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Old 04-11-06, 01:42 PM
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Here is my baby. The rotors and caliper paint are 5 days old. What do yall think I should do about my suspension up front? It looks so much higher than the rear.
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Old 04-11-06, 01:45 PM
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Yeah you definetely need to bring her down a bit...and lower both the front and rear...Just doing the front is the wrong way to go...
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Where can I find chrome lexus decals for the calipers? Does anyone know where to find pictures of factory calipers w/ decals?
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Heres what they look like now.
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Only the front looks jacked up to me. I dont think the rear could go down much on 275/35/19s. Its rubs a little in the rear now when I go over a dip with any passengers. Does this mean I need to modify my fenders?
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Those look like MB AMG wheels. There was just a thread on these wheels. The offset on the front look a little off but maybe its the pic. Go with some Ltuned springs or Eibach if you dont want much drop.
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They are TSW Bremmas 19" x 8.5/9.5. Yeah I posted them a while back and nobody offered me enough. I wanted silver wheels, but now that the brakes have been jazzed up a bit, I love the look. What about the rubbing issue on the right rear tire side wall?
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They are TSW Bremmas 19" x 8.5/9.5. Yeah I posted them a while back and nobody offered me enough. I wanted silver wheels, but now that the brakes have been jazzed up a bit, I love the look. What about the rubbing issue on the right rear tire side wall?
Might have to trim a bit ..... mine only rubbed a bit on the rear passenger side as well. Why did you decide to do the fat set-up?? Did you go with the +25 or +37 offsets for the front???
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I purchased them from another 2nd gen gs owner. Im pretty sure its 25 up front. Atleast thats what it looks like to me. I like the thruxtons too. Thats sharp! How do I roll up that 1" lip underneath the fender?
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Originally Posted by ECUgs430
I purchased them from another 2nd gen gs owner. Im pretty sure its 25 up front. Atleast thats what it looks like to me. I like the thruxtons too. Thats sharp! How do I roll up that 1" lip underneath the fender?
Those Thruxtons I have in the signature are gone......

I'm pretty sure +25 up front is to aggresive imo (sticking out)....your gonna have trouble when you lower it. Someone correct me if Im wrong. I think thats why something doesnt look right when looking at the fronts compared to the rears.

The lip can be dremmeled off or they can be rolled.....I chose to dremmel it....some use a big arss sander
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So you dont have that plastic strip along the edge of the fender?
PS Where can I find posting instructions and lingo. What is Bump and how do I do that? How do I repost a thread to keep it going without retyping the entire thing?
Im practicing now and told my girls they would be on cl, so here they are. : ) Not a bad pic for a camera phone huh?
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Originally Posted by ECUgs430
So you dont have that plastic strip along the edge of the fender?

I would trim up until the screws and see how that works for you. If not...then yes you can take it all off and trim more

PS Where can I find posting instructions and lingo. What is Bump and how do I do that? How do I repost a thread to keep it going without retyping the entire thing?

Just click the "reply button and it brings the comment that someone put, into your response. Bump is used to threads that aren't getting any response.....it will bring it back to the top of the section so more people will hopefully see it.

Im practicing now and told my girls they would be on cl, so here they are. : ) Not a bad pic for a camera phone huh?
Can you take a picture of the side of the car looking down the side??? I wanna see how far those front wheels are saticking out from the car.
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defi needs a drop for sure!!
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Nice rims only thing that puzzles me is how come they look so small ? angle maybe
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I agree I think they look small compared to other 20" set I had on. The 255/35/20s filled the well so much better. But, yes the camera angle doesnt help either.


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