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09-24-08, 03:00 PM
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Ok, well I just ordered my rims for my ride. I have an 08' Obsidian Black IS 350
I decided to go with Work Varianza T1S with the Black Polish. ( It's not black though, they just look like a polished pewter color or darker chrome.) I was going to stay with the 18 inch rims, but after looking here and talking to them, I decided to go to the 19 inch instead with 8.5 in the front and 10's on the rear. +38 mm offsets for the front and +42 mm offset for the rear. I have the Tenabe Sustec PRo 5 coilovers. I hope the wait is in the 6-8 week time frame they said, but if it's longer I think it will be worth it. I figure when the rims come in, I'll just take them in and have Michelin PS2's mounted on them, and then I'll just put the car up on stands, pull the stock wheels off, swap the coilovers, paint and decal the calipers, then put the new wheels on, drive it for a couple weeks and adjust the drop to perfect as I can. We should be good to go
I'll post the pictures once it's done.
I have a question for everyone with a suspension drop. Are any of you using a camber kit? If you drop these say the 1-1.5 inches, are you getting alot of inside tire wear? I was just thinking about adding the camber kit when i do the coilovers at the same time, but only if I should or if it seems like it's needed. On my IS 300, I lowered the suspension on Tein CS coilovers almost as low as the coilover would allow and the stock camber adjustments were maxed but pulled them within spec, but just barely though.
I decided to go with Work Varianza T1S with the Black Polish. ( It's not black though, they just look like a polished pewter color or darker chrome.) I was going to stay with the 18 inch rims, but after looking here and talking to them, I decided to go to the 19 inch instead with 8.5 in the front and 10's on the rear. +38 mm offsets for the front and +42 mm offset for the rear. I have the Tenabe Sustec PRo 5 coilovers. I hope the wait is in the 6-8 week time frame they said, but if it's longer I think it will be worth it. I figure when the rims come in, I'll just take them in and have Michelin PS2's mounted on them, and then I'll just put the car up on stands, pull the stock wheels off, swap the coilovers, paint and decal the calipers, then put the new wheels on, drive it for a couple weeks and adjust the drop to perfect as I can. We should be good to go
I'll post the pictures once it's done.
I have a question for everyone with a suspension drop. Are any of you using a camber kit? If you drop these say the 1-1.5 inches, are you getting alot of inside tire wear? I was just thinking about adding the camber kit when i do the coilovers at the same time, but only if I should or if it seems like it's needed. On my IS 300, I lowered the suspension on Tein CS coilovers almost as low as the coilover would allow and the stock camber adjustments were maxed but pulled them within spec, but just barely though.
09-24-08, 03:42 PM
#1802
Ok, well I just ordered my rims for my ride. I have an 08' Obsidian Black IS 350
I decided to go with Work Varianza T1S with the Black Polish. ( It's not black though, they just look like a polished pewter color or darker chrome.) I was going to stay with the 18 inch rims, but after looking here and talking to them, I decided to go to the 19 inch instead with 8.5 in the front and 10's on the rear. +38 mm offsets for the front and +42 mm offset for the rear. I have the Tenabe Sustec PRo 5 coilovers. I hope the wait is in the 6-8 week time frame they said, but if it's longer I think it will be worth it. I figure when the rims come in, I'll just take them in and have Michelin PS2's mounted on them, and then I'll just put the car up on stands, pull the stock wheels off, swap the coilovers, paint and decal the calipers, then put the new wheels on, drive it for a couple weeks and adjust the drop to perfect as I can. We should be good to go
I'll post the pictures once it's done.
I have a question for everyone with a suspension drop. Are any of you using a camber kit? If you drop these say the 1-1.5 inches, are you getting alot of inside tire wear? I was just thinking about adding the camber kit when i do the coilovers at the same time, but only if I should or if it seems like it's needed. On my IS 300, I lowered the suspension on Tein CS coilovers almost as low as the coilover would allow and the stock camber adjustments were maxed but pulled them within spec, but just barely though.
I decided to go with Work Varianza T1S with the Black Polish. ( It's not black though, they just look like a polished pewter color or darker chrome.) I was going to stay with the 18 inch rims, but after looking here and talking to them, I decided to go to the 19 inch instead with 8.5 in the front and 10's on the rear. +38 mm offsets for the front and +42 mm offset for the rear. I have the Tenabe Sustec PRo 5 coilovers. I hope the wait is in the 6-8 week time frame they said, but if it's longer I think it will be worth it. I figure when the rims come in, I'll just take them in and have Michelin PS2's mounted on them, and then I'll just put the car up on stands, pull the stock wheels off, swap the coilovers, paint and decal the calipers, then put the new wheels on, drive it for a couple weeks and adjust the drop to perfect as I can. We should be good to go
I'll post the pictures once it's done.
I have a question for everyone with a suspension drop. Are any of you using a camber kit? If you drop these say the 1-1.5 inches, are you getting alot of inside tire wear? I was just thinking about adding the camber kit when i do the coilovers at the same time, but only if I should or if it seems like it's needed. On my IS 300, I lowered the suspension on Tein CS coilovers almost as low as the coilover would allow and the stock camber adjustments were maxed but pulled them within spec, but just barely though.
I actually knew that about the IS models. I don't know what I was thinking. Just got caught up in the moment....
09-25-08, 04:25 PM
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10-08-08, 02:45 PM
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Just to let everyone know, SPC does have an adjustable camber kit coming out in mid November. They are in a testing phase right now. I got this info from THMotorsports. COOLNESS!!!!
