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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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Camber does NOT wear tires, toe does. Camber makes it worse as does low profile tires. But you need to balance the toe arc and bump curve and worry less about what your camber numbers are.
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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Figs, does balancing the toe arc and bump curve require any additional parts.? Is so which ones?
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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I am still getting caught up on the 430, but I got a TIS subcription to look at the geometry. There is a toe linkage on the front that should be balanced as well.

General rules of thumb on Toe is that for stability you never want negative toe in the rear. 0 or less. on lowered vehicles, the toe linkages are generally in the upward part of their arc, so they are coming inward as they move upward. The good thing on the LS is that the toe link is very long, so toe in on bump will not be too bad. Not nearly as bad the IS and GS lines since they have a sportier suspension that steers more under compression.

My advices is to adjust camber first via the arm method then adjust the toe to 0.0 to 0.1 positive.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by FIGS
I am still getting caught up on the 430, but I got a TIS subcription to look at the geometry. There is a toe linkage on the front that should be balanced as well.

General rules of thumb on Toe is that for stability you never want negative toe in the rear. 0 or less. on lowered vehicles, the toe linkages are generally in the upward part of their arc, so they are coming inward as they move upward. The good thing on the LS is that the toe link is very long, so toe in on bump will not be too bad. Not nearly as bad the IS and GS lines since they have a sportier suspension that steers more under compression.

My advices is to adjust camber first via the arm method then adjust the toe to 0.0 to 0.1 positive.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 08:35 AM
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any good news on a kit for our LS430's?
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:57 AM
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I should an update by mid-April from what I'm being told by the local company making them.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by waijai
I should an update by mid-April from what I'm being told by the local company making them.
Will, where are the new updated pics?
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 04:56 PM
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LMK when these arms come out... I'm very interested in purchasing them =)
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 07:15 PM
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Me too! Very interested...
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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WaiJai will they be adjustable arms or would they be similar to the oem lexus ones?
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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adjustable
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:33 PM
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I will have the OEM arms in my hands soon and perhaps a solution very quick as well depending on the taper dimensions of the ball joint.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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Adjustables please!!
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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I hope they run less than lexus ones. How soon are we looking at? I am excited
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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figs - are you fabin' up both upper and lower arms or just lower?!?
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