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I noticed something with the LS's front wheels.

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Old 08-30-07, 09:25 PM
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Default I noticed something with the LS's front wheels.

Why is the stock Lexus suspension up front have the wheels at such a positive camber setup? The wheels look like this \ / instead of this / \, the latter being a setup for better handling IMO. The stock look is very unattractive I think. If I get lowering springs without a camber correction kit will my front wheels start to tilt like this / \, the way VIP looks?
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The car will understeer and for most casual drivers beyond the limit, it's easier to deal with then oversteer.

There is no camber correction kit per se though the YouZealand SS kit does change the lower arm geometry reducing neg camber. Most of us with springs have enough factory adjustment to dial in a range of corrective camber settings. Mine are set at -1.5 front with rears at -1.
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with my factory adjustments maxed out enough to be even on both sides im running like 1.5 in the front and like 2.5-2.8 Rear (negative of course) >.<
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Originally Posted by PureDrifter
with my factory adjustments maxed out enough to be even on both sides im running like 1.5 in the front and like 2.5-2.8 Rear (negative of course) >.<
Can you go into further explanation, please. So your telling me that you can adjust the factory suspension? What tools do you need, and how do you know exact adjustment when you are done?
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Originally Posted by 1995LS400
Can you go into further explanation, please. So your telling me that you can adjust the factory suspension? What tools do you need, and how do you know exact adjustment when you are done?
the LS has a double wishbone suspension setup which is inherently adjustable. the procedure to mess with the alignment escapes me but any competent alignment shop can do it for you.

keep in mind that i can run a lot more camber because im a goodly bit lower than factory, which automatically increase the amount of negative camber.

before my alignment i was at damn near -4degrees on the rears and -3.5 in the front
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