Tokicos have been leaking badly for awhile from looks of it.
My OEM IS350 shocks (2006) were done after 28k miles. Removed them few weekends ago for BC Racing Coilovers and 3 out of 4 OEM Tokicos have been leaking badly for awhile from looks of it.
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F-Sport Shocks = Bilstein Shocks. Cheaper than OEM Tokicos and I am pretty sure they're must better quality. Brother in law has them on his GS (same part # as IS) with Tanabe DF springs and rides well and shocks are holding up after 1.5 years.
My OEM IS350 shocks (2006) were done after 28k miles. Removed them few weekends ago for BC Racing Coilovers and 3 out of 4 OEM Tokicos have been leaking badly for awhile from looks of it.
My OEM IS350 shocks (2006) were done after 28k miles. Removed them few weekends ago for BC Racing Coilovers and 3 out of 4 OEM Tokicos have been leaking badly for awhile from looks of it.
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My OEM shocks went out pretty quickly after installing the H&R's. Must have been around 30k-40k miles. The ride quality is the OEM (non-sport) shocks and the H&R springs was perfect for me. With the F-sport shocks on the H&R springs it's just a bit too bouncy. Not much but definitely on rough surfaces you can tell a major difference. That's why I'm looking for OEM shocks.
I say this assuming H&R are progressive. My buddy has F-Sport springs only which are progressive and his OEM shocks can only handle the spring's initial rates but certaintly not the final rates causing bad bounce. It is too bad that other manufactures like Koni don't make an adjustable shock for our cars. The only alternative is coilovers which is the route I choose and have been very happy with. My BC Racing default 10kg/8kg suspension feels perfect and compliant even on the roughest roads. Night and day compared to F-Sport Springs only and smoother than my buddy's IS350 Sport Package.
If your F-Sport shocks are in good shape still, you could swap out to something like Tein S-Tech or Tanabe DF210 which have linear rates only slightly firmer than stock yet similar drop.
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