My progress...
03-03-13, 10:34 PM
#16
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
Haha, it's pretty bouncy after the halfway mark and up, but not as bad as I expected. Still don't have that much seat time and playing around with it to give credible feedback honestly. I'll definitely give some more feedback when I have more experience with it though.
03-04-13, 08:54 AM
#23
that's funny!!! Car looks good sitting on those wheels!!!
03-04-13, 09:13 AM
#24
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03-04-13, 09:59 AM
#25
03-04-13, 10:50 AM
#26
Lexus Fanatic
Thanks fellas^^*
I have the rears in the middle setting and the fronts 5 clicks down from the hardest setting for now. On the stock wheels with all coils set to the medium setting it rides nicely...just a little fim in the rear. Once I set the fronts to my desired hieght, I will start slowly lowering it a few clicks at a time until I'm happy with the feel. Iv'e rode with a friend with the same coils and spring rates turned to the softest setting and it rides quite nice, even lowered quite a bit.
Thanks Tammer. Tristan @ CircuitMS is a great guy to deal with and will definitly hook you up! I ordered the BC racing BR-series coilovers with the extreme drop kit, which basically has 2in shorter shock bodies all around, and 12/10kg spring rates. I believe I am the 1st person to order the exteeme drop kit for the ls460. Quality is great! Best thing is that there's no additional charge to order it like that! Ride on the softest setting,( which I havn't tried yet), is really nice.
Also, keep in mind that with this stiffer suspension, the braking is MUCH better, the handling in unvelievebly better, the acceleration and throttle response and shifting all seem much faster as well. I love it!! Such a huge difference! You will fall in love with your car again, and driving!
The benefiets explain themselves^^^
The rear extenders are awesome, too. My installer hid them in the car seat hook area, where the little plastic cover is, and is completely hidden and easily accesible for adjustment. I'll snap a pic of that if you'd like.
I have the rears in the middle setting and the fronts 5 clicks down from the hardest setting for now. On the stock wheels with all coils set to the medium setting it rides nicely...just a little fim in the rear. Once I set the fronts to my desired hieght, I will start slowly lowering it a few clicks at a time until I'm happy with the feel. Iv'e rode with a friend with the same coils and spring rates turned to the softest setting and it rides quite nice, even lowered quite a bit.
Thanks Tammer. Tristan @ CircuitMS is a great guy to deal with and will definitly hook you up! I ordered the BC racing BR-series coilovers with the extreme drop kit, which basically has 2in shorter shock bodies all around, and 12/10kg spring rates. I believe I am the 1st person to order the exteeme drop kit for the ls460. Quality is great! Best thing is that there's no additional charge to order it like that! Ride on the softest setting,( which I havn't tried yet), is really nice.
Also, keep in mind that with this stiffer suspension, the braking is MUCH better, the handling in unvelievebly better, the acceleration and throttle response and shifting all seem much faster as well. I love it!! Such a huge difference! You will fall in love with your car again, and driving!
The benefiets explain themselves^^^
The rear extenders are awesome, too. My installer hid them in the car seat hook area, where the little plastic cover is, and is completely hidden and easily accesible for adjustment. I'll snap a pic of that if you'd like.
Thanks so much for the response. The car looks amazing. Are you running a 265 up front ?? What did you need to do to get it to clear?It look wide as hell. Could be the offset. Those wheels are badass . BTW I love you garage. I just painted mine that pale beach sand color, put in exspresso brown cabinets and had the floors epoxied to match the walls and cabinets. I love feeling like I am parking the car in the house as opposed to parking in the garage
03-04-13, 01:10 PM
#28
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
Thank you gentlemen^^
Thanks man! ^^
Thanks so much for the response. The car looks amazing. Are you running a 265 up front ?? What did you need to do to get it to clear?It look wide as hell. Could be the offset. Those wheels are badass . BTW I love you garage. I just painted mine that pale beach sand color, put in exspresso brown cabinets and had the floors epoxied to match the walls and cabinets. I love feeling like I am parking the car in the house as opposed to parking in the garage
Since the offsets are more aggressive you can run a wider tire without risking contact with the upper control arm. I'm running 255's however and the fronts are 9.5 as opposed to 9 like my old wheels. Depending on what offsets your front vossens are, you can probably run a 265 if it's 32mm (don't take me up on that), but if you've seen Cjitty's build thread lately, he has added small spacers to make more room for a wider tire and get the wheel more flush with the fender. Thanks for the comments about the garage. It's truly a blessing to have all this space to work in! This is my dad's garage though, (my condo has a tiny 1 car), and when we were designing the house, me made sure we had , excellent lighting, excellent surround sound in the ceiling and a LOT of space to do whatever we desire in it.
03-04-13, 01:30 PM
#30
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Ol Hubrings needs to post some of those updated pics without the greasy iphone camera lens lmaoooo