Eworth

Hey All,

So many of you all were instrumental in helping me come up with a good compromise of mods to improve looks and handling while maintaining a very respectable level of comfort. Much appreciated !

Am very pleased with how the mods have performed while keeping comfort as a priority. Does it have the level of comfort of a stock ride? No. Is it close? In my book, yes. The Lexus float is no longer present but gives a very nice ride while on the highway and on good roads. A little less comfort is noticed on crappy city streets but I can live with that. Handling improved with the suspension drop and wheel spacers and still within factory specs for alignment to boot!!

Mods are as follows:

Tanabe NF210 springs
KYB-GR2 struts
Ichiba Version 2 wheel spacers, front and rear 15mm, 20mm respectively.
2008 Lexus GS430 18" wheels
Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum 245/40/18 tires
35% window tint

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Parts, Shipping, Labor.. mount, balance, alignment...

$2530.00 ( total cost of all improvements above)

I really do feel that this is the best compromise of all for achieving what I set out to do. The mod that most affected ride comfort would have to be switching from 16"s to 18" for wheel size. Still very pleased though. I wouldn't want to go any larger but hey, to each his/her own.

Maybe the only things that I'd still like to add would be a lip spoiler and a Daizen sway bar.

Several pics below for your viewing pleasure. Sorry, the GS was a bit dirty (bugs on front mostly) but was anxious to post.

Thanks to all!!!

Mark aka Eworth

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Front view.

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Another one

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From the rear forward.

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And the last for now.

Debonair

$10.00 more dollars on eBay will get this cleared out for you.

Very nice job. The drop leaves little to be desired but that's me. All in all looks great. Nice job Mark. I am a fan of low profile mods that produce a clean almost OEM appearance.

MPLexus301

iTrader: (3)

I am running a similar setup, though a tad more aggressive. Dropped on the DF210s with 20mm front and 25mm rear H&R Spacers, but 17" wheels on 50 series tires.

Your car looks great Nice work.

Eworth

Thanks!! A little lower would have been cool and to my liking but I prioritized in the following order and chose my mods accordingly... 1) Comfort, 2) Looks 3) Handling. I thought if I went any lower, alignment issues / accelerated tire wear would result. Mark

Eworth

MP. That sounds like that would be a sweet set up!!! A bit more drop and retaining a better ride with the 17s. I would have been happy with that also.

MPLexus301

iTrader: (3)

How is the ride with the NF210s? I was shocked with how smooth the DFs are and I would imagine the NFs are even a little better.

Eworth

MP, I can't tell any real difference in the ride between stock springs and the NFs except less float. My ride was most affected by going to 18s. With the springs and struts that came after the 18s, I noticed no difference in ride comfort. The only change in my opinion was the more aggressive stance with less noticeable gap between the fender and tire.

ZippyGuy

iTrader: (9)

Brilliant approach! This is the way Lexus should have set up the car from the factory. Very "Spartan" and athletic without going overboard.

sam430

iTrader: (10)

Agreed...instead it came to us "buck-toothed", giraffed and and crazy legged - with weak joints (LBJ).

jcat_350

RCAs mannnnnnnnnnnn

Kyle Harty

iTrader: (17)

Looks good, you've got a great stock +++ look going! Nothing over the top, looks like it could have been stock to the untrained eye but a big improvement over the stock GS.