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Old May 26, 2013 | 08:10 AM
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Perfect drop! Looks so much better lowered
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Old May 26, 2013 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Stainless9
Looks sooo much better man. My car is currently 25 inches from fender to ground all around. Still notice slight vibration. My buddy with an awd350 slammed his and vibration went away...i have no clue as to why
Yeah, if its going to vibrate regardless of height.. in my opinion might as well lower it more.

Originally Posted by infate
It's your fender liner that is causing the rub. Megan EZ has soft spring rates, so anytime you go over bumps, there's a lot of suspension travel. Try to figure out which part of the fender liner you're rubbing on, and cut, heat, or do what you need to do.
Thanks. I am going to get started on it here in about 30 minutes.

Originally Posted by Vroomin350
First off, for a "cheap" build it looks better than a lot of other builds I've seen around here with $$$ into them. Props on that.


What is eating your tire is the bumper tab. Do a quick google search "clublexus: bumper tab relocate" and you will have instructions on what to do to eliminate that rubbing.

Keep up the good work. I love the vertex kit. Some sideskirts and you'll be set.
Thank you! I did a research and couldn't find much, but i found one thread that might help. Im going to get started on it here soon. It's chopping off too much of my tire. I plan on getting rear lip and side skirts!

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Perfect drop! Looks so much better lowered
Thanks!
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Old May 26, 2013 | 12:03 PM
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Look rlly good hve u rolled ur fender yet?
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Old May 26, 2013 | 12:05 PM
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Thanks. My fenders are not rolled. I was looking at it and it doesn't seem to be rolled. It's not touching the fender I guess due to camber?
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Old May 26, 2013 | 12:25 PM
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Very nice progress so far guesswh0, it looks like sick so far!
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Old May 26, 2013 | 01:52 PM
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Maybe rubbing were the tab connect the fender or the metal behind your fender liner if you see rub marks there.
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Old May 26, 2013 | 03:14 PM
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how u like them ps2's
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Old May 26, 2013 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Roori
Very nice progress so far guesswh0, it looks like sick so far!
Thanks!

Originally Posted by laobo979
Maybe rubbing were the tab connect the fender or the metal behind your fender liner if you see rub marks there.
I spent a lot of time today to find out where it was rubbing at and found the problem. I was post pictures soon. Thanks for the input.

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how u like them ps2's
They are really nice. Quiet and smooth.
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Old May 26, 2013 | 11:24 PM
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Spent a few hours today trying to find out where I was rubbing at. Every time I go over a small dip or bump it would be a LOUD bang and sounds like metal or concrete sound. It was tearing up my tire bad. I tried searching for the bumper tab relocate thread but couldn't find any good ones and it was sorta confusing so I decided to just see what I can do. After I did this, there were absolutely no more rubbing, but of course it rubs over HUGE dips at about 70 + mph but again, it isn't even that bad anymore as I did this.


Front Driver Side Rubbing Issue Fixed




Took off the two clips that holds the fender lining.



Cut off the piece of plastic hub that sticks in towards the wheel located on right side of fender.



I guess this is the bumper tab that everyone is talking about. I trimmed it as close as possible, but realized it was still rubbing hard. The phillips screw driver is pointing to it.



Trimmed it to an "L" shape around the hole.




Trimmed the clip/screw that goes into the bumper tab as close as possible.



Trimming the bumper tab's clip/screw.




Trimming it did no good. So I ended up cutting off the whole bumper tab.



After cutting off the whole bumper tab, I needed to do something to hold my bumper up. I heard people using zip ties, but I figured that eventually it'll snap. So, I used a screw as you can see and found a place to drill in so it would hold the bumper stable but in place.



There is where I "relocated" the bumper tab. I drilled directly in next to the other tab. You can see the screw I used to drill it in. Apologies for the bad focus, the sun was directly beaming at my eye.



Boom. Super room-age but still not done!



Everything seemed to look good, but I decided to be extra sure so I used a heat gun to head up the inner lining where the bumper tab was originally at and pushed it in as close to the wheel well as possible.



Heating it up and using a screw driver as it can be very hot. DO NOT USE YOUR HANDS OR GLOVES.



As you heat it and push it close to the wheel well as you can, spray COLD water to it so that it will stay in place. ALSO, if you noticed, I tucked the fender lining around the fender..


And there you go. Fixed the rubbing issue. Keep in mind that this particularly worked for my rubbing issue but I will not sure if it would help you, but hope this can help the rest of the ClubLexus community.
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Old May 27, 2013 | 11:57 AM
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if all else fails, rolling your fenders is always an option
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Old May 27, 2013 | 02:29 PM
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Looks good!! Keep up the good work!
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Old May 27, 2013 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jnguyenyo
if all else fails, rolling your fenders is always an option
Definitely. Thanks for the input.

Originally Posted by NorCalIS
Looks good!! Keep up the good work!
Thank you!
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Old May 27, 2013 | 06:07 PM
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A few photos from today.





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Old May 27, 2013 | 09:28 PM
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It's coming along great! I'm loving the look so far!
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Old May 28, 2013 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Bleezy
It's coming along great! I'm loving the look so far!
Thank you! I can say the same for your build!
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