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Feb 10, 2002 | 10:56 PM

#16

Manaray

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From: Kaliforniastan

I'm with Bit, 17/18 would be a waste. 18/18 or higher is the way to go. Personally, I wouldn't do anything less than 19" on a GS, but that's just me.

As for the "raked" look, you can EASILY get that look with coilovers. I currently have that (not intentionally) look but as soon as I get my new rear springs from H&R ("it's in the mail"), I'm going to lower the back about another 0.5" or 0.75"...

Feb 11, 2002 | 06:49 AM

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ShowGSLuVv

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From: Detroit, Michigan

Do Coilovers make the car ride at all stiffer then the stock setup? if so, is it a big difference? Because I live in michigan and I have to take advantage of smoother riding setup, We have very bad roads and it would drive me nuts all the time hitting the bumps

ShOwGS

Feb 11, 2002 | 08:08 AM

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lex430

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From: CA

Quote:

Originally posted by ChuH
The car in the picture is not my. The member posted the picture about a year ago on the old ClubLexus forum. I am not sure he is actively on this forum.

not sure how this contributes to the questions to the thread, but i believe the car in the photo belongs to 'gswatkins', and have not seen him on CL in a while,

Feb 11, 2002 | 10:11 AM

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bitkahuna

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Originally posted by ShowGSLuVv
Do Coilovers make the car ride at all stiffer then the stock setup? if so, is it a big difference? Because I live in michigan and I have to take advantage of smoother riding setup, We have very bad roads and it would drive me nuts all the time hitting the bumps

Heck yes. The Tein-CS is supposed to be more comfortable than something like Tein-HA, but all coilovers will be considerably stiffer than stock.

The L-Tuned setup reduces float/oscillations with almost no difference in ride quality. It will lower your ride 1" though so you have to be a bit more careful on speed bumps and parking 'blocks'.