Coilovers

[Reiv]

Hello from Finland!

I have owned my IS200 couple of months now, and guess what, feels gooooood! :D

I have a one guestion about lowering. Does anyone have any experience about K&W coilovers? I think I'll go for coils 'cos I have to think about snowy winters too. So anything bad or good of K&W? Or is there some better ones in same price?

[imi]

Hi there, and welcome to the club :)

There is a member on here who has just recently installed the K&W coilovers on his IS200, i am sure you will get the answers from him..

Have you tried the search option?

[ifraz]

Hello Reiv and welcome to the Club.

What's the weather like it Finland....??

Sorry, I don't know anything about K&W Coilovers, but I'm sure someone will pop along soon to advise you.

[Reiv]

Weather in Finland atm. -5 celcius, no snow but icy roads. Veeeery slippery! :D

By the way, heres a pic of my beauty:

http://personal.inet.fi/koti/huttumi/etuyla.jpg

[kev dood]

nice car.

Could someone please tell me what the difference is between coilovers and the normal arrangement fitted on the IS200? I thought that coilovers meant spings fitting over dampers, but isn't that what we have already?

ta a little

[Scorpion]

All adjustable......damping and ride height.

[AltezzaScott]

Weather in Finland atm. -5 celcius, no snow but icy roads. Veeeery slippery! :D

By the way, heres a pic of my beauty:

http://personal.inet.fi/koti/huttumi/etuyla.jpg

Really jealous....... loads of side ways action available without killing your rubber!!! :D

[AltezzaScott]

lovely car..... hey wheres the snow got to??

[Bazza-old]

lovely car..... hey wheres the snow got to??

aztec fire

melted it

[AltezzaScott]

so thats what the snow button does!!!

[kev dood]

so the only difference is that they are fully adjustable. So the standard ones are infact coilovers in the sense of the word, just not adjustable!

[SteveAudioX]

What about the Tein NA coilover kit?

Cost in UK are £745 + vat

TEIN NA

[Bazza-old]

so the only difference is that they are fully adjustable. So the standard ones are infact coilovers in the sense of the word, just not adjustable!

erm kind off.......

the standard ones are in fact coilovers, meaning the springs are located over the struts

aftermarket coilovers are the same , but usually uprated in some respect

there are different uprated ones that have adjustable height setting and ones that have adjustable damping settings, and some that have both adjustable height and damping

[kev dood]

cheers bazza, all is clear now.

[Reiv]

Hmm... I have to check the price for those Teins in Finland.

There is still the chance that I'll lower my car regular/cheaper way ;)

[Mr Singh]

I'm in the same boat. I have an Altezza RS200 however, which will be having 8x19s fitted at the same time.

Don't want any gap between arch and tyre... well very little if you catch my drfit :P

[tof]

I have installed KW Variant 2 coilovers on my IS200 one month ago.

I think it's good materials but the guy who install it, was it's first time with

a Lexus and he had some mistake with the installation.

On the rear,i receive elastomere bump with the coilovers, he put it on place

of the stock bump. But the car was indriveable, it jump everytime.

He swap it with the stock bump, now it's better but i ask myself if it's not

better to put both in the same time? why given elastomere bump if we don't use it??

Someone with similar problems?

Thanks.