98silvgs

hi guys, I need your opinion on weather i should lower my gs3 myself and save some $$$ or take it to a shop? has anyone ever done this themselves and is it a hard thing to do?

BTW: I have tanabe 2" lowering springs that will be going on.

01gs3

iTrader: (10)

Since they are springs, I would just have a shop do it. Springs require you to take apart the strut compared to a coilover. Since OEM springs are crazy compressed, there may be a little bit of danger without the proper equiptment. Now don't get me wrong, you are able to DIY, but for springs, id pay to play.

4ntvings

iTrader: (6)

pay. at my age, i can no longer do it myself.

GSteg

iTrader: (15)

It's not really that hard. You will definitely need a spring compressor though. I rented one from my autozone store.

Let me tell you though..you WILL want an impact gun to compress the springs. I used a rachet and I can't tell you how long it took me to compress (and how difficult). I finally invested in an impact gun after.

masboy

iTrader: (30)

98silvgs, i was in the same situation couple months ago. Don't listen to GSteg....he's WAY TO advance for both of us, he knows too much about Lexus

anyway, I decided to bring it to my friend's shop and ask him to do it. I can tell you this, I feel more safe to pay someone who knows what he's doing to do my car than do it myself. I'm not a DIY guy. But in the other hand, if you know what you're doing & believe you can do it by yourself...boy...you will FEEL PROUD & GOOOOD after it's all done and totally worth it.

kit cat

iTrader: (6)

i watched my friend do one side and i did the other side with his help. i love working on cars and always up for learning.

the one thing you will want is POWER TOOLs. made the process so much easier. but then again, i installed coilovers so they were easier than just springs. you might want to change out the shocks too while you're at it.