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Old 01-27-08, 10:12 PM
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Default Ultra Luxury models - sagging rear end?

Just wondering if any of you guys experience this. Seems that the rear of the car is a bit lower than the front. I even had both rear height sensors replaced.

See photo below...or am I going crazy?

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You can lower the height manually by adjusting the height sensors. It seems like LS430s come from the factory with the front jacked up way too high imo
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Mine looks the same, and other pictures I have seen, I guess there is a lot of load at the front, and thats why it is higher at the front?
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Mine looks the same.

Here is the 2 major points:
1. Your back fender opening is lower then your front fender opening
That is why it looks this way. Look at the picture below.
2. I went to the dealer with the same problem. They told me, that they have to points (one in front, under the car and one in the back, under the car), they have to be the same height from the ground.

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Mine also looks the same
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Originally Posted by GLEB888
Mine looks the same.

Here is the 2 major points:
1. Your back fender opening is lower then your front fender opening
That is why it looks this way. Look at the picture below.
2. I went to the dealer with the same problem. They told me, that they have to points (one in front, under the car and one in the back, under the car), they have to be the same height from the ground.
I agree GLEB888, measure the distance from the chrome trim on the front and rear doors to the ground and you should see that they are the same distance. It should be just visual in that the rear is lower. Most of the road bump "impacts" are absorb by the front and it would need a bit more spacing would be my best guess why.
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Every stock Ultra Luxury LS430 I have seen looks like that, and I have seen planty of them. Yours looks perfectly normal.

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Did you take the bodies out of the trunk?
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Mine looks the same as well, 2001 LS430 UL
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japanese vehicles seem to have the same traits. Germans fixed this by adding a slanted line on the body... some european engineering for ya
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Mine looked the same stock. The suspension on the UL automatically adjusts itself all the time. If you dont like the way it looks, you can always adjust the height sensors located on the control arms.
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on my '06 UL my front is higher than the rear.... funny, I was gonna bring up that issue tomorrow when I take it for service. I guess it's normal then.
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