Tanabe USA is currently looking to R&D the new 2006-2007 GS300 and GS350 AWD for the following parts. (Please, AWD Only)

-Suspension (springs)

We are looking for a few Club Lexus members who would be interested in donating their cars for the R&D proccess. If you are interested please read below to see if you are qualified and follow the directions. Donaters will recieve compensation for their time in the form of parts.

Requirements:
1. Car must be completely stock with no prior accidents.
2. Must be a Southern California resident (Sorry guys)
3. Must be able to leave vehicle at Tanabe USA, in Torrance CA for 2 days.
4. Must be avalible to drop off the car in early September (exact date has not yet been determined)

Instructions: Please email us at info@tanabe-usa.com (Please no phone calls)
1. Title: Tanabe R&D Request for 2006-07 GS300/350 AWD
2. List your Name, Address, and Phone #.
3. From there we will contact you if we are able to use your vehicle.

 

So????..........whats in it for the car owner?? Im more than willing to "drop" my car off (sorry for the pun!) if there's somethin' in it for my time and vehicle loss for a couple days!!

 

You must have missed this part:

"Donaters will recieve compensation for their time in the form of parts."

 

The part thats being tested on your car, (ie: springs) will be yours to keep. If you are interested then please let us know because we need to get confirmation soon.

 

darn it!!! I'm just a liiiiiiiiittle bit too far away...

But I'm glad to see that there'd be something for AWD's!!!

 

R&D for Sustec Pro Five and AWD would be great

I hesitate to lower with Springs because with my front lip my car will
become a snow plow in the winter

 

Wow, doesnt seem to be any AWD guys in SoCal?

 

Probably no allocation. In MA it's the reverse situation. Most of the
cars are AWD here.

 

So, does Tanabe USA have another R&D facility outside of Cali?

Maybe around the Midwest area so I can volunteer my car

 

Shiga Japan

 

No offense, but make sure everyone knows that lowering a 3rd Gen GS (even with NF, which I have), causes uneven tire wear. This is due primarily to the lack of rear camber adjustment. The responsible thing to do would be to spend R&D money on producing a camber kit.

The tough part isn't even replacing the tires prematurely, it's the howling that starts after about 4-5,000 miles.

I'm just sayin'...

 

Seriously, on the East Coast you have to special order RWD because dealership has ONLY AWD. While, on the West Coast its the reverse situation where you hardly get any AWD. This going to be a tough one to find anybody with AWD in So Cal, and than convince them to mod

 

Yeah its pretty tough. Im supprised that nobody has jumped on this yet.

 

We put 10K miles on a set of Dunlop Sport Maxx tires with our lowered GS300 and the tire wear was nil. Tires still looked brand new. They became very loud and I changed them but I doubt the suspension had anything to do with it....not after 10K miles. I blamed the poor construction of the tires. We'll see with this second set.

 

Any AWD guys, please contact us.