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Old 06-26-14, 09:57 PM
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these are the dealers pictures of the car before i bought it.
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Old 06-27-14, 08:58 AM
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Bolosdad this is how your car would look with a drop.



https://www.clublexus.com/forums/7731046-post44.html
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Old 06-27-14, 10:56 AM
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I can't drive stock height cars. It just doesn't look right. I'd conservatively lower it. Every lowered picture on this thread looks great. Every non-lowered pictures is meh...
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I've been thinking about my honda accord days when I was rolling low, 18 inch tires were about $120 each but 22's are way more and even though it looks nice I don't think that I want to and an unnecessary expense every few months.
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I feels when the car is lower it'll hug the road better on corners so I always lower all my cars.
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Originally Posted by Bolosdad
I've been thinking about my honda accord days when I was rolling low, 18 inch tires were about $120 each but 22's are way more and even though it looks nice I don't think that I want to and an unnecessary expense every few months.
Sure the 22 inch tires can be more expensive but with a modest drop (tanabe springs) and a good alignment you shouldn't wear through tires too much faster than with factory springs.
I'd rather drive a lowered car on stock wheels than a factory height car on aftermarket wheels.

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Needs some sort of drop.
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I like the way it sits but how will it ride with 4 adults in the car? My struts are already soft.
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lower it... my ride height looks like yours, but i have an AWD w/o OEM air suspension. not to keen on dropping her.
Old 07-06-14, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by sydtoosic
lower it... my ride height looks like yours, but i have an AWD w/o OEM air suspension. not to keen on dropping her.
I don't have air suspension and this weekend I took a trip to Vegas with 4 people in the car and I was bottoming a little over dips in the highway. Maybe because the suspension is soft for a luxury ride. My son said that the car looked good in the back but the front was still up.
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i don't have air sus. either... my only option would be accu-air. coil overs won't do. i need to be able to raise and lower the car at the touch if a button. i can drive her at stock height as to not interfere with my AWD components, then drop her when she's parked. pennies are being saved because we all know accu-air does not come cheap.
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I assume this is what everyone is referring to factory air suspension, correct? If so, how does this affect my ability to add on new springs, or one of the aftermarket air suspension systems that I believe integrate with my factory one? If I have the factory air suspension and buy that system that can drop it 5 different settings - do I need springs?
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Originally Posted by sydtoosic
lower it... my ride height looks like yours, but i have an AWD w/o OEM air suspension. not to keen on dropping her.
Data controller is an easy upgrade and you can keep it stock, then lower it for pics whenever you want
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Originally Posted by JYinKY
I assume this is what everyone is referring to factory air suspension, correct? If so, how does this affect my ability to add on new springs, or one of the aftermarket air suspension systems that I believe integrate with my factory one? If I have the factory air suspension and buy that system that can drop it 5 different settings - do I need springs?
Please review this thread already in the FAQ section of this forum...https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...fo-thread.html
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the car is begging to be lowered


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