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Old 03-18-13, 08:47 AM
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Hey guys, I'm a new to the Lexus game and I have a few questions. I bought my car 2 years ago and I finally bought new wheels and I have a set of Megan Springs (2" drop). I was looking at the in the box and they're not labeled front of rear. I guess whenever I install these things I can differentiate the front from the rear? Thanks for any info on this. Here is a pic of the car with the wheels.
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The longer ones are the rear
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Thanks Texas Taco. I've lowered a ton of accords, civics and sentras back in the day and all of those were labeled with F and R. I figured these would be the same way.
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Is it just my imagination or are your tires going in the wrong direction?
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I'll have to look into that this evening when I get home. I'll hopefully be finished with the springs tonight as well.
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Can't wait to see the drop. Hope you don't rub though..
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Originally Posted by Radar
Thanks Texas Taco. I've lowered a ton of accords, civics and sentras back in the day and all of those were labeled with F and R. I figured these would be the same way.
Np, where in tx are you? I see a specs in the background.
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Finished the car late last night. Here is a pic I took this morning before I took it to the alignment shop.
TexasTaco, I'm in the Spring area by Klein High School
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Well for some reason it won't upload the photo. I'll try again later this afternoon...
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uploading pics can be a bugger here. i recommend you use a 3rd party hosting site like tinypic or photobucket, and then link the pics back to here.
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Let's try this again. Looks much better.
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Night and day difference lmao looks good
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Damn that looks good, perfect drop. What are the wheel specs?

I'm in Houston too, by memorial high school.
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The wheels are TSW Rockingham's. 20x8.5 in the front and 20x10 in the rear. Not sure of the offset. I have a buddy with a wheels shop and he did all of the figuring for me on that. I had the front aligned yesterday and I'm pretty pleased with the ride of these Megan springs. My wife drives the car more than I do and she said the ride didn't change much so that makes me extremely happy. Plus it handles better than what it did before.
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what size tires are front and rear?


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