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Hello! I just buyed my IS200 and I'm asking what feedback has this coils in UK, since I'm dealer of KW... :winky:
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Mat They are heavy ! The TTE coilovers I have weigh 30kgs Shouldnt be able to see them Needs to be jacked up to be adjusted
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I am considering a set of Tein CS for my car - and have some (embarassingly) basic questions. 1 - how heavy are they? Only place I have seen an indication is on lextasy (you have to add to cart and checkoput). That says 65 lbs - 15lbs per corner, or 7 bags of sugar? Is that weight right? Seems awful heavy. I know they can't be light as a feather - but that seems a lot. How heavy are the standard components? 2 - Can you see the struts through the wheels? Sad - I know. But the CS are an especially tacky gold colour - and I really wouldn't want them to be visible if I could help it. 3 - How do you adjust the height? Specifically - can you do it with the car on the road, or does it need to be on a ramp / jacked up? Once you have finished laughing at my cluelessness - would appreciate your answers :D
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i know its higher than your budget, but you cant go wrong with the TTE coilovers excellent bit of kit , worth saving up for :D
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right, now i've got my exhaust and induction kit fitted, next up on the mod list is my suspension! I'm after shocks AND springs, matched together. I've always been inclined to replace both rather than just the springs, IMO the car handles better, and seeing as my shocks have done nearly 70k, they are needing replacing! does anyone have any recommendations? I'm not after coilovers as I cant afford them, unless a set for £400<-- came up, then I might be able to squeeze it. Also, are there uprated bushes available? like powerflex or anyone who makes polyurathane really!
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well i didn't go to get it done from the dealers, my mate did the change for me.. Timing Belt (rest of belts are fine), Gearbox Oil, Engine Oil, change the engine coolant, Take off the front n rear anti roll bars, regrease and re-fit, check ball joints, check coilovers, check brakes.. £130.00 he supplied engine oil (duckamhs full syn) n gear box oil, i got the timing belt and oil filter from dealers, (engine coolant was free from due to them supplying the wrong timing belt!!) delares quote was trebble the price! I would rather get my car serviced from this guy more than dealers after the last service i had from the dealers :tsktsk: ..
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Found A Place To Do Geometry Checks In North West!
Tony-Bones replied to Anees's topic in Lexus IS200 / Lexus IS300 Club
How long did this "small adjustment" take ? I know Anees' car took 4 hours all in, but then his is fairly modified. Mine is completely stock, but still took 3 and half hours and, interestingly, my adjustment(s) also cost £80 + VAT. If it's easy to adjust (in minutes) why is it taking so long? (I'm not having a go at anyone - I'm just interested to know) ← The more time spent with a customer in reality is a good thing, assuming it's not £ by the hour! when i do a geometry on an IS the time taken is about two hours, example: Scorpions geometry, IS200 needed a full recovery since he removed the coilovers, the geometry including set-up and print took one hour.. the "chat" we had took another hour, the cost was for the work done, not the time taken. I want "Drury" to be a beacon for you, but please can thay disply actual costs.. -
Mark, so the car's in the mag tomorrow, but it's got a problem? What's happening fella, is it still going to be in there tomorrow or is that postponed now? How serious is the damage? The first thing I thought of when you said the wheels were the wrong way was that I'd knackered it when I sat in it at JAE What do you mean by they're in the wrong direction by the way, are they pointing out sideways like the Delorean in Back to the Future :P Or is the camber just severely out like mine was when I first had the coilovers put on before they settled down so they were like / --- \ ?? And if it was alright when it left Mat but it has a problem now where has it been - has anyone took it out or are you just extremely particular? Not a dig mate just wondering if you're picking up on something that would be within other people's spec? And when it's in Girl Racer, will there be girl's draped all over it - can I come down too and let them all drape over my 'monster' What does crabbing mean by the way? Sounds like something the doctor sorted for me, does it mean the car is constantly snaking side to side? Thanks for any answers pal, a lot of these terms are over my head as you can probably tell Looking forward to it finished, it was awesome last time I saw it, and it just keeps getting better :) ← Hi Aido, The Banzai feature is still on for today. There's no serious damage, just a bending of a standard bracket which should be rectifiable by reinforcement. The rear n/s/r wheel was toeing out by quite a lot, and the o/s/r by a smaller amount which introduces some rear end steering. It wasn't alright when Mat dropped it off (unless it happened when driving it from Lakeside to Barking - which is unlikely), I assume that it was just unoticed. In fact I didn't notice it when driving it back from Lakeside until it was poined out to me by Phil who was following me. Girl Racer is a new publication apparently, so I don't know anything about it yet. "Crabbing" is when the car drives slightly sideways, the way a crab moves, albeit to a very small degree. The old Mini's (showing my age now ) used to suffer from this badly when the rear sub frame broke or the bushes wore out.
