2001 Lexus GS300 on Vossen VVS084
05-28-11, 10:18 AM
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I don't know. Without the spacers, it just looks weird to me with the wheels sunk in the wheelwells like that. Actually, with the spacers it kinda looks weird too. I just need to pull the fenders and drop it. I'm hoping it will look like what I want it to look like when I'm all done.
05-29-11, 10:26 AM
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I was doing that for about a month. Then, I got sick and tired of the fronts rubbing all the time and the rears scraping occasionally. So I took the rear spacers off and tried riding low with no spacers. The rear tires just had a slight scrape with the fender when going over serious bumps, and the fronts rubbed the top of the fender liner consistently. That got old real quick.
So I figured since I was going to need fender modifications anyways, let me push all the wheels outward with spacers; and temporarily cruise at a 4x4 ride height. I don't think the fronts rub going over bumps anymore, but they definitely rub when I try to do a full-lock turn. The back tires get mangled when I have more than 2 people in the vehicle. Therefore, I've been limiting this vehicle to a 2-seater. In hindsight, I'm thinking I purchased the wrong spring rates on my coilovers...I should've went with something stiffer. I'm definitely in-need of some fender pulls, with or without the spacers on there.
So, I'm going to ride like this for a little while longer. I'm actually seriously considering raising it up even more. My rear tires have about a 1/2 inch groove dug into the sidewalls from scraping the fender lip. After the tires scrape the fender lip, the tires look like they got 1/2 inch tassles on them...ha.
So I figured since I was going to need fender modifications anyways, let me push all the wheels outward with spacers; and temporarily cruise at a 4x4 ride height. I don't think the fronts rub going over bumps anymore, but they definitely rub when I try to do a full-lock turn. The back tires get mangled when I have more than 2 people in the vehicle. Therefore, I've been limiting this vehicle to a 2-seater. In hindsight, I'm thinking I purchased the wrong spring rates on my coilovers...I should've went with something stiffer. I'm definitely in-need of some fender pulls, with or without the spacers on there.
So, I'm going to ride like this for a little while longer. I'm actually seriously considering raising it up even more. My rear tires have about a 1/2 inch groove dug into the sidewalls from scraping the fender lip. After the tires scrape the fender lip, the tires look like they got 1/2 inch tassles on them...ha.
05-30-11, 06:32 PM
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I didn't like the look without the spacers. To be honest, I don't like the look with the spacers and the current ride height. But I'm too lazy to take off the spacers now. I think I'll like the look once the fenders are modified and the car is lowered...I hope.
Here are the "no spacers" look:
Here are the "no spacers" look:
