Info on a nice GS drop
Lexus Champion
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Cape Cod, Mass
will someone clarify if this is a true statement?????!!!! thanks
I don't think Eibach and L-tuned are the same spring. There's a thread somewhere that talks about this. A member actually did a study in size and weight between the 2 spring to draw this conclusion. That's not to say that the L-tuned spring is not made by Eibach. It could very well be (per Lexus spec). As it stands, I believe those are different spring (not by much but not the same). The Eibach spring should give a 1" drop vs. 1.25" of the L-tuned. I also think that the Eibach spring is a little stiffer (not by much).
On camber issue, as I previously stated, our car came with negative camber. However, you can adjust the camber a little while doing alignment. There's no camber kit available, you're pretty stuck with a little adjustment that built in to the car. But you can adjust it. Knowing that going in, I asked my mechanic to max out my camber before finishing alignment. Right now I have close to 0 degree front and back. The spec requires some thing like -.1 to -.3 for the rear (I don't remember the front). Which means, I'm out of spec. However, this should give me the max tire life.
I decided to change springs and dampers at the same time to save me the hassle of redoing it in the future. As far as damper goes, Bilstein sport was my first choice. After talking to the Bilstein rep on the phone, I learned that they do a lot of testing with Eibach spring. Therefore, I thought that Eibach and Bilstein would make a nice combo.
In the end, I'm very happy with my current set up. Running on stock 17", I think this set up the an improvement over stock ride quality and handling.
On camber issue, as I previously stated, our car came with negative camber. However, you can adjust the camber a little while doing alignment. There's no camber kit available, you're pretty stuck with a little adjustment that built in to the car. But you can adjust it. Knowing that going in, I asked my mechanic to max out my camber before finishing alignment. Right now I have close to 0 degree front and back. The spec requires some thing like -.1 to -.3 for the rear (I don't remember the front). Which means, I'm out of spec. However, this should give me the max tire life.
I decided to change springs and dampers at the same time to save me the hassle of redoing it in the future. As far as damper goes, Bilstein sport was my first choice. After talking to the Bilstein rep on the phone, I learned that they do a lot of testing with Eibach spring. Therefore, I thought that Eibach and Bilstein would make a nice combo.
In the end, I'm very happy with my current set up. Running on stock 17", I think this set up the an improvement over stock ride quality and handling.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Dirty Jersey
I like the way that your car is sitting. Very nice. Not too low. I'm getting my 20's next week and I think that these are the ones I'm going for.
i think eibach and l-tuned are good for 20's (those springs are more conservative). to sit on 19's, maybe a set of espelir or daizens might be the better bet. of course, if you have the money, just get coilovers 
. i've heard very good things about daizen and espelirs all around, so i might go that route.
. i've heard very good things about daizen and espelirs all around, so i might go that route.
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Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Hong Kong
From my own experience, regardless of drop, unless you have INSANE camber, several degrees of negative shouldn't give you too much premature tire wear if you get a proper alignment and set the toe-in to zero.
Make sure you get an alignment after you get a drop, it ends up paying for itself! And don't forget to post pics when you get it done
Make sure you get an alignment after you get a drop, it ends up paying for itself! And don't forget to post pics when you get it done
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