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Define the term Coilovers?? Is this a specific part and if so who makes this. Aeroriv. ← Several Japanese companies do coilovers for the SC430/Soarer. I know that Toms and Tein offers coilovers for this car. Not cheap, but i think your SC430 was not cheap as well
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Mark, so the car's in the mag tomorrow, but it's got a problem? What's happening fella, is it still going to be in there tomorrow or is that postponed now? How serious is the damage? The first thing I thought of when you said the wheels were the wrong way was that I'd knackered it when I sat in it at JAE What do you mean by they're in the wrong direction by the way, are they pointing out sideways like the Delorean in Back to the Future :P Or is the camber just severely out like mine was when I first had the coilovers put on before they settled down so they were like / --- \ ?? And if it was alright when it left Mat but it has a problem now where has it been - has anyone took it out or are you just extremely particular? Not a dig mate just wondering if you're picking up on something that would be within other people's spec? And when it's in Girl Racer, will there be girl's draped all over it - can I come down too and let them all drape over my 'monster' What does crabbing mean by the way? Sounds like something the doctor sorted for me, does it mean the car is constantly snaking side to side? Thanks for any answers pal, a lot of these terms are over my head as you can probably tell Looking forward to it finished, it was awesome last time I saw it, and it just keeps getting better :)
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Rob (fluff34567) drives in the snow a lot and says the snow tyres make a massive difference to the IS and it's fine in the snow with those - you might as well forget it with summer tyres but the clue is in the name after all.... To be honest I was petrified last time it snowed as I'd just had the car suspension all done, bigger alloys, coilovers etc and I thought it would be shocking, but in all fairness it behaved better than when it was standard - wouldn't have thought that should have been the case?!
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Define the term Coilovers?? Is this a specific part and if so who makes this. I complained to Lexus as supposedly the 2005 model has improved the ride, whether with another brand of RF tires in conjunction with the springs and shocks but not according to Lexus retrofitted to my 02 model. Other than that the car is near damm perfecto. Aeroriv.
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Installing coilovers will improve the handling a lot. After that you can consider underbraces and strut tower bars.
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Wow I can't believe my car is on here cheers Oli. Was just searching around to get info on the engine and there it was. The wheels are indeed R34 GTRs 18 by 9 with 30 offset, think they needed a tiny roll to fit them. Its a 2.5 1JZ GTE with a few bolt ons, T&E vertex bodykit, Tein HE coilovers and Recaro SPG front seats. I hope to do a few of the UK D1 rounds and some track days when the car comes over. Maybe if you don't mind a old toyota I can come to a few Lexus meets :D Alex
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I have experimented with all kinds of springs and coilovers, and i think that the Tein CS or the HKS LS+ are the best for my taste. It is still very comfortable, but handling is improved a lot. I also had the Apexi WS coilovers for awhile, but these were a little too soft for my taste. -
The gap on standard GSs is very big. One of the reasons I haven't put my 18" wheels on my car. You have 3 choices. 1 - Get the GS sport suspension (2003 onwards) 2 - Coilovers 3 - Eibach springs Of the 3 the Eibach springs would be the worst option. Fitted those to my 1998 GS and although it looked better being lowered 30mm and the body roll was better the springs never felt matched to the shocks and just highlighted the shortcomings of the GS suspension set up. This may be better on face lifted models as the suspension set up was improved anyway but I wouldn't waste my money on another set. Brettster your GS does look lower because yours is a GS Sport and is lower. Matt's as a GS SE with sport pack which never had lowered suspension because it took Lexus nearly 3 years to try and get a good set up. That is why the sport was stopped at the end of 2000 and didn't come back until mid 2003. -
I posted some images recently of my car, having had the Prolex-UK eyelids fitted. And, what was really noticeable to me, was that my car really needs to be lower It would appear that small children have setup a climbing frame in my wheelarches, and play there during the day Was chatting about this with LOC's resident photoshop guru (Mr S. Face), and he lowered the car. So we went from Current, small children infested version Photoshopped lower Its not the best of shots to use for this exercise, but it was the best one I had lieing around. The second shot looks pretty much like what I want. I'm not a fan of the "slammed to the floor" look - so not thinking of going really low on coilovers. Whats the concensus on a Gs430 on Eibach / TTE springs? I had these on my IS, and was very happy - nice drop, and not too much impact on the ride quality. Can I expect the same on the GS? Is the 'chop above roughly right for a set of springs do you think? Kudos must be given to scarface - he volunteered to do this, and did about seven different version at different heights. He even did an exotic "on the beach" version which I now have as my desktop background! Nice one sir! -
