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waijai's LS430: Crystal White, Saddle, Wald, Weds

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Old 02-27-12, 07:24 AM
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Here's a little video of the Dorbritz Design grand opening meet...you can see GATO's LS430 and mine as well. Oh and my buddy Jerry's IS250.

http://vimeo.com/37505504
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a lot of nicely done up cars there ^ ^ ^ it so makes me want to do more to mines,,, gotta resist the urge
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What ^ he said, lol....
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Ordered toe & traction rods yesterday...need it to fix the rear wheel position and get it perfectly centered in the wheel well. The extreme drop I want to run coupled with the camber setting has slightly pushed my wheel forward in the wheel well. Traction rod is needed to fix that, as that's where most of the rubbing occurs.
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Originally Posted by waijai
Ordered toe & traction rods yesterday...need it to fix the rear wheel position and get it perfectly centered in the wheel well. The extreme drop I want to run coupled with the camber setting has slightly pushed my wheel forward in the wheel well. Traction rod is needed to fix that, as that's where most of the rubbing occurs.
I need to do the same thing. My tires rub on the front of the rear arch. And since I am going lower this year it will really destroy my tires.
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ur going lower??? last i saw ur car it looked pretty much slammed to me ^ ^ ^
Old 02-29-12, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Selah777
I need to do the same thing. My tires rub on the front of the rear arch. And since I am going lower this year it will really destroy my tires.
time to get you down to my height.
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Old 03-04-12, 01:30 PM
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Looks tight as hell right there Will
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looks good...
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Originally Posted by sojah
ur going lower??? last i saw ur car it looked pretty much slammed to me ^ ^ ^
I want to tuck wheel
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those wheels are perfect for that car. love how the wheels just tuck in right under the fender.
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Installed the rear traction rods and rear toe arms and realigned it. In order to properly recenter the rear wheels, we had to take it to -6.1 degrees in the rear.

The car does feel a lot more stable with less squat when taking off from a stop. Before it always felt a bit "squishy".
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Originally Posted by waijai
Installed the rear traction rods and rear toe arms and realigned it. In order to properly recenter the rear wheels, we had to take it to -6.1 degrees in the rear.

The car does feel a lot more stable with less squat when taking off from a stop. Before it always felt a bit "squishy".
what about the lower arm?!? but yeah make sure to torque the nuts down and put some lock tight cause mines got loose and i know of one more person that said his got loose after awhile...
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I already had the rear lower camber arms put it, which threw off my caster. That's what prompted my purchase of the rear traction and toe arms. I'll check with the installers or put some locktight on it myself.

Now I need to dial in the front...thinking either Nagisa front camber adapter to replace my SS KIt Pro in the front or Nagisa FUCA's...they're so expensive though, lol. -2.5 in the front looks a bit weird with -6.1 in the rear.


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