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Old 05-13-09, 04:59 PM
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Default How Much Does it Cost to Lower Your Car??

So I was wondering how much it costs to lower a 02 Gs. I am stock right now but I am planning on throwin some new rims possibly 17" or 18" and putting spacers on it. Could lowering your car be a DIY or does it need to be professionally done.
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depends on what you want...it can be as costless as cutting your springs or it can be as expensive as a system of airbags. If you know how to do it/or know a friend who does, anything can be a DIY
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Originally Posted by Kaydee
depends on what you want...it can be as costless as cutting your springs or it can be as expensive as a system of airbags. If you know how to do it/or know a friend who does, anything can be a DIY
Cutting the springs sounds a lot cheaper how much does it cost or just a rough estimate...
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aftermarket springs and struts would be a minimum for me. check the classified section. please don't cut your springs, you have a Lexus. you'll do more harm than good.
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NO cutting, look into buying some Coilovers, roughly 300-900 bucks, or you can go with just buying some springs, but trust me your gonna want the benifits of adjusting them--- air ride is also a route, 2-3 thousand bucks
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Originally Posted by AsGs300
NO cutting, look into buying some Coilovers, roughly 300-900 bucks, or you can go with just buying some springs, but trust me your gonna want the benifits of adjusting them--- air ride is also a route, 2-3 thousand bucks
i would love to get air-ride but i dont have the money but what is the cheapest way to lower... getting coilovers or buying new springs???
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u sound like the cheap lowering spring kind.
u can get nice springs for 200ish bucks
or u can get ebay springs for 90 dollars
your call
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Originally Posted by 5t341th
u sound like the cheap lowering spring kind.
u can get nice springs for 200ish bucks
or u can get ebay springs for 90 dollars
your call
yea lol honestly i really dont have alot of money..im only in 10th grade planning on getting a summer job up at the local Lexus dealership
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If you cut your spring...it's gonna be expensive. Why? Ride will be horrible and your stock shock/strut will make you pay for it when it blows.
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Originally Posted by Sheehan1p
yea lol honestly i really dont have alot of money..im only in 10th grade planning on getting a summer job up at the local Lexus dealership
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for a kid who's got a nice car don't go messing it up by cutting your springs. once you cut it you can't go back unless you want to drop some money. Do it right the first time around.
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it cost me 12 hours of my life when i lowered my SC400 with Espiler springs.. 12 hours of sleep.....
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yea there's no way I'm cutting them... I'm probably going for either coilover or new springs
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Originally Posted by Sheehan1p
yea there's no way I'm cutting them... I'm probably going for either coilover or new springs
well good coilovers arent cheap so springs sounds like ur choice.
but coilovers will get u brownie points with ur HS buddies
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Please don't cut springs on your GGP SD.
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how much do you guys think new tanabe springs might run me?


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