jens04TL

Well i started the lowering process on my TL today. I started at 10am and stopped at 2pm managing to get the front two done. That included the front ball joints too. I installed HR race coils and the ingalls front ball joint camber kit. I adjust my camber, but my toe is a little off. my steering wheel is slightly off center towards the right. I got the manual and know what i have to do to adjust. Tomorrow ill be installing the rear coils and ingalls camber kit. Then off to check how close i got my specs with an alignment. Ill take pics soon as im done. I guess all i need now is a set of rims.

ilovemangoes

In for pics! Congratz on the fronts. I lowered my car 2 days ago and it took me 5 hours for the front cause I went into some trouble with rusted bolts + nuts. Have fun with the rear seats, taking them out is easy...but it's hard to put them back in cause you can't see where the hole is to screw the bolts back on. GOod Luck!

Soltex05

interesting.. few question

would lowering the ride make it better or worse. ride wise compare to stock.

jens04TL

Well so far the ride isnt too bad. It seems to be dampening at the same rates as it did before without alot of extra bounce. But thank goodness for good roads here About the back seats, yeah im dreading it. Thats why i didnt push on yesterday, i wanted to start early and tackle it with all day to spare. Pics will come.

ilovemangoes

I'm sure you will be able to do the rears quicker than the fronts if you don't struggle with the back seats. By the way, not sure if you know already but u don't have to touch the rear shelf and the C-Pillar trim at all if you don't want to. There's enough room to get to the rear suspension without touching them. The trouble that I had was with the headrest bolts because I couldn't get them to line up properly, it took me close to an hour to put those bolts back in!! I also left tons of scratches on the panel behind the rear seats.

