offremike

I have a Lexus 1999 ES300 (Coach Edition). I made the mistake of getting the Weapon R Dragon Air Intake system, not knowing it wouldn't make much of an impact with performance and make my car sound more like a race car. I have now realized (as the newbie that i am)*that focusing on performance, for a car that was engineered as far as it well get, was a bad idea and I should focus my time on the making it smoother (if possible) and more quiet.*

I'm hoping to get some suggestions. I plan to get the engine cleaned out (have a great deal and I plan to do that because I want to keep the car for a while), so when I have that done, I'll also put the stock intake back in to help with the noise level. I need to get a new wheel (1 that's bent) to help my steering wheel shaking as I'm doing 60mph+. The original owner didn't opt out for the air suspension (or the nakamichi system for that matter). I have the stock rims (15in) with some new all season tires.*

Anything else worth paying attention to or getting to help with low noise and smoother ride?

BDSL

Suspension....

offremike

would it be smarter and cost effective to buy the air suspension kit online and have someone install it? If so, where do you suggest as a website? I've been to emay/amazon as the obvious spots and carid.com

Oro

If you are fortunate enough to not have a car equipped with problematic air suspension; I'd never consider retro-ing one into it.

offremike

Ok. So what do you suggest for a type of suspension or do you suggest not even touching the one I have?

lostape45

If you're asking for a smoother ride than the ES, you're asking to drive a cloud. The ES is the smoothest car to date I have ridden/driven in. There isn't much you can do to make it smoother than the stock suspension. Trust me you don't want to spend $400 per strut for the AVS option, it's not worth it in my opinion.

speedkar9

You can try installing sound deadening. I used household materials in my Solara. My car isn't particularly loud so it didn't make as much difference:


However since your car has frame-less glass I think the most useful thing would be to stuff some foam or gasket behind the weather stripping to prevent wind noise.