Ddot808

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I have a 98 GS4. I want to know how much i can drop the car while still maintaining good camber. I have heard that 1 inch is about the lowest i can go. Is that the limit? I dont want to be buying tires every year.
Thanks 4 the help

corkycal

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a lot of members here has dropped their car more than 1" and have good tire wear. the key is getting it aligned at a shop who knows what they are doing.

keep in mind that with factory specs, it already has negative camber and when you lower your car, it will add to it.

bottom line, find a good alignment person and they can dial in the correct specs.

Lexus GS3

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Guys with 2nd Gen GS dont forget, you can do camber adjustments. On our 3rd gen GS, we dont

I will need to flip my tires every 5000 miles.

corkycal

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i didn't know that on 3rd gen GS. tommy, send me some pictures of your new car.

Ddot808

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Thanks for the replys.
Anybody know the factory alignment specs? My friend that told me about the 1 inch limit owns an alignmet shop and is probably gonna be the one to do my alignment after the drop. Im trying to decide bewtween a mild drop (NF210-1.2F 0.8R, or Tein H tech-1.2F 1.1R Eibach Pro-1.1F 1.1R) or a nicer bigger drop (DF210- 2.0F 1.5R, or Espelir). Im running on 245/40/18s and i dont want to have problems with the camber eating my tires up after the alignment.

I guess my question should be "Will an alignment shop be able to get exact factory spec or fairly close to it if I use the DF210 springs?"

GSteg

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You'll get close to factory spec with the DF210, but camber will probably still be out of range. The NF210 will most likely go back to OEM spec. A buddy of mine had his NF210 aligned and they were able to get his car within OEM camber.

4ntvings

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when on my espelirs, i was right at the edge of factory spec...barely.

like gsteg said, nf's no prob...df's, will be close-but you'll look better LOL

testing

Therefore, the max drop is 1.25 inch while still be able to set back to oem specs camber right??????????????

tommyjaix

does this camber issue with lowering your ride affect 2GSs with stock 16's?