thats how all gs's are. the front are more flush with the car than the back. same with the 2nd gen.

225 on 7inch rim. wow your kinda pushing it there. i have 7.5 inch stock rims and i run 225 and the guy at the tire store said 215 are stock and i should get those instead. but i told him i wanted my 225.

lowering your car and puttin on body kits shouldn't affect your rims getting bent. the only thing that will effect it is the 2nd number on your tire size which is 50. if you go lower the tires will be lower profile causing easier bent rims.

 

I am not worried about bending rims. I am more worried about scraped body parts, or, even worse, shattered fiberglass. There are potholes here like you wouldn't believe. Or what they'll do a lot of times is repave the street and not raise the manhole cover to the new road level, leaving a 4-5" dip in the middle of the road.

 

these are the times i'm glad i live in so cali.

 

Yeah, I've noticed that just about about everyone in Cali rides on lowered 19-20" rims with body kits. Haven't seen much of that here. Saw some poor guy on his lowered ricer Honda trying to drive onto a gas station at 0.5 miles per hour. After that I decided that lowered kitted car is not for me. At least not until I move somewhere where the local gov't takes care of the roads.

Peace. I am off to watch Alias.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sovero1
[B]1. What are staggered rims?

2. minh: can you please post some pix of your ride with spacers?

3. Out of curiosity, do you guys think my car should be lowered and by how much?


Sorry Sovero1, I don't have any pics of my car with the spacers on. Maybe in a few weeks when I get a digital camera. Jmai22, I don't have the 25mm anymore. As far as lowering, the stock shocks/struts can handle up to 1.5 inch drop. Any lower and you will have to get new shocks/struts. Performance ones are NOT cheap. My TRD cost me $700. I should have spent a few more bucks and gotten the TEIN coil-overs.

 

Got pics. On a side note, anyone interested in trading rims with me. I'm kinda bored of mine. 19x8 all around.

http://www.csi4jobs.com/pics/lexus/100_0049.jpg
http://www.csi4jobs.com/pics/lexus/100_0050.jpg

THE PICS GO ALL THE WAY UP TO FILE NAME 100_0060.jpg SO JUST CHANGE THE NUMBERS AT THE END OF THE URL

 

**Edit out your license plate numbers on your pix. **


Nice ride. Which exhaust tips are you using? And what happened to you driver side window molding? When I bought my car it looked like that. Those things are mad expensive to replace.


P.S. Are you using any spacers now? It doesn't look like it.

 

minh where are you located. i'm in so cali. lol want some stock rims+cash?? lol. what are you lowered with?? and any tire wear problems?

 

fixed plates (the car is registered an hour away from where i live any at a PO box no less ) car is lowered with espilar springs (1.75 inch drop). No tire wear problems. Tips are borla. Using 5mm spacers in front 15mm in back (I think I may move the 15mm up front and get a set of 20mm for the backs). I had 25 out back at first but didn't want to deal with rolling the fenders. Sorry, Jmai22, I already have a stock set of rims laying around. Just want something new for my ride. Sovero1, i bought the car like that (moulding) I tried to get it fixed but the body shop said 350 just for parts. can I just bend it back? or does it need to be replaced? If it needs to be replaced, anybody know of a place to get it for cheap? Thanks for the comments all.

Minh

 

Minh:

From what I understand (both Lexus and an independent body shop said this), it'll never return to its original shape. I had the same thing, and I ended up replacing the molding. The part itself costs around $400 list from dealer in NYC. In NYC, mechanics/body shops get 15% discount + no tax if paying by cash. I am not sure how it is where you live.

About the spacers... So with 25mm in the back there will be definite fender rolling? And with 20mm there won't be? When you swap the spacers, please post pics.


Ed

 

Sovero1, Thanks for the info. The reason I would go 20 in back is because I think the ride would look better with 15 in front 20 in back instead of 15 in front 25 in back. The reason for the 15 in front is that I already have them. If I started over from scratch, I'd do 20 in front 25 in back. Now if you don't have rims yet and you are planning on getting some. Forget about the spacers and just get the right offset. As far as rubbing, if you're lower than 1.5 inches I'm pretty sure you'll have to roll the fenders no matter if you go 20 or 25. Hope all that makes sense.