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Old 12-13-10, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by A1Lexis
Thanks guys! I'm leaving the back the way it sits now and next weekend I wil use the heat gun and melt the liners...then slam the front. My offsets are not aggressive so no need to roll or pull fenders.
Hey, do you know the offset, wheel width? Did you get any camber plates or is this with no camber adjustment? Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Acingteam
Hey, do you know the offset, wheel width? Did you get any camber plates or is this with no camber adjustment? Thanks!
Thanks guys! Front is 19X8.5, 23lbs, +28. Rears are 19X10, 26lbs, +43. No camber plates or camber adjustment needed.
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Cool, thanks man, looks nice. Do you have a shot from the back a little farther from the car so you can see the rear tires? Just kind of want to see the stance... are the wheels perfectly straight or do you have a little negative camber from lowering them that far?

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Old 12-13-10, 09:23 AM
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I don't have any far away shots of the rear but there is some negative camber....but nothing aggressive.
Old 12-13-10, 03:38 PM
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Nice drop! Does it rub on turns much?
Old 12-13-10, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by brociouz
Nice drop! Does it rub on turns much?
Thanks man! Only if the wheel is turned to the extreme left or right. Before the install, I read a lot of your old threads and have seen pics of the damage to your fenders and learned from that
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Originally Posted by A1Lexis
Thanks man! Only if the wheel is turned to the extreme left or right. Before the install, I read a lot of your old threads and have seen pics of the damage to your fenders and learned from that
Haha, good! Now I can sleep soundly at night knowing my fender damage didn't happen in vain. :
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Originally Posted by JMcDonald
^^^ The coils are still gonna settle a little bit, I told him let them settle then we will take a heat gun to the front liner and slam the front so it looks good.
looks great.

just curious though, why are you letting coilovers settle? thing is, if you (actually/correctly) reset the bushings, there should be no "settling".

case in point:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...ere-first.html

(see post #8.)

but i'm sure you guys did it correctly, right?
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Are u sure ur front offset is 28 and the rear 43
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Originally Posted by projectdna
looks great.

just curious though, why are you letting coilovers settle? thing is, if you (actually/correctly) reset the bushings, there should be no "settling".

case in point:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...ere-first.html

(see post #8.)

but i'm sure you guys did it correctly, right?
There are still springs on the shock, regardless...the springs will " soften " or settle a little. I been doing this a long time and every one of my coils settled a tad bit.
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Originally Posted by MashinA
Are u sure ur front offset is 28 and the rear 43
Yes sir, that is correct
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Originally Posted by JMcDonald
There are still springs on the shock, regardless...the springs will " soften " or settle a little. I been doing this a long time and every one of my coils settled a tad bit.
thanks for pointing out the obvious, but you're more likely to have issues with your bushings before the springs on your buddy's coilovers "soften" or "settle a little".

don't get me wrong; the stance looks great (though admittedly this isn't the first 2is here that's on coilovers, but i digress). however, if your experience can compensate for not resetting the bushings, then all the best.
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So u have no fender mods and 28 offset and no rub?
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looks good! coils are the only way to go!
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Originally Posted by MashinA
So u have no fender mods and 28 offset and no rub?
No fender mods at all. I am rubbing on the front plastic liners but that will be taken care of with a heat gun. Then lower the front a little more.


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