Come in if you have Tanabe GF210

[dmak]

Hi, i m looking for some springs that doesn't lower the car too much, and also not too stiff.
Because the springs i got right now, comes with the tokico blue suspesnion kit which is way too low and stiff. I don't get much feed back from the car, and it's a little too jumpy on the street.

Let me know how those GF210 feel, if u have those.

thx

 

[PieEyedPiper]

I'd love some info on these too. I know Ramien Pride has them but I can't get him to divulge any information on them.

Rumor has it they drop far more than they advertise, but thats only heresay.

 

[HyperGSX]

ya im dying to hear some feedback on these as well. Someone post up something!

 

[RamenPride]

I have them. The drop is definitely not 1.2", it's a lot more. I'd say somewhere between 1.5 and 2 inches. I had to put rubber spring spacers between the coils in the front to get it to be around a 1.2" drop. After I installed them, the front was slammed a few weeks later. Maybe about a finger gap between the tire and fender. It was definitely not what I expected. The rear's weren't an issue though, just the fronts.

I can't remember what the ride is like because I haven't driven the car in 3 weeks. I had Ground Controls with 450f/250r spring rates before these. The GF210's are 5.8kg/mm front and 3.1kg/mm rear (can't remember the conversion, I think its 325f/174r maybe). They're paired with Tokico Illuminas, and I do remember that the ride was a lot softer, obviously.

 

[prostreetdsmx1]

i don't run them on my car but the GF210 is out best selling lowering spring period. DSM/EVO/Subie. All three of those markets use more GF's than anything else from me.

We install many of them at the shop and they are hands down my favorite spring. They offer an appropriate drop, REAL HANDLING GAINS (most really don't) and they don't start sagging after a few months. I really really recommend them.

 

[ferruchnuts44]

I used to have the tokico suspension kit on my old 98 eclipse, Granted I only had then on the car or about 3-4 monthes before I sold it but I didn't think they lowered the car anymore then 1.5 inches. The drop actually resembled the pro kit look. Here's some pics...

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please excuse the more "ricer" days haha, I've since learned the ways...

 

[RamenPride]

Well, I decided yesterday to put the stock springs back in because I wasn't happy with the ride height of the GF210's in the front. One thing I noticed (and I noticed it when I first installed them) is that the coil wire diameter of the GF210's and my stock springs is about the same. I don't have anything to actually measure it, but just by looks and feel alone there is little to no difference. Anyway, it's been about 6 years since I last had the stock springs on. Now that they're back on there, I can definitely say that the GF210's dropped the car more than the advertised amount (1.2"). Using the "finger" method, stock is about a four finger gap, the GF210's settled to eventually a 1/2 finger gap in the front. The rear is about a four finger gap also, but I cut off half a coil to compensate for the slightly higher spring perch on the AWD shocks I'm using. I planned on cutting the stock springs anyway, but looking at pictures from when it was stock it didn't look that bad. I remember I couldn't even get a floor jack underneath without driving it up on some 2x4's first, and about a 3 finger gap. For some reason the fender gap now is HUGE compared to those old pics I have from when it was stock. Hopefully is settles a bit.