Tte, Trd, Eibach?

[Andy IS200]

Just picked up my IS200 SE this week and it desperatley needs dropping. But which springs do I go for, TTE, TRD or Eibach. They are all the same price at £150-£180 and all lower by about 30mm, but which should I go for.

Bought the Lexus in the first place for comfort after having a Toyota Starlet Glanza Turbo which was rock hard and I dont want to spoil the Lexus' soft drive by lowering it. So I am really after a good set of decent springs that look and perform well and not make it bloody hard to drive in.

Also, once recommened, please include the shop so I know where I can get them the cheapest from.

Cheers guys

[Gord]

HI Andy try prolex uk for the springs mate :D all good springs by the way,

[lexus boy]

the tte, eibach and prolex ones are all exactly the same, they are alll eibachs

[Anees]

Lowering it will harden the ride, no question.

The TTE springs are the same as the Eibach springs. I am running the Eibach springs and they are comfortable on the motorway and decent roads but on local roads with bad surfaces the ride is quite hard.

Make sure to get a Geometry check done too after about 500 miles of the lowering. Once the car is setup right you will then really benefit handling wise. :D

You can get the springs from Prolex-UK. Just have alook on the website.

http://www.prolex-uk.com/store/

Good Luck :D

[Mr Morse]

Welcome to the club Andy....

Just to echo some of the previous replies, the IS does not have a good geometry setup from new, so let the springs settle in and then take her along to have the geo set up correctly

[Adie]

I originally had the eibachs fitted and was very happy with them. Check out this thread for part no.s etc

You can get them fitted at STS Watford by the Doctor Mr Tony Bones and get a full geom at the same time :D