My dealer told me this was normal... My LS only does this in "Sport Mode" ONLY, not the normal mode... do I have a different type of problem???

 

Has anyone determine if this changes the Alignment of the vehicle? For those who have not aligned the vehicle, do you notice any additional wear on the your tires?

For those who have aligned their vehicles, was it required? did you get your print out showing the before and after?

 

Does the air suspension come on the Lux edition only? (I already did the search and got nada).

Can anyone compare the ride quality of the air suspension all the way down, with a set of lowering springs?

I am in the market for a LS and want to enhance the look with a nice set of 19" wheels, and a 1.5-2" drop. One feature I love about this car is the ride comfort. I know by lowering the car, there will be some loss in the ride qulity, but the overall look is important, and to set it apart from the LS430 our grandparents drive, I beilieve it is a must.

Any opinions?

THanks in advance.

 

On the ls how much difference is there between normal level and high level. Also whenever i put the Sport suspension on the car seems lower how much lower does it go?

 

lots of great questions...limited answers... bump..

 

See my answers above in bold.

 

It is recommended to align your vehicle whenever you adjust the wheels, tires or suspension. It's required in the State of Hawaii for those seeking a Recon (reconstruction) sticker which is required for structurally modified vehicles.

 

I realize that, what I'm interested in finding out is what the specs were BEFORE the alighnment and then after. They give a print out showing this information.

Thanks for responding though.

 

Any updates on uneven wearing? Did you think a realignment was necessary?

 

No way of telling unless you have the alignment shop tinker with the height sensors while on the alignment rack. If you adjust it and then take it to the shop, yo won't know if it was off from your driving prior to the adjusting. My guess is that it would affect the camber because adjusting the wheel would make it normalize at a different point in its normal range of travel. We've all seen grossly overloaded vehicles which have their rear wheels sticking out like bowlegs.

 

So guys, what are the specs of measuring the distance from the ground to the middle of a particular suspension bolt that the repair manual says ?

anybody ?

I would like to measure the distance and see if I need any adjustments or not...

Thanks.

 

damn the LS looks sooooo good dropped.

 

I know this is an old thread but the pictures are very helpful. I'm trying to adjust my air suspension as the fronts ride higher than the back so it looks like the car is squatting. I'm doing the job now, but unfortunately the bolts and nuts on the fronts are pretty rusty. I tried to wd40 them to get them loose but when I try to turn the 10mm bolt it just turns the whole rod and tries to bend the metal top plate that attaches to the sensor on top.

Is there anyway if just taking the whole rod off to adjust off the car? I see this weird star shape 10mm bolt that holds the bottom of the rod to the lower suspension arm. Also the same star bolt that holds the metal plate that the top rod attaches to the sensor. But I'm not sure if I'm supposed to take off the top bolt holding it or will it break the sensor.

 

Bringing back a crazy old thread as my first post, feel free to roast me. But a lot of good info in this post.

I just picked up a 1 owner, 95K miles 2002 UL. I bought it to flip but I love it so it's staying with me. I would really like to keep the air suspension, I love the ride. But I do want to get it even side to side, down in the front. This thread helped a ton.

Did anyone ever wind up making shorter repalcement front links? I's like to get the front down, it looks like it has the Carolina Squat right now. (not really but it does sit a little nose high. I just ordered a set of the 18" 5 star (reps) and 4 new tires. I'd like to get the suspension dialed in at the same time and then get it aligned. Have two road trips next month and I think this is going to be my driver. I also have an '06 GX and a new Hummer EV. (worst seats EVER in the Hummer)

Thanks in advance. New to the forum but used to be very active on T4R back in the day for anyone coming from that world.

 

I had to adjust the left one to the lowest and the right one to the highest to level the rear. front is fine.

what could be wrong with the components to make so much different?