Car Dropped - Before and After Pics
05-20-08, 10:55 AM
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Hello Friends of CL, Greetings from the Cayman Islands.
First of all, Thank you for the valuable information for lowering springs, I was looking all over for this information, I am glad that I found the right place.
Right now I currantly have the Tein S.Tech SKL16-AUB00 Springs being shipped to me as I type this for my 1995 JDM Toyota Windom, I will definatly post pictures later to complement khpu's ES300.
Have a great day,
J.
First of all, Thank you for the valuable information for lowering springs, I was looking all over for this information, I am glad that I found the right place.
Right now I currantly have the Tein S.Tech SKL16-AUB00 Springs being shipped to me as I type this for my 1995 JDM Toyota Windom, I will definatly post pictures later to complement khpu's ES300.
Have a great day,
J.
05-21-08, 07:59 AM
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Thanks Kphu for the information, I'll be sure to get a wheel alignment done.
I assume the Tein Springs wont fit the OEM Struts (if they did the springs would most definatly wear the OEM Struts down to nothing after a few months), So I'm working on aquiring new struts, they probably will be the same Kyb GR-2 struts your using as our cars are pretty much identical, hopefully after my vacation I'll be able to get the rest of the components shipped down to me.
Picture below, enjoy
Well it's back to work for me...
Have a wonderfull day!
J.
I assume the Tein Springs wont fit the OEM Struts (if they did the springs would most definatly wear the OEM Struts down to nothing after a few months), So I'm working on aquiring new struts, they probably will be the same Kyb GR-2 struts your using as our cars are pretty much identical, hopefully after my vacation I'll be able to get the rest of the components shipped down to me.
Picture below, enjoy
Well it's back to work for me...
Have a wonderfull day!
J.
Last edited by Jeremy-KY; 05-21-08 at 12:24 PM.
05-25-08, 06:22 PM
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Here a pic of my car w/ is300 rims and no drop
The front end gap is horrendous
My wheel is turned right half way, and the car is on a slight incline, but it looks 4X4 from this pic
Do you think getting slightly higher profile tires will help? right now the tires are about 3% smaller diameter than stock and i won't be dropping $500 to have it lowered either X_X.
The front end gap is horrendous
My wheel is turned right half way, and the car is on a slight incline, but it looks 4X4 from this pic
Do you think getting slightly higher profile tires will help? right now the tires are about 3% smaller diameter than stock and i won't be dropping $500 to have it lowered either X_X.
05-25-08, 06:42 PM
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Also, your car will be higher off the ground then before so although the gap shrunk the ride height from your car will be higher so it'll be a trade off that IMO will look weird.
05-25-08, 06:59 PM
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For those Wheels i am guessing they are 17 inch wheels, so i would recommend to you some 215/50/17 tires they should be the closest size to the stock 205/65/15 tires that originally fit the ES
05-25-08, 07:01 PM
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Nice, well now you'll get an idea of what it'll look like.
I just tinted my GX470 and did it myself. Check it out in the GX470 forum.
I only had to do the 2 front windows because the rears are tinted from the manufacture so it wasn't too bad.
I just tinted my GX470 and did it myself. Check it out in the GX470 forum.
I only had to do the 2 front windows because the rears are tinted from the manufacture so it wasn't too bad.
05-25-08, 07:55 PM
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I think getting slightly higher profiles will make the gap smaller but just keep in mind that the more your off from the original stock height, the bigger the difference in your odometer speed from actual.
Also, your car will be higher off the ground then before so although the gap shrunk the ride height from your car will be higher so it'll be a trade off that IMO will look weird.
Also, your car will be higher off the ground then before so although the gap shrunk the ride height from your car will be higher so it'll be a trade off that IMO will look weird.
How is the ride with the lowered car?
