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So I put the stock suspension back, but now the rear looks funny

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Old 04-14-15, 05:50 PM
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It's still looks off to me.
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Originally Posted by ItzFilyO
It's still looks off to me.
Did you notice how he staged that picture? He threw that old empty spray bottle on the ground to catch your eye so his mega wheel gap wouldn't be as noticeable.

Wonder what was in the old spray bottle anyway? I'm betting it was something he's been spraying on his wheel gap to make it shrink...
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Originally Posted by SNiiP3R
It actually settled a bit. When the tank is empty it sits higher. Here is how it looks right now,

That actually looks fairly normal to me - that is about how ours with the Luxury Package sits.
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What was wrong with the original suspension?
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Originally Posted by jjscsix
That actually looks fairly normal to me - that is about how ours with the Luxury Package sits.
Was gonna say looks like its normal again for an AWD.
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Originally Posted by bclexus
It is obvious [to me] that his car is operating in an anti-gravity condition.

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SNiiP3R - How's the wheel gap now? Are you still riding high in the saddle?

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Did you notice how he staged that picture? He threw that old empty spray bottle on the ground to catch your eye so his mega wheel gap wouldn't be as noticeable.

Wonder what was in the old spray bottle anyway? I'm betting it was something he's been spraying on his wheel gap to make it shrink...
If you don't have any constructive feedback to help the OP, you really don't need to post. Being in his shoes is already rough enough.
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Originally Posted by 1101GS
If you don't have any constructive feedback to help the OP, you really don't need to post. Being in his shoes is already rough enough.
SNiiP3R has thicker skin than to be upset by a friend having a bit of fun picking on him...
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I just returned my rc350 f sport back to stock but I was only on the coilovers for 2500 miles before I put it back to stock and now my rear sits higher than normal too. Everything was put back to normal with an alignment. I don't understand this
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I wonder if y'all just forgot what normal looks like. As stated in my last post, our car sits higher than I'd like it to, but it's normal.
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Is Sniiper still rolling with sand bags in the trunk?
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Not sure how these cars are transported from Japan, but I would imagine that they are tied down extremely well. Meaning if there is somewhat of a wheel gap off the line, once they are strapped down and on the boat for a month, that likely settles it down quite a bit.

That is just one scenario. I still think something is wrong. Can you take it to another dealer?
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This is definitely not normal for me too. We're both sharing the same problem. Just put back my stock suspension last week and thought maybe there's a "settling period" as well. Doesn't look like it will settle an inch gap for sure

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Originally Posted by q-OnE
This is definitely not normal for me too. We're both sharing the same problem. Just put back my stock suspension last week and thought maybe there's a "settling period" as well. Doesn't look like it will settle an inch gap for sure

Oh man, I feel your pain.

I've tried everything to get it back to normal, but nothing worked for me. Even after 3 months, the car still did not sit right.

At the end I had to go back to coilovers.
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this is the oddest thing that's ever happened to me haha only thing I can think of is the rear springs since they were off the car need to be re-compressed back to stock compression if that makes any sense. Going to go back and talk to my mechanic and see if he's heard of this happening.
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Originally Posted by q-OnE
this is the oddest thing that's ever happened to me haha only thing I can think of is the rear springs since they were off the car need to be re-compressed back to stock compression if that makes any sense. Going to go back and talk to my mechanic and see if he's heard of this happening.
No one could explain this phenomenon. The Lexus tech told me that my springs were off the car for too long and they just need to settle. He could not tell me how long the process would take though.

I had bags of sand in my trunk for weeks, the car actually looked normal with 250lb of sand in the trunk. but as soon as I took the sand out, it went back to sitting high.

I hope that you will find the solution.....


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