mjr24

OK.....some of you said a SC with 20s would look horrible without lowering it. Take a look at this car, I emailed the guy and he said there are no suspension mods whatsoever, looks pretty damn good to me........so what gives?
Im taking a lot of people said this without actually ever seeing 20s on an SC....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1841237564

lex400sc

I've seen 20s on an unlowered car and in person it looks like an off-road coupe. Lowering the car tucks the wheels into the fender to compensate for this. A bodykit would help the aesthetics as well, but make sure you get a good eye level side-profile of a car on dubs without lowered suspension. Looks very peculiar to me.

mjr24

Well thats why I am wondering....that one close up pic was of the front fender...and there didnt seem to be more than an inch of clearance between the fender and tire....and I would bet the rear probably is an inch or even less too.

Manaray

I have seen MANY 20's on SC's...that guys suspension must be sacked out or he's lying or he doesn't know. It looks like it's a dealer so that wouldn't surprise me. "Only 102,000 miles.." hehehe...

Look at a bone stock SC...notice the wheel gap. Now when you put on 20's, you'll raise car another 1/2" and you'll loose about 1/2" of gap. So the car will look like a 4x4. Now on that guy's car (which has some GHETTO 20's BTW...KMC....HA!)..notice how small the gap is in the front...does that look 1/2" less than stock to you? Judging by the wheels, it wouldn't surprise me if they just cut the stock spring...

"BLING BLING!!!"...geez...talk about pathetic...

mjames08

This looks like a 1 inch eibach drop..

mjr24

Hmmm....well they must have cut the springs or there was a really heavy guy in the car when they took that pic. Personally, if I were a dealer....wouldnt you advertise that it was lowered as that would be an upgrade? I would.....but obviously if I cut the springs I wouldnt....but its an SC, why would you do it?? Then again, its an Iowa used car dealer....prob. the only Lexus in Iowa....so who knows:P

SC400onDubs

Riding on 20's really kills the performance of the car. You can feel that the car is bogged down by the heavy rims. A reason why I didn't lower my car is having to face suspension problems later on. I have put some thought into lowering it an inch, but haven't decided. With 20's you have about a 1-in gap in the front, in the rear it's not too noticable. I rolled my fenders because it was rubbing when I go on high bumps. Not sure if my offset is correct or not. Too late now, I had them for over a year. I;m running on 245/35/20 P-Zero's (Niche Bella).

What are the consequences of lowering the car? Cambers out ? Axel?

mjr24

Hmmm....interesting. So you also have no suspension mods and only have 1 inch gap in the front? See, again, how is this possible?
To all the guys who say it looks like a monster truck....be more specific, is 5 inches a monster truck, is it 4 inches, etc?
If you only have 1 inch in the front....maybe the front struts are shot?? I would not lower it anymore personally...that total slammed look....too rice. If indeed your struts are fine in the front, Id leave it.