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small correction Neo - the sticker on mine reads 'Sport' - not Lexus. Insignificant I know - but its a small detail that might help people who are going for the Euro look ← Thanks for the correction. The pics I see are always so small, I just made the assumption. There were too many letters for TTE so I knew it was something else. ;)

Which bushings? Control arm? Sway? ...

It is a sticker. Matt, you should PM bluelex. His car no longer has that chrome part and it was a PITA to take off. bluelex had to repaint that area. If you like it, make sure you will not change your mind in the future. ;)

I wash my car in the driveway so this should not happen for me. ;)

sorry buddy - really don't get that one at all can you explain a bit better please? ← I used this as well. It was the "View new posts" search. It was there when the upgrade happened and was replaced by the "Today's Active Posts" search. I remember reading someone requesting the "Todays Active Posts" option. Are these mutually exclusive? There is no way to have both? If you log on often, the the Active Posts search is OK. If you log on every few days, you may have lost (display-wise) links to threads you have not read. Everyone is different but I use the View New Posts more because I can see exactly what has transipired since I last logged on, regardless of the duration in between logging on.

I have the TTE lip installed (as well as the L-Tuned sideskirts). It is the same one that comes standard with the UK's Sports version like what Matt has. The only difference is the UK ones has a "Lexus" sticker in front and the direct-bought one has a TTE sticker. There is a little indentation for the sticker. You don't see the sticker on my front lip since I had the indentation filled before painting it. I am on Tein CS coilovers.. As for offset, there is no one good offset. There is a range you can get and you just pick how aggressive you want it to be. If you are too aggressive, you'll have to do some fender modification. Here is a general good read for aftermarket tires/wheels info: LGW wheel info

Haha! ;) As for the wheels, they are OZ Salinas. I'm selling my set. :D

Front View :) : Before: After:

Just to tempt you, here is a drop before and after (ignore the color and other mods ;)): Before: After:

Nice. Too bad it does not come that way in the states. Still, with $ it can easily look that way. ;) Although the 18s are OEM, they are sill 18s. Are you considering dropping it a bit?

Can't wait to see it. For awhile my car looked similar to yours. I had the same TTE lip and OZ wheels. I was missing the TTE grille.

Thanks for the props. Don't worry about my ego. My buddies' cars are way ahead of me so I know where I stand. ;) Here are more specs on my car to give you an idea of what you can do. Poke around the site and you can see some of my buddies' cars. http://www.lexusgonewild.com/rides/pages/Neo.shtml

1. Roof spoilers. There are a number of these. The more popular names are L-Sportline, DSR, Tom's, Junction Produce, and UGO (discontinued, hard to find). 2. A consideration on the rear wing is the third brake light. By law you need to have this light so depending on where it is in your current car, make plans for the new wing accordingly. 3. Are you talking about just a lip or a full replacement bumper? 4. If you are talking about the OEM Nav, it has been done but it is a custom setup. Otherwise, you'd have to looking into aftermarket Nav liek Pioneer, Alpine, Kenwood, or Eclipse. 5. Audio upgrades are very subjective to the user's tastes so I'll leave this alone unless you have specific questions. 6. Tips are also subjective since it is purely decorative. You can get oval ones, larger round ones, ... What do you like? 7. Running lights on the hood? Are you talking about the full headlights? The parking lights? Daytime running lights? ... 8. Foggy headlights? If you are under warranty, do it. It is a pain to have Lexus replace headlights with condensation after the warranty expires. 9. Cool if you are up to it. :D 10. Here is my car on some iForged Techniks. Look at iForged wheels. Email me if you see something you like (neo.one@gmail.com). I don't sell them but I know someone who do. I think 20s look perfect on a GS. I went from 16s to 18s to 20s. Ride quality is not like 16s but since you are already on 20s, you kind of know. Something you did not seem to mention is the drop. If you are riding on 20s, please drop the car or you will look like you are driving an SUV. Just my opinion. :) The ride quality/handling will be determined by your suspension also. As for buying, l-tunedparts is definitely the first stop. I think Matthew gave you a link to them in his post. This is a lot to answer in one post so I'll stop here. Feel free to come back with more specific questions and if I can help you, I will.

