a friend just installed tein cs on his 01 ls430. with the coilovers adjusted all the way down, there's still quite a bit fender/tire gap. is this normal? any easy way to get it lower?

 

Same for the 2GS, Tein CS is made for comfort and not low drops. I have the CS on my car and I wish it went lower.

 

Yeah, I had it on my 02 LS430, but not anymore. As comfortable as it was, it's not low enough, I am not looking to lower the car as much as the air runner, plus I don't want to adjust it back and forth, all I want is another inch the most.... To solve this problem, you can just pick up some JIC FLT2 VIP, JIC said you can drop as much as 3.5 inches, otherwise, there's a set of air runner in the for sale section for our car, the owner is asking $2200... just my 2 cents

 

That's weird. I bought ATSOU's car and I actually had to raise it 1 1/2 inch because I was scraping everywhere and I have the Tein CS. In addition, my fenders are shaved. Here's the before pics -

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ighlight=ATSOU

 

maybe it's because you have the bodykit...? I think with that kit, the car sits perfectly.

 

No...both tires were tucked in the wheel well. The reason why the back doesn't is because I was running 245's in the rear so the tires were stretched. I have since got 275's in the rear and so I had to raise the car. Now they both have a 1 finger gap.

 

interesting... I thought the fenders are rolled? that's why I am assuming it will be safe to run 275 o 285 in the back (that's the direction I am going towards) I would love to check out the car in person since you are in Irvine as well...

 

You must have some short-*** tires. My CS will drop my 19s all the way up into the fender, but I think that looks goofy so I don't run it that way.

 

The fronts are rolled and back is cut. But they are these screws inside of the wheel well that holds the inner lining the 275 hits if it is lowered too much and/or if the stiff setting is set at soft. I am busy the next few weeks but after that we can meet up for sure!

 

You can remove the screws, bend the mount inward a little bit, then re-install some low-profile, flat-headed bolts and nuts (use stainless steel and paint them with touch-up paint to match the car's color) and increase clearance in that area by a good bit. If you bend the mount quite alot you'll want to use a heat gun to CAREFULLY warm up the plastic trim so that it conforms to the new mounting position and doesn't bow open at the joint.

 

Wholly crap...I'll do that. I am rubbing a little when I hit hard bumps on the freeway/roads. There is actually 2 points that I hit on a daily basis. Thanks again!

 

any pictures?

 

You can barely see the top bolt in this photo, but you can see where I've wrapped the trim around a good bit. This angle makes it look extreme, but in person you don't notice anything out of the ordinary -- doesn't look like it's been modified unless you happen to have noticed how that piece originally looked.