awd + lowered + rims. how many kms have you put on aprox
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awd + lowered + rims. how many kms have you put on aprox
Anybody lowered more than 1" on aftermarket wheels.
I just did tein s-techs on my awd 2006. a slight increase in vibration at idle and I have a low speed vibration only sometimes when I gas it.
Any way it could damage in the long run? worn cvs? transfer case? tranny? has anybody actually know a person who has damaged the cvs/tranny/transfer case or any other part due to lowering + increase vibrations??
I just did tein s-techs on my awd 2006. a slight increase in vibration at idle and I have a low speed vibration only sometimes when I gas it.
Any way it could damage in the long run? worn cvs? transfer case? tranny? has anybody actually know a person who has damaged the cvs/tranny/transfer case or any other part due to lowering + increase vibrations??
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06 awd lowered on s-tech teins. sorry for the crappy quality its using my cell.
did alignment, guy even fixed my camber, these cars you can adjust the camber in the front thru the lower control arm bolt. I am pretty sure you could even correct camber in more extreme cases by modifing this.
did alignment, guy even fixed my camber, these cars you can adjust the camber in the front thru the lower control arm bolt. I am pretty sure you could even correct camber in more extreme cases by modifing this.
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i've been lowered for approximately 15k miles. much lower than you, with staggered wheels for roughly 20-25k miles. my cv joints were leaking a bit, which was noticed upon coilover install. i will be checking again in about 4k, at my next oil change. as of now it is nothing to worry about, though they will need replacing at some point. 111k on the car at the moment, for reference. check out my garage if you would like to see the difference in ride height between our cars. you should be fine, but it is always good to be proactive - check periodically. of course, if you've read the AWD suspension thread, you know that the lower you go the more vibrations you get.
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my car has been lowered for about 3k now and i only have a slight vibration from a stop and go. once im past 10mph or so it goes away. no idle vibrations. i do plan to lower the rear a little bit more the level the car out better so im hoping that will get rid of the vibrations all together.
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06 GS300 AWD. Lowered on DF 210s for about 2K miles, then BC Coilovers for 10K miles on staggered 20" 3- Piece Forged Zegados. Initially, a lot of vibrations at idle and accelerations but was able to reduce them by getting the drop even. After several months of fine tuning the coilovers, I finally achieved the best ride I can get while dealing with the minor vibrations.
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I got tein s-techs, i still got some vibration at idle when stopped with foot on the brake, but since I put my 20s on, my vibration upon acceleration has dropped. its smoother now.
go figure.
go figure.
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Front = 25 3/4" Dampening is 8 clicks from soft
Back = 26" Dampening is 10 clicks from soft
Since Nov 09, I started at 25" in the front and 25 1/4" and just kept going up a 1/4 " every month and stopped at these settings. As the theory goes, the higher you go up the less vibrations you will experience. But getting all 4 corners seems to be the key as all 4 for were different after the initial install back in July. I even tried to achieve the stock ratio where the front is almost an inch higher than the back. That didn't help and it looked ugly, especially when the back was loaded after a costco run.
Hope that helps. Not a real solution, but it helped me achieve a compromise between vibration tolerance and ride height.