DCoolBeans

PINSTRIPES ....ooo noez

Ryanmac

Thanks!

I live in Arlington. You? Us locals should grab coffee or just meet up somewhere sometime.

vbb

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I'm down in Virginia Beach, so unfortunately we're not really local. I know of 2 others in this area with IS-Fs though I've never actually seen the cars myself.

Ryanmac

I get to Newport every month or two for work - I'll try to alert you all

djhydro

Much better!!! The drop looks perfect. Was this the recommended height or u went slightly lower? How does it ride now?

Ryanmac

I went with the recommendations on here. 660mm front and 650mm rear. ~13.5" Center of wheel to fender in front / 13" Rear.

The ride is sweet. I like the BCR's a lot so far. Much more "smooth" but still sporty. I have them dialed on the low side right now.

StraySheep

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I have tein cs coilovers with 650mm front and 640mm rear.
Stock wheels and tire sizes front and rear with 15mm front spacer and 20mm rear spacer.

I am looking to raise the front to 660mm and leave the rears at 640mm because I have slight rubbing in the front liner from tire during hard turns. damping already adjust to hardest setting.

Would 20mm height difference be to much?
For reference, does anyone know the 2008/2009 ISF stock height measured from ground through the center of wheel to the top of fender edge? (with stock suspension, wheels, and tires)

Thanks.

StraySheep

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bump for answers please.

chrisp1

function>form

tinbui

For reference, does anyone know the 2008/2009 ISF stock height measured from ground through the center of wheel to the top of fender edge? (with stock suspension, wheels, and tires)

lexus isf stock ride height is :
front 26.750(679.45mm) and rear 26.000(660.40mm)
measuring from the ground up through the center of the weel to the fender

Rossi

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Great thread. Subscribed for future reference.

StraySheep

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Thanks.
Now I know how much my F was dropped from stock.

biggame

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If you want to remove painted stripes take your car to a reputable body shop and they should be able to color sand them off...

lobuxracer

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That's not a good way to measure ride height. Individual variances in body parts will make these numbers wrong frequently. This is how ride height is measured according to Lexus, and it is the most accurate way to measure it:



These numbers are NOT for the IS-F, they are for the ISx50. For the IS-F the front is 131.7mm (5.19 inches) and the rear is 112.1mm (4.41 inches) using a slightly different method - the difference of the center of the wheel and the C measurement in the diagram above, where C is the center of the bolt holding the inside (subframe) mount of the lower control arm..

For those of you wondering how it is possible to measure with the kind of accuracy you need for these measurements, the trick is to take the suspension bolts you need to measure, put them in a lathe in a centering chuck and put a conical divot in the head or the shank so you can put a pointed tool in the divot and measure to the ground surface. This assumes you are on a very flat surface, but the measurements you take will also make it possible to put the numbers in suspension simulation software to figure out what the true optimum performance ride height is.