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19psi 04-21-09 08:45 AM

my latest project [pics]
 
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/mem...e4260-98ls.jpg

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/mem...261-98ls-2.jpg

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/mem...262-98ls-3.jpg

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/mem...263-98ls-4.jpg

20 or 25mm spacers are next to get the rears to look right.

jcrome04 04-21-09 08:56 AM

Dude... It's beautiful..

I'm jealous!

:cool:

junjdm 04-21-09 09:03 AM

damn....clean!...I like it....

wyanguas 04-21-09 09:51 AM

Nice n clean

PureDrifter 04-21-09 10:54 AM

so that's why you've been so quiet lately lol.

yeah, rears could use some spacers, wheel/tire specs?

atoyot 04-21-09 11:55 AM

why do they look tilted in at the top? Is that just camera angle? Seems like if you were to put a level on the rim it would not be at 90degrees with the road?

genetic 04-21-09 12:03 PM

looks clean!

you still on megans?

PureDrifter 04-21-09 12:35 PM


Originally Posted by atoyot (Post 4456074)
why do they look tilted in at the top? Is that just camera angle? Seems like if you were to put a level on the rim it would not be at 90degrees with the road?

it's called camber.

when you lower a car with our type of suspension you increase the camber angle due to the change in suspension geometry.

V.I.P LS4 04-21-09 12:43 PM

red out the tails check my piks out, looks sikk

u runnin coils ?

19psi 04-21-09 05:59 PM


Originally Posted by PureDrifter (Post 4455839)
so that's why you've been so quiet lately lol.

yeah, rears could use some spacers, wheel/tire specs?

haha yeah.... i hate the way the rears look right now, spacers are coming very soon. i actually can't remember the offsets on the wheels. how about ET+very weak!
8.5" front and 9.5" rear. running 235 35 19's all the way around. there's a 15mm spacer up front, i had a 35mm spacer in the rear but it was just a bit too much. i had camber maxed at negative and the coilovers all the way down but they still hit. fenders are rolled to within an inch of their lives and they still tore up the sidewalls. i'm going to go toa 25mm spacer and it should be perfect.


Originally Posted by V.I.P LS4 (Post 4456202)
red out the tails check my piks out, looks sikk

u runnin coils ?

i do like the reds, but i'm actually going to smoke them out.

i'm on megans.

steveski 04-22-09 08:19 AM

Very nice looking car brother two big :thumbup::thumbup:

My Bilsteins are blowing up front - looks like Megans will be my choice.

19psi 04-22-09 10:32 AM

Thanks!
this is my 2nd set of megans and i still think they are great.

atoyot 04-22-09 11:21 AM


Originally Posted by PureDrifter (Post 4456186)
it's called camber.

when you lower a car with our type of suspension you increase the camber angle due to the change in suspension geometry.


OK, serious question, not trying to talk smack here....

Is that good for the tires? Does it still ride and perform as well?

I don't know jack about lowering cars, but seems like you would want the wheel sitting level. I know when you properly raise/lift a 4x4 you don't want any additional or less camber than stock. :confused:

PureDrifter 04-22-09 11:45 AM

it's not all about tire wear, a little camber (properly set up, on our cars it's about -1.8-2 front and -1.5-1.8 in the rear) on a ropped car greatly increases cornering capability. now, the reason you seee people like me and other running really aggressive wheels, we need a decent bit more camber in order to fit the wheels into the fenders decently. personally i'm not a huge fan of the boso-style ridiculous amounts of camber, and just use enough camber to clear. in my case, i can set all the OE-camber adjustments to positive, and still end up with ~-2 and -3 front and rear.

ride and performance are fine, understeers a little bit because of the extra camber in the rear, but factory stock did the same thing because the car's so front heavy, always takes a tap on the brakes to get some weight into the front for better turn in.

tires wear a little faster, depends on how much camber you have. camber only becomes a problem when you don't rotate or flip the tires, if you do you're generally alright.

Camber isn't nearly as hard on tires as people make it out to be, it's TOE that completely EATS tires.

atoyot 04-22-09 12:47 PM

Yea, toe will eat a set of front tires for lunch!

I need to remove my rear wheels to look at the suspension set-up. So i guess when you lower one of these vehicles the kit does not supply either a shorter lower arm or longer upper arm? Again, i need to pull the wheel to see if i'm talking correctly because im used to suspension geometry on solid axle 4x4 stuff.

Car suspension is new to me.


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