Lowered the LS

[jiggajatt]

Dropped it on eibach pro kit. RUBBING LIKE CRAZY!! one of my tires are cut up so tomorrow im gettin my fenders rolled.

 

[JWerner2]

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]

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]

my bad thats what i meant trimming the fenders.

 

[LeaSr77]

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]

You are going to have to give up the 20's. Go to 18's with a 45 plus offset.

 

[jiggajatt]

not if i get the fenders cut!

 

[RollinLS]

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]

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]

Yup I would say the alignment if not just bad shocks. There is no real reason it should rub that bad.

 

[jiggajatt]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Oh, thank god I chose a strong limb

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

 

[LsUnV2]

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]

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]

RockAuto.com has the bolts. I got mine from there. They were like $32-ish per side.