i have changed the suspension on my GS300 several times. When i received my GS, it had the stock 16" wheels and stock springs and shocks.... i hated the ride ... it was like a Buick ... Then i replaced my 16" (with 225/16/45 tires) with the 17" (235/17/40) and installed KYB shocks and KGmm lowering springs ... a huge improvement... the floating was gone.... Then i decided to go for the Apexi WS coilovers ... and the ride was improved even more... i started liking the ride... Now i have Sportek coilovers and 18" (235/18/40 + 265/18/35) and installed TRD Sportivo sways in front and rear ... and lately installed a STB ... i can tell you that the ride is really good. Even better than the bimmers i have driven in ... still very comfortable, but excellent handling... and of coz ... lots of modding fun
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Potential Is200 Buyer - Help Needed
javadude replied to ChrisR's topic in Lexus IS200 / Lexus IS300 Club
High mileage is ok. The cars, including the engines, are pretty reliable and long lasting. Definitely insist on full dealer service history if you ever plan to sell the car. SE has 17s, Sport has 17s and is lowered. Up to you. You get much more than this like sun-roof, half leather etc so you might still want an SE or Sport. If you really want to go cheap and just get something as a base for modding then go for the S. Thats what I did. I went with darker tints than standard on the Sport and wanted different wheels anyway etc. For not much money my car looks individual and better than standard SE and Sport. Sport isn't lowered by much (15mm). Most people lower it by at least 30mm (eg Eibach springs). Some feel the gap at the rear is still too much and go lower with coilovers. You can get the car a bit more responsive through exhaust, induction and piggy-back ecu. I've not done it yet so someone else could advise better. It's not lightning fast as standard but the handling, smooth acceleration and 6 speed box mean it's more enjoyable and feels faster than the figures suggest. Search and you'll find plenty on these sort of mods. 40k service is big (£300), 60k service bigger (£600). Dunno when the cambelt change is. The SE and Sport come with half-leather. I think the LE comes with full leather. Not sure though. The standard stereo sounds very good. The CD player can be unreliable so make sure you buy one which has had it changed. Replacing it is not straight forward without replacing the speakers and amp. I think the S is meant to be easier to swap cause it doesn't have the wierd speakers and seperate amp. I'm no expert though so best use search and find what others have done. There's no aux in either so most use a tape adapter or fm modulator to get an MP3 player into it. -
I think ... keep the LS400 ;) ... it is bigger, more powerful than a GS. However, if you want better handling ... you can install some nice coilovers, bigger wheels, and ... a nice bodykit ... ... and i am not biased ... i have a GS300 mk2
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exhaust induction kit anti roll bars quick shift springs/coilovers supercharger in that order
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well no one gave any infomation........i was left to try and work it out myself, why didnt someone just say they were the Tein NA. I did ask earlier for Marcus to get closer pics..........i cannot see the slots. Rather than letting everyone Guess, you could of helped people to help you explain it. i didnt even know untill a couple of posts back that these were Your OLD dampers. remeber aswell barrie you thougfht you adjusted Coilovers by compressing the spring so had you put a little info out, maybe someone else could have explained it better to Marcus how this set of dampers works
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because if the spring seat platforms dont move.........they will only go as low as the spring seat platform will allow. as the spring seat doesnt move.............you get the drift so for us to know if these are height adjustable suspension units, can you tell me if the bottom spring seat platform moves, for it to move there has to be threads, or a means to lock it at an adjusted amount by the way you dont need C spanners, you dont get them with TTE coilovers
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Hi, i have the bodykit with eibach springs with no problem over speed humps. You just have to watch when you park head on and remeber not to catch the pavement, I've had the odd scrape. I've now gone lower with coilovers (approx 45mm) with no problems as yet! :winky:
