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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:14 PM
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i was just wondering some of us like to ride low,and other dont care. So lets see how low can u go... driving on a daily base... here some pic from the web..
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:35 PM
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Never understood why people drop a sedan so low! I can understand doing so on a sports car or nice sports coupe, but a family sedan?
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Never understood why people drop a sedan so low! I can understand doing so on a sports car or nice sports coupe, but a family sedan?
Some people even drag race their family sedans at the track, I kid you not!
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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wow...these things are slammed. i could never see myself doing such as drastic drop. kudos to those who it.
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:56 PM
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i ride this low in parkinglots when the road is nice and smooth


heres a video on how low some of us drive...i'm the GS350 if u look closely u can see when i raise and lower my air bags
http://vimeo.com/17247219
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Old Jan 25, 2011 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by designo
Never understood why people drop a sedan so low! I can understand doing so on a sports car or nice sports coupe, but a family sedan?
I think this is intended to be a fail thread on suspension setup.

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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 12:58 AM
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Outdated pic but i havent done anything to the rear anyways :P
I like to ride at 0 mph in the parking lot this low too :P
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 06:03 AM
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some tight rides you guys have here.. let see some of them in action too
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 06:13 AM
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keep in mind a lot of people on air bags do not generally drive that low.

this how i was this past summer. plan on going a bit lower

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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 07:06 AM
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how does this air bag system ride in comparison to traditional spring/strut assembly? My GX has rear air suspension from factory but I personally think it rides like dirt. Maybe its just the lexus air suspension...

Also for guys that are on air, do you worry about alignment going off each time you raise and slam your cars?
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Originally Posted by IXI187IXI
keep in mind a lot of people on air bags do not generally drive that low.
That's fair. But I don't understand why they drop completely when they are parked. Why can't they just set it up to look normal when parked, as opposed to broken. The LS460 with the optional air suspension looks normal when parked. So do all OEM air suspension setups.
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 07:22 AM
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^^^ well obviously some people like to push the bar and make their rides look abnormal and amazingly low. The factory air suspension on the LS also takes 5 minutes to air up and down. Some if us just like people to break their necks when we pull up!!!
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That's fair. But I don't understand why they drop completely when they are parked. Why can't they just set it up to look normal when parked, as opposed to broken. The LS460 with the optional air suspension looks normal when parked. So do all OEM air suspension setups.
thats 2 totally different system. you dont have the option to do that on an oem air suspension.

the whole point is for looks. if they were to keep it the same height, why even get bags when you can accomplish the same thing with coils?
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Old Jan 26, 2011 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by designo
Never understood why people drop a sedan so low! I can understand doing so on a sports car or nice sports coupe, but a family sedan?
Count me in with the group that doesn't believe a sport/luxury car should be dumped.
I will admire those that are but I wouldn't do it. We gotta have something different to look at!
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Originally Posted by IXI187IXI
thats 2 totally different system. you dont have the option to do that on an oem air suspension.

the whole point is for looks. if they were to keep it the same height, why even get bags when you can accomplish the same thing with coils?
The point of air suspension isn't to make the car look ghetto. It's to give a better ride. The air suspension in the LS460 sport is superb. Offers comfortable ride around town, but on the highway, the cars lowers by an inch to offer greater stability and composure at speed.
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