Tein Basics came in today. Slapped them on in 4.5 hours.

 

how's the ride after you installed it?also what kind of wheels are those?

 

those are the base 07/08 TL Rims 17"

A VERY NICE DROPPER

 

Sweet job Mug~

Now THATS a proper spring compressor!!!
What was the total Man Hours involved,
For the DIYer. how would you rate this job on 1-5, 1 being oil change and 5 a timing belt?
any prob setting the height?

Tip: Based on visual of the corrossion on rotors- remove them and apply a light coat of
anti sieze or caliper grease to the edge where the rotor slips onto the axle hub
Those rust the rotors on firm!
And some black Barbque paint- good to 1200F (or caliper paint), will tame the rust on the center hub and rotor edge
Makes for the total Big Brake look!
Enjoy

 

Looks really good! I bet the ride hasnt changed too much but the handling is alot sicker now? Oh and btw, I really like the red calipers. Need to do that to mine

 

looks hawt! hows it ride now?

 

Nice the drop looks great man! Hows the ride, cornering, etc...thanks for your share!

 

I've only driven it around the block once (last night). It feels tight. Each crack in the road feels and sounds different, like it's quicker and faster (dudunk vs. duuuuuudunk). A lot less body roll and understear is apparent. Rolling wavy bumps (that I drive over everyday on the way home from work) have significantly less bounce. Stearing isn't as tight as I expected but this could be due to stock tires.

I'm probably the wrong person to rate this job because I've done it to almost every car I've owned (and many of my friend's). I've never done a timing belt on a V6, so it's hard for me to say. If you're worried about doing it yourself, get someone with experience to help you. Or, (like I did), print out one of the DYI threads on this site to "walk" you through it.

 

beautiful drop looks real sick

 

not bad.

 

Is the worst part of the job dealing with the rear seat?

 

I just installed my aspec suspension the other day, the fronts took me about 1 hour the rears took me a while because of taking out the back seat and rear deck, It wasnt too bad, i was trying to be as careful as possible not to damage anything. I started my job at 12noon and replaced all 4 suspension assembly's, rotated and balanced all 4 tires and performed an alignment and finished at 4:00p.m.

 

rotors

 

now all you need is some bigger wheel and some new rotor....
did you remove your backseat??

 

Nice garage....You should get the paint finish for it...thats what i did...makes cleaning up (especially liquids) easy....4.5hrs not bad for the clamp style spring compressor either....looks like an IR impact gun too...any who...nice drop....loved to see it slammed out some more too...

 

actually you dont have to take out the rear deck, you can fit a 3/8 ratchet and a 14mm socket in between the rear deck and opening...saved me alot of time...2hours for the whole job...and i had to re-use the stock struts cause i only did springs...

 

I was thinking of just slipping in a ratchet but i didnt want to damage anything so i decided to just pop the rear deck up its just held in by 8 clips then slides forward!

 

I did remove the back seat. However, I did scratch the plastic panel near the door jam while trying to remove the upper part of the seat by myself. I wanted to vomit. I recommend a helper to guide the seat through the seatbelts.

I didn't remove the rear deck. Here is a pic of the rear locked in place.

 

nice..wow just noticed u lived in alaska.. i went there for vacation last week on cruise from seattle to alaska. i didnt see 1 single TL there.

 

Drivers here suck, I bet you noticed that!

 

really? hahaha! the whole entire population of alaska is the size of my city. LOL! the nicest car i saw in alaska was in juneau a lexus gs350.. does people in alaska not into luxury car? 90% of the people that drive there usually juts drive a trailer home or a pickup truck.

 

Looks good man. Did you take ur calibers off to paint them. Did you spray them?

 

Dude its ALASKA what luxury car owner will wanna crash into an Iglo. lmao

 

^ haha.

 

TL, Teins, and the Yorkie.