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Lowered the LS

jiggajatt
November 17th, 2008, 05:59 PM
Dropped it on eibach pro kit. RUBBING LIKE CRAZY!! one of my tires are cut up so tomorrow im gettin my fenders rolled.

JWerner2
November 17th, 2008, 06:07 PM
The rear dont have much to roll, maybe a few inches. I cant believe that even rubbing at all in all but the last pic you can barely even see its lowered and its not like the tires even tuck. I would look at the shocks or consider some thing here like what all is in the trunk and what kind of roads you drive on.

NYC LS8
November 17th, 2008, 06:45 PM
Good luck with rolling. From what I noticed when I did mine, you're better off trimming the lips of the fenders on the underside.

Looks good, though.

jiggajatt
November 17th, 2008, 08:15 PM
my bad thats what i meant trimming the fenders.

LeaSr77
November 17th, 2008, 10:30 PM
How low did you lower it? I wouldn't mind doing mine but I know my rims are the wrong offset and my tires are super thick.

LEOV5
November 17th, 2008, 10:39 PM
You are going to have to give up the 20's. Go to 18's with a 45 plus offset.

jiggajatt
November 17th, 2008, 10:46 PM
not if i get the fenders cut!

RollinLS
November 17th, 2008, 11:16 PM
In the last picture. The rear tire looks towed out. Get an alignment. I had to have mine aligned after I lowered it.

Did you measure it to see how much it dropped? I measured mine before and after. I got a 1.75" drop with the Eibachs.

jiggajatt
November 17th, 2008, 11:22 PM
i put the springs in two days ago but no i didnt measure it before and after. I guess itll be a lil lower when the springs settle. Alignment will be done tomorrow after fender cutting.

JWerner2
November 18th, 2008, 07:54 AM
Yup I would say the alignment if not just bad shocks. There is no real reason it should rub that bad.

jiggajatt
November 18th, 2008, 03:38 PM
well today i got the fenders cut and alignment done and NO RUBBING! yay
btw the first 2 pics i posted are of the car when it was on stock springs. just a comparison pic

HyeLifeLS
November 18th, 2008, 03:46 PM
That's good, yea once you fix the fenders you should be alright even lowered. I trimmed my rear fender when I had my 20s and I had zero rubbing even with people in the back.

now I am thinking to try 295/35/18 tires in the back instead of 285/35/18s, don't know yet.

JWerner2
November 18th, 2008, 03:47 PM
Ahh ok, I was wondering about that.


Im going out on a limb here and guessing this is just nothing and is not the rubbing tire?

HyeLifeLS
November 18th, 2008, 03:48 PM
he hit a dip on a left turn, that's now it happens. I have seen it on few LSs. should be easily folded back, that looks big though.

JWerner2
November 18th, 2008, 03:50 PM
Oh, thank god I chose a strong limb:D

BTW glad to hear it is fixed!!!!!!

LsUnV2
November 18th, 2008, 04:08 PM
That's good, yea once you fix the fenders you should be alright even lowered. I trimmed my rear fender when I had my 20s and I had zero rubbing even with people in the back.

now I am thinking to try 295/35/18 tires in the back instead of 285/35/18s, don't know yet.

wow 295s, i have 265s and its already close,,,

jiggajatt
November 18th, 2008, 06:37 PM
thanx for all the complements guys. i got the alignment done and the NTB where i got it done said that the camber/caster is still off and they need to get some bolts to adjust it. Quoted me 150 for the bolts and labor. Thats too damn much!

NYC LS8
November 18th, 2008, 06:38 PM
RockAuto.com has the bolts. I got mine from there. They were like $32-ish per side.


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