‘Club Lexus’ Member Tries to Keep GS350 Stock, Fails Immediately
Seeing other modded Lexus GS examples caused one Club Lexus member to quickly change course with his ride.
The mod bug has bitten pretty much all of us at least once in life. And for many of us, it’s happened far too many times, despite our best efforts. Usually what happens is we’ll buy a new-to-us vehicle with the intention of keeping it stock and simply using it as a daily driver. But soon, we cave and buy something small. Then, that slow trickle of mods turns into a veritable flood. Club Lexus member DuB certainly knows how this works, because he just went through the motions with his 2016 Lexus GS350. He also documented that process in this thread.
“I bought the car about a year ago. I was going to keep it stock, but then I started seeing pictures of modded GSs. So I ordered some wheels, which arrived about two months ago. While waiting for the wheels, it snowballed. I got springs, then camber arms, a trunk duck bill, roof spoiler, then a mix of Lexon, Modellista, and Artisan Spirits. I finally dropped it off at the body shop to have the stuff installed, as I’ve been too busy to install it myself.”
Once the OP got rolling, he just couldn’t stop with this first round of mods, either.
“It didn’t end there. While it’s been at the shop, I decided to go with air cups. So they’re working on that now too. Needless to say, I’m excited to get the car back.”
Of course, going with an air ride setup caused a few unforeseen issues with fitment.
“The cups are about 5″ tall. The 4th gen GS uses spring buckets in the rear to hold the lower part of the spring. It only allows about 2” of travel before the lower arm hits the cup. What the shop had to do is relocate the spring to be inline with the shock, which means that they had to order spring collars and some other parts to add to the BC coilovers. Thankfully the BC coilovers already come with a threaded rear shock body. The top of the shock also has to be moved out laterally on both sides so that the springs and cups can clear the inner wheel well, so they’re fabbing something up for that.”
And it didn’t stop there. The OP went ahead and had his rear lip repainted, along with some new side skirts, front lip, and spoilers. And a few months later, the job was finished.
Supposedly. As we’ve seen in the past, once you start modding a Lexus, it’s pretty hard to stop. So, be sure and head over here to catch up on this awesome build, and stay tuned for any possible future updates!
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