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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 08:25 PM
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Are you the original owner, or did you get yours subsequent to initial service date? Just wondering what could have trashed your bushings if the car was unaltered from stock until you worked on it. It has not been common here at all.
I’m the third owner. The maintenance done on the car was just oil changes and a spark plug change at Lexus. I know me to but who knows I also found some battle scars underneath the car like if one of the previous owners climbed over a side walk or something. I also have a deep dent and cut in my oil pan but nothing on my subframe. Weird stuff but who cares I fixed everything already.
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 08:47 PM
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Sounds like one of the previous owners lowered it and didn't do it right. Glad you fixed it all up. I'm planning to buy all solid bushings shortly to eliminate all the rubber compliance in the suspension, but it would be horrible if the bushings were already trashed. That's a whole lot of parts to replace, good on you for doing it right!
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Old Jan 22, 2019 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Sounds like one of the previous owners lowered it and didn't do it right. Glad you fixed it all up. I'm planning to buy all solid bushings shortly to eliminate all the rubber compliance in the suspension, but it would be horrible if the bushings were already trashed. That's a whole lot of parts to replace, good on you for doing it right!
It was an absolute nightmare doing every single bushing! My back hurts just thinking about it lol. I did a mix of spherical bearings and superpro 90 durometer bushings. For the rear I have all figs arms has to offer. The front camber arms that they have are awesome love how that changed the front end. I even changed the bushing for the front control arm that connects to the subframe not the USRS bushing. WoW! Have fun changing that one haha.
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 01:21 AM
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...WoW! Have fun changing that one haha.
Thankfully my dad did that for me, but it does make a huge difference.
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 05:47 AM
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Will you please post the procedure for setting / loading the bushings for us noobs?
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Old Jan 23, 2019 | 05:17 PM
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Will you please post the procedure for setting / loading the bushings for us noobs?
It's all here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...ere-first.html
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