ebruce2

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as everyone else here with common sense/ modding sense said, ALWAYS lower the car first.

Let's say you have the stock 16's right now, look at the current wheel gap you have. Now imagine that wheel gap increasing by a few inches. New wheel/tire combo or not, it WILL look ridiculous.

Besides, I think it looks kinda cool with stock wheels stuffed way up under the car...... like people are looking and they know there's a sleeper getting ready to enter the realm of all-out hotness! lol

GeorgeGS4

thanks everybody, it seems like I have my answer....I guess my only problem with lowering the car on stock wheels is just because of how narrow the rear tires are. But after seeing the pic of Joels car, I think I would rather have that look than a 4X4

i suppose i could always put on some small spacers for the rears to kick them out a little bit....any suggestions on what are some good quality spacers?? thanks again

ebruce2

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do a search for HR 15mm spacers here. You may even find a used set in the classified section.

STONER

The stock wheels look much better when lowered.
The rims will attract more attention to how akward the car will look at stock height.
I did the L-Tuned S/S and couldn't believe how high the car looked after seeing at it lower for a week.

here's the before


and the after w/ stock wheels


both shots have l-tuned skirts but you still get the idea

joel5150

Girlilove,
I have some pretty high speed bumps where I live and only if I have 4 adults in the car does it brush lightly on the chassis. But I do tend to go over them slowly. Gotta treat my baby sweetly until I get out on the flat open road.

Dx3

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It is a lot harder to go with the suspension first because you want some bling action - but it does look better

Jonny

eman88

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LOWER....LOWER..........LOWer.........LOwer........lower it man..........

Neophyte

that looks good lowered with the stock wheels! I hope mines looks like this when I lower mines with the stockies.

ib_jimmy

How does the L-Tuned S/S ride? did you only installed the springs or did you get shock/struts installed also?

I'm looking to lower my GS3 just a lil bit without messing up my camber, i dont wanna go too low so i can claim over all those speed bump without problem.

YayAreaGS

then i guess this would be an appropriate place to ask this question...

i dont want to lower mine to an extreme amount... i was actually looking to get rims first simply because i wanted to but then i read how bad it will look. i have always been a truck guy S-10 and silverado when i drop those it's completly diffrent deal then a car. My S-10 was sick but would scrape, Now i have a luxury ride and def wanna go down the "baller" path rims and some exterior stuff. what are some good sites for suspension? average drop in inches? do they all differ... forgive my virginess in this field but i really wanna know. thanks guys

STONER

You are probably not going to find the L-Tuned set-up new any more. They have been discontinued. I believe the shocks are rebadged KYB and the springs rebadged Eibach. That said, I think you could find the same drop available through those companies. Actually, I think Sewell still has a few sets of the springs. The drop is a little more than an inch all around, and I think the ride is fine. Much better than stock and still able to get into spec alignment. In hind sight, considering I paid about $700 installed for my L-Tuned suspension, You could probably get a used set of coilovers for a little more and install them yourself, and have the adjustability option.

SoCal_VIP

I have my lowered about 1.5 inches all around and it sits nice. I get compliments all the time regarding how clean and simple it looks. I waiting on rims and suspension to come in 19's. I'm very happy though with the car lowered on the stock 400 17's

Chpsk8

Here's mine with 20's and stock suspension. I should lower it, but the roads here suck tooooo much. So much so I may go back to stock or get the fat 19's like I originally wanted... anyone wanna trade?

YayAreaGS

that doesnt even look bad ^^

SoCalSC4

Sorry... that seems like such a cop-out to me. The roads are bad everywhere.

I'll bet the heavy cast aluminum 20s you threw on there affected the ride more than lowering it would have. The GS has plenty of suspension travel and ground clearance to handle a 1" to 1.5" drop... or more (I'm down over 2")