Aggressive fitment ls460s?
01-30-16, 10:16 AM
#16
Lexus Test Driver
Originally Posted by R Z
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
01-30-16, 10:38 AM
#17
It must be because every one of those cars look hideous to me. Maybe I'm just old but I can't understand taking a car that rides like a couch and turning it into something you have to slow down to 1mph to go over a Ritz cracker. It just looks stupid to me. But to each his own. It's their money.
01-30-16, 11:31 AM
#18
HAHAHAHAHAHA I think we're all getting older. I agree. I like the looks but would never want to compromise the ride given that fact that a team of engineers much smarter than me spent years to perfect this design and I go "let's slam this bad boy by 3" and reduce the travel and firm up this ride!"
01-30-16, 11:58 AM
#19
Moderator
The beauty of forums..everyone has an opinion. Just like a house, some folks want to stand apart from the rest of the subdivision. Add some new upgraded doors, customize a basement or a new balcony. It's all about individual preferences
01-30-16, 12:08 PM
#20
Pole Position
01-31-16, 06:44 AM
#21
HAHAHAHAHAHA I think we're all getting older. I agree. I like the looks but would never want to compromise the ride given that fact that a team of engineers much smarter than me spent years to perfect this design and I go "let's slam this bad boy by 3" and reduce the travel and firm up this ride!"
I'm older than I dare to say all of you.......so I must just be stupid.....
01-31-16, 10:10 AM
#22
Haha never called you stupid. To each their own. Just something I wouldn't do and from my own experience wasn't good for me or the car. The beauty is we can all do as we see fit for our cars. If we all had the same tastes there wouldn't be dozens of wheel and body kit options.
02-02-16, 04:51 AM
#27
02-02-16, 05:09 AM
#28
Let me give you a little insite on some possible reasons you aren't finding what you are looking for. First you're starting with a car that people started by paying $40k-100k for. Depending of course on when you bought it and what model you bought. In general most of the ones here who have had their 460 for a little while bought a 460 used probably spent in the ballpark of $30-50k. To get the camber to fit crazier offsets you're looking at $6000-10k for a full T-Demand kit. There are others but let's just choose this brand. As for wheels you can't simply save a little and hit up VR wheels and rebuild a set. Lug pattern is 5x120. Then a 20in wheel is too small really to look the part so 21 or 22s are in order. For a decent set of those in custom offsets you're looking at $3500 to as high as $8000ish maybe even more. You really can't drive crazy low because you simply bottom out the suspension. On my old setup I could roll the car completely aired out but was still higher then some other cars static. Doing a wide body and a kit isn't cheap either. So do you see where I'm going with this? I fully built my SC with less money then the purchase price of my LS.
02-02-16, 05:24 AM
#29
Intermediate
Thanks MrMark. I think I may hit up mvwraps and have him add it to my order.i think it'll look good with the black pearl rear. My wifes gonna kill me when she finds out how much ive been spending on the car
02-02-16, 10:39 AM
#30
Let me give you a little insite on some possible reasons you aren't finding what you are looking for. First you're starting with a car that people started by paying $40k-100k for. Depending of course on when you bought it and what model you bought. In general most of the ones here who have had their 460 for a little while bought a 460 used probably spent in the ballpark of $30-50k. To get the camber to fit crazier offsets you're looking at $6000-10k for a full T-Demand kit. There are others but let's just choose this brand. As for wheels you can't simply save a little and hit up VR wheels and rebuild a set. Lug pattern is 5x120. Then a 20in wheel is too small really to look the part so 21 or 22s are in order. For a decent set of those in custom offsets you're looking at $3500 to as high as $8000ish maybe even more. You really can't drive crazy low because you simply bottom out the suspension. On my old setup I could roll the car completely aired out but was still higher then some other cars static. Doing a wide body and a kit isn't cheap either. So do you see where I'm going with this? I fully built my SC with less money then the purchase price of my LS.
Oh and I'm older and have different priorities, I also don't want a crazy ride these days. I'm more than happy with what the team over at Lexus has done with the F-Sport design. Still can't get over how great it looks "stock" with the 10mm lower height.
I think one other thing that comes to mind is thinking, damn, if I only bought Apple shares instead of my very first stereo system I'd have $353,000 today and that's a true story!!!!
