altatensio

I am a first time owner of a 'sports' car, 97-SC300. Is it normal for the SC300 to be ALOT stiffer than a 92 Camry? I drove my Camry for 12 years with no mods and the ride was very smooth. This SC300 has only 47K miles and it rides like a truck, very bumpy/stiff/sensitive. I notice every fwy lane change. My mechanic (not the dealer) says is normal. Any opinions?

RobSoVIP

wow, your camry must have been SUPER soft, stock SC's float like boats- its due to their luxury aspect. If you think thats rough, you should take a ride in some of our cars! In all honesty, the stock ride is not very "sporty" at all. Have you made sure that you are on OEM shocks? Perhaps the old owner replaced old worn out shocks with something stiffer??? But that wouldnt be enough of a change to really stoffen up the ride that your talking about. I bet your just used to the ride of your old camry which must have just "floated". you will soon get used to the SC3's suspension, then want to really stiffen it!

altatensio

Most likely you are right. It is what i remember about the Camry and not the SC
My wife's car is a linlcon Navigator and that really floats on air.

I will try to find an SC owner to drive my car just to be sure. I have the entire car's history and no, they
never replaced anything on the car. Thanks for the reply.

/Aerostar\

iTrader: (2)

Haha, just wait till you lower it 2 inches. Then you can talk about having a stiff ride But I still love it

T0ked

iTrader: (2)

Camry suspension is SOFT. When I first bought my car, I was surprised at the exhaust noise, engine noise, and "stiff" suspension. I was expecting the advertised "Lexus" ride (vault on wheels) and was very pleasantly surprised... and this was back in 1992! I agree, you're probably just used to the soft ride of the Camry, which in my opinion is very soft...kind of like a big american boat-on-wheels.

SupraCoup3

I'm in malibu, let me know if you want to meetup and checkout the ride quality.

BLK13X

Camrys have VERY soft suspension (the V6 model anyway), feels much softer than my Soarer (when it had stock springs).

SCV8

I was like you and bought my SC not knowing what to expect besides maybe a soft ride; I was wrong, and after checking it out I came to find out that the car shares it's suspension geometry(and many parts) with the Supra/SupraTT(VERY good cornering true sports car).

After this I decided that since the car was never going to truly ride all that nice, even though it was pretty floaty, and the handling was scary, to just replace the worn out SC parts with SupraTT components that were better tuned(thought out) to the geometry/travel of the suspension. All that cost around $200 for parts(springs/shocks/rear swaybar) off of some kid's lowered Supra.

Be carefull if you decide to go around any fast corners, that stock rear suspension bottoms out and sends the car into an instant slide.

WestOne

Camrys are way softer than SCs. If you want the lexus floaty boat feeling, the LS will impress.

LeXuSrAcIn

The LS's boaty feeling really gets boring. The LS is not a drivers car at all. It floats around corners and everything. When I got my SC it was quite a bit of an adjustment from my LS but now I choose to drive the SC for its great handling and sheer fun factor everywhere. Bottom line... you'll get used to the ride.