mnesbit Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 95 ls 400 what is the best way to get rid of the corner roll and tighten up the handling. i travel a great highway each day with a lot of corners (sea to sky...van to whistler) and am getting tired of the roll. i will be putting in new bushings for the steering rack and sway bar. all stock suspension parts have been replaced or have new bushings....except struts which are original. what else would you guys suggest which wouldn't kill my wallet? thanks, mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990LS400 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 BMW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BentBrain Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 You could get coilovers and dial in the stiffness and preload to your liking. Or you could get springs with a higher spring rate and stiffer shocks like koni's if they make em for your application. Bigger sway bars front and back would help but I don't think anyone makes one for the LS. Other than that you can try weight reduction but I'm not sure what if anything could be removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBdenny Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Tires. Very important for handling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
control_is_dead Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 addco rear sway bar takes 65% of body roll away. http://addco.net/ a front strut tower bar from the sc400 or supra and your good to go. or go for megan coilovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnesbit Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share Posted June 22, 2012 thanks control.. is the addco part # 2027? and does it come fully supplied? ez street or street lp megan coil overs? any thoughts on the stock front sway bar or is changing the bushings sufficient? thanks, mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnesbit Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 I like my ls 400 but i am getting extremely bored with the way it handles/rolls so my summer project will be to install the addco rear sway barand the megan coil overs street lp. has anybody experienced these mods? thanks, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
control_is_dead Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 yes thats the right part number for the sway bar. and its the street lp coilovers. front sway bar is thick enough, even just doing the coilovers your handling improves 10 times over. If your LS isnt equipped with air ride then you will already have a decent size rear sway bar, around 5/8" to 11/16" thick if i remember. with air ride they dropped the size to almost 1/2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BentBrain Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'm not sure what condition yours are in but I looked at my sway bar bushings the other day and the front bushings are totally shot. Found out that diazen makes polyurethane bushings for our cars and they are cheaper than OEM. I'll be getting a set shortly maybe it would be worth a look for you also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenji815 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 coilover + rear sway bar. and replace any worn out bushings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnesbit Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 i have rebuilt my 95 ls400 over the last few months and the suspension is pretty tight now. i want to add a strut tower bar and need to confirm that a strut tower bar for a 93 to 98n twin turbo toyota supra will fit. please confirm this. thanks, mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mleahy Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Definitely get a bigger sway bar if you can find one. New tires can always help. Otherwise I'd say buy better shocks next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khebre Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Added the ADDCO 2027 sway bar (was back ordered but arrived in ten days) to the rear of 1990 LS400 and changed the two rear struts with KYB. The Lexus OEM struts lasted 75,000 miles and KYB has life time warrenty; and original rear sway bar is very flimpsy and light weight. Let me tell you that car handles beautifully around corners. I still want a LS460 knowing how good my LS400 runs:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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