Pics: GS400 before & after
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Pics: GS400 before & after
Some of you may remember me posting about a month ago regarding brake upgrades for a '00 GS400. I'm pleased to report that I have completed the upgrade, and consider it a complete success. Many thanks go to Steve Ganz of Carson Toyota and Dennis of Wheel Kinetics for their invaluable advice in wheel, tire, and brake part selection.
The "before" picture:
Yep, your standard GS400 with factory 16" wheels & tires and stock brakes.
The "after" picture:
The same GS400, with --
From Wheel Kinetics
To anticipate your question, yes, it now needs to be lowered a bit We have L-tuned springs and shocks on order, and I'll post final pictures once they arrive and are installed.
The "before" picture:
Yep, your standard GS400 with factory 16" wheels & tires and stock brakes.
The "after" picture:
The same GS400, with --
From Wheel Kinetics
- Volk GT-C wheels, 18x9 front, 18x10 rear, polished/silver
- Bridgestone Potenza S-03, 245/40 front and 265/35 rear.
- Supra Turbo front calipers & brake pads
- Front brake pad shim kit
- Coated, cross-drilled front and rear rotors (Supra-size front, stock size rear)
- Rear TRD street brake pads
- Goodrich stainless brake lines
To anticipate your question, yes, it now needs to be lowered a bit We have L-tuned springs and shocks on order, and I'll post final pictures once they arrive and are installed.
Last edited by treynor; 05-02-02 at 11:41 PM.
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Good question. It's just a visual trick -- the fender gap's the same either way, but there's so much more [black] sidewall on the stock tires that you don't notice the [black] fender gap. With the 18" wheels and low-profile tires, you see: big silver wheel, little black sidewall, BIG black fender gap Lowering the car an inch will put things back into proportion.