i recently got a set of 20's on my gs430 with 245/35ZR20 tires.. it rode pretty smooth when i had the stock wheels on.. it was like riding on air! so smooth! but when i got my 20's i knew it was gonna affect my ride but i got it anyway. its still a smooth ride but i just feel bumps more often now..will those kind of springs make it feel like a damn ricer car cuz if it does that would suck.. i alreayd had my share of bumpy ricer cars.. i "was" a proud owner of a 94 toyota supra tt tricked out and everything.. i cant stand a bumpy ride now.. so i guess i got too spoiled from riding in my dads lx470.. i learned to appreciate a smooth ride.. its comforting and luxurious.. Those two springs, and the Espelir in particular, retain a lot of the stock ride. The benefits for your set up (20s on stock s/s I assume) would be the following: 1. Lowered ride. You won't be dumped and tucked but it would reduce that fender gap. 2. Better handling. These springs respond better than the OEM ones. These will especially reduce that float feeling when you go over bumps or undulating roads. 3. With 20s, you are now have an extra inch in diameter on your wheels. There could be a rub problem if you hit a big dip and the soft OEM springs don't react quickly enough. Without knowing your wheel setup in details, I can't tell if you may have a rub issue with the lowering. As you can already tell, you are not going to be able to get the stock smoothness back. This has a lot to do with you having more metal and less but stiffer tire sidewalls. These spings are not the ultimate handling springs but it does not sound like that is what you are after anyway. They will give you the benefits I outlined above while not making the ride quality any worse than what you have now. With the float reduction, I actually think the overall ride would be better. Disclaimer: Everyone has a different "butt-o-meter". Stiff for one person may be acceptable to others. I tend to be more conservative and like things on the smoother/softer side. I don't and won't claim to know how you like your car set up and am just offering my experiences with my car. :)

Honestly, I don't know what the preset height is. My installer knew where I want the drop to be and he knew how much to adjust it at install time. I never saw my car at the preset height. Without going into all the issues of rim width, offsets, and staggered setups, if you have a typical 18" wheels that will fit a GS, you will be running a 245/40 tire. This will keep the outside diameter (OD) similar to OEM. You can get a bit more sidewall if you run 245/45. Your ride will be more comfortable but you will lose some of the handling characteristics. This size will make the OD about 1" wider. This OD would be like someone running 20" rims. The majority of 20" owners do not get a tire setup that is at spec since 1) it involves running a 30 (and possibly a 25) series tire and 2) the appropriate sizes are not as available as the "typical" setup. Anyway, there could be rubbing issues depending on your lowering. Even if you run these bigger tires without swapping out the OEM shocks and springs, there could still be rubbing if you hit appropriately sized bumps or dips. This is because of the soft nature of the OEM S/S. I am glossing over some details and varying conditions here but I just wanted to get a relatively quick overview out. Hope some of this helps.

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From an aesthetics point, how would lowering look running the stock 16s? (I have a 99 GS300, 106,000 miles.) Is there a compromise in the ride or bottoming out issues to deal with? Also, (nothing like a million questions) is it possible to install coilovers that lower the car and maintain the ride quality with, perhaps, better damping, or, in this case, if I'm using the proper terminology, less bounce on the rebound--like a S Benz, or is that expecting too much, or are shocks and lowersprings better? I've also been thinking of running a larger wheel, like 18s, but have been reading that the ride might be lost. Any suggestions? I've had this car since new, drive it daily and thought I might toy with it a little. I've also been thinking of adding a cold air intake from Swift Technologies. They claim a 22hp/24lb torque increase. Any feedback on that? O.K, I'll close it up here. Thanks for any assistance you can provide. I don't see anything wrong with lowering on 16s to reduce the fender gap. It won't look as aggressive as a lower profile setup but it will still look better than stock. If you are already thinking in terms of coilovers, then that is actually what I'd recommend. Many are reluctant to spend the $ needed for coilovers. From your description, the Tein CS are the coilovers to get. Smooth almost stock ride, no float, better handling, height adjustable (manual), and damping adjustable (manual and electronic option). As for the SRT intake, it is probably the only intake that would give you some noticeable gain since it has a piggyback ECU. The GS300 is a nice car but it is not a speed demon. Other than going FI, trying to get more power to the GS300 is not the most bang-for-the-buck endeavor.

Take a look at the ones from Daizen Sport Tuning and Espelir. Both are nice with about 1.7" or so lowering and close to stock ride.

Can you post a pic or a link? I have never heard or seen such a piece from RMM.

RMM only makes a full replacement front bumper. Can you confirm the item you want to get and post back? :)

Huh? How are you going to fit a 205/70r15 tire onto a 17x7 rim? If you are saying your current OEM tires are 205/70 then ... With x7 rims, I'd stay with 215 or 225 wide tires. 215/55 would be the exact have outside diameter as your OEM size, which is a good thing. If you want the wider tire, 225/55 would be 0.4" taller in diameter. If you are not planning to lower the car, this should be OK. 225/50 would be 0.4" shorter in diameter. Both will throw off your speedo/odo. Pick your poison. Good luck.