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Old 06-05-13, 07:56 AM
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Just an update. The car had a tendency to pull a certain direction with the road conditions. Not an alignment issue pull but more of a slight wonder. The new tie rod ends have helped this. It is still there a tiny bit but I think this is just from lowering the car.

It also feels like the loads are being balanced better throughout the suspension. I notice this more on highway curves and such. Overall, a good investment. $57 in parts and $60 installed. Believe it or not, the right side, even with the boot gone and metal showing, was in better condition then the left.

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Coming from the BMW world. People (myself included) have had good luck with Meyle products. Not sure if they make Meyle HD products for LS400s. If they do that is what I have run on my e46 cars.
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Originally Posted by Nichles3
Coming from the BMW world. People (myself included) have had good luck with Meyle products. Not sure if they make Meyle HD products for LS400s. If they do that is what I have run on my e46 cars.
I agree.

If it's not a dealer item, get Meyle. This what I used in my BMW's.
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Originally Posted by E36M3
I agree.

If it's not a dealer item, get Meyle. This what I used in my BMW's.
Meyle is a German parts distributor. They seem to have a good rep but none I have heard of for Lexus. I am happy I am no longer doing my uppers at this time. They don't need it. This is good info though. Next is my front sway bar links... and then in the back I need to do the

ARM ASSEMBLY, REAR SUSPENSION, No.1 LEFT and RIGHT.
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