I was reading a few of the threads about the steering wheel shimmy due to lowering of the car. Is this a common problem with lowering a car? I have a 99gs and wanted to lower to get rid of the fender gap and to have a better handling car. Those with 99gs' with the l-tuned upgrade, have a lot of you guys witnessed this?

 

i have jdm springs and l-tuned shocks, no problem at all...

 

what are the jdm springs? and how are they different from the l-tuned springs?

 

you can choose few JDM springs from japan, like Espelir, kg/mm, NPG(made by bridgestone)..most of them have 40mm front/30mm rear drop..they are lower than L-tuned; but still retain stock spring rate for comfort

 

Can you link those threads? I don't remember reading the lowering being directly related to the shimmy.

The shimmies (is that a word? ) are usually realted to a front end out of alignment [may be due to lowering indirectly], warped rotors, or bent wheels.

In any event, after you make changes to your suspension, or just about any handling charateristic, it is a good idea to get a 4 wheel alignment since the GS can be so finicky.

HTH