So I got 18" rims with 40 series tires. They look great with my bodykit and other mods. I mean the car just looks damn good! Except that the new rims and tires didnt feel up the wheel well very good so I decided to lower it. I lowered it about 2 inches in the front and just over 2 inches in the back. Now it sits really good but I ran into a problem, my rear tires were getting eat up really fast, they didnt last me no time. So I went and got new tires and got my car aligned. Well the dude said he couldn't get it aligned enough so it would still eat up my tires, I get it, I wasn't sure if just getting them aligned would completly solve the problem He really ticked me off because he also said the following:
(1) the front end of my car was lower than the back end (no its not!). He said the back was fine. (Okay if the back is fine but the front is the problem, why were my rear tires getting eatin up but the front tires are totally fine??)
(2)I needed to raise my car atleast 3 inches to fix the problem (that would mean I need to raise it above stock heighth! that doesnt make sense)
(3) I asked about putting an aftermarket camber kit on it, he told me my car already had a camber kit on it and he pointed to the balljoint (Omg thats a balljoint you idiot not a camber kit!!)
(4)After we contradicted everything he said he changed his reasoning on the problem, he said, "Well uh um its a Lexus, it's just different". (What?! It has tie rods, ball joints, struts, etc. just like any other car, its not that different!)
Then my dad says, "Lets take it to this other guy". This old country guy really made me mad. This is what he said about my car,
(1) Whoever put springs on this car should be shot (or maybe this country bumkin should be shot!)
(2) You've ruined this car, it's a piece of sh*t, you should try to find someone to give it away to because you couldn't sell it for $25. (my car is not a POS because I lowered it!)
(3) This car's been lowere atleast 4 or 5 inches (no it hasnt you idiot!)
(4) There is no way to put the factory springs back on, you won't find anybody who would do it (Yea okay! I could put them back on!)
(5) Anybody who gets rims ruins their car, you're rims don't have a lip, they can't be aligned. (Wow, my stock 16's didnt have a lip. Millions of people have rims and we're all doing just fine, besides I've already had them aligned twice during the year I've had them)
The guy at the local performance shop said those guys were idiots. He said other people have lowered Lexus' and they road race and drift Lexus SC300's so it has to work. He said he'll look up camber kits for my car.
I am really angry because I know there is a way to get this to work. And I'm tired of these people telling me I don't know what I'm talking about and that I'm stupid, and telling me I don't know anything about cars because I'm a chick.
So I'm wondering if anybody has lowered their Lexus. Did you get a camber kit for it? What brand? I just want ya'lls input on this. I'm just getting really fed up so any input is greatly appreciated
Sorry this was so long. Thanks for your time