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Just Lowered on tanabe's w/ cv7's

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Old 09-14-13, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Nexson
Well, it is a bit of a clash of two different styles. The front screams tuner/sport/aggresive while the sides say I am a classy lexus.
Exactly. One is sporty and one is classy
Old 09-17-13, 12:37 PM
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I like how she looks !!!!

she is the expression of a individual

you can be sporty and aggressive with a classy side

look at any SL63 AMG

the front looks like a beast and very sporty while many people put very clean classy wheels on them

I say a job well done D
Old 09-17-13, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Diego@Vossen
Beautiful!!

Very very Nice
Old 09-18-13, 01:39 PM
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i couldnt find a place that sells the splitters for the front lip, would you happen to have a link?
Old 09-19-13, 02:49 PM
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The car look great! I have a couple of questions for you.

After the drop, did you have to adjust the headlight leveling?
No problems with the staggered wheel setup on the AWD?
Did you have to roll any fenders?
What size tires are you running?

Thanks!
Old 09-19-13, 07:00 PM
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Thank you all for the positive feed back!!!!! again def couldn't have done this without the help of the need4speed crew!!! I understand what your saying, i should have went with the matte graphite finish so it'll match the car but the only reason why i didn't go that route is because i didn't want these babies to get lost and i really wanted these to stick out like "BAM!" basically be the center of attention.

So it took me about a month to finally decide to go with the polish look and i couldn't be any happier!


Originally Posted by advan34i
i couldnt find a place that sells the splitters for the front lip, would you happen to have a link?
The place i got the front lower diffuser are from here...Good luck trying to talk to their rep because it's going to be a bit tough understand their english.

http://www.think-design.jp/exshopm.c...&kago=&dptype=
Old 09-19-13, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by endo022
The car look great! I have a couple of questions for you.

After the drop, did you have to adjust the headlight leveling?
No problems with the staggered wheel setup on the AWD?
Did you have to roll any fenders?
What size tires are you running?

Thanks!
Thank you very much!!! YESSSS...i am actually still fighting that right now! haha...so it's a shame the 2013 gs350 did away with the adjustable height sensor in the back that actually effects the headlight leveling in the front. SO the idea that i came up with is to find a another height sensor that has an adjustable arm and use that instead of the fixed arm which is on there already. I have yet to come across a "broken height sensor" so i can rob that piece off of to make sure it works.

The staggered wheel setup worked like a charm as Paul from n4s recommended. Car runs smooth and i am amazed at how well these babies balanced. Absolutely no road noise or crazy pulls, almost as if i was riding on stock.

I actually tested that this weekend too....a couple of my high school friends came down for a little gathering and i had 5 grown adults in the car....i stood outside the car and looked at how low the car got and how close it came to touching my tire. But believe it or not...with the tanabe's and sport + plus mode...it ran like a charm without a single rub. So i am not going to roll my fenders because it already passed the test!

As far as the size of the tires goes I got nitto invo's 245/35/20 front and 285/30/20 rear
Old 09-20-13, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by chind320
Thank you very much!!! YESSSS...i am actually still fighting that right now! haha...so it's a shame the 2013 gs350 did away with the adjustable height sensor in the back that actually effects the headlight leveling in the front. SO the idea that i came up with is to find a another height sensor that has an adjustable arm and use that instead of the fixed arm which is on there already. I have yet to come across a "broken height sensor" so i can rob that piece off of to make sure it works.

The staggered wheel setup worked like a charm as Paul from n4s recommended. Car runs smooth and i am amazed at how well these babies balanced. Absolutely no road noise or crazy pulls, almost as if i was riding on stock.

I actually tested that this weekend too....a couple of my high school friends came down for a little gathering and i had 5 grown adults in the car....i stood outside the car and looked at how low the car got and how close it came to touching my tire. But believe it or not...with the tanabe's and sport + plus mode...it ran like a charm without a single rub. So i am not going to roll my fenders because it already passed the test!

As far as the size of the tires goes I got nitto invo's 245/35/20 front and 285/30/20 rear
So can you not just adjust your headlights with a screwdriver? Im guessing since you have the self leveling headlights that adjustment is not there? Because after I lowered my car it was easy.
Old 03-23-14, 06:33 PM
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Hey guys just wanted to give you a little update on my car. Finally figured out how to install the f-sport brakes on this car!!!! I'll be honest, the original brakes were amazing but these stop on a dime! here's some pics!













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Old 03-23-14, 08:58 PM
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looks good , did u end up getting the bracket from stoptech or u got some custom ones made.
Old 03-24-14, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by mrpartsman
looks good , did u end up getting the bracket from stoptech or u got some custom oes made.
I actually got the stoptech brackets for the rear and I have a local c&c shop that helped me out and milled in the correct holes and reshaped them to make it fit perfectly.
Old 03-24-14, 06:29 PM
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Looks Great. Classy Look.
Old 03-24-14, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by chind320
[IMG] 20140323_171003 by chind320, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG] 20140323_170950 by chind320, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG] 20140323_170931 by chind320, on Flickr[/IMG]
The Big Brake kit compliments the setup very well.
Old 03-24-14, 08:23 PM
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Looks amazing brotha.

Love those brakes !!!!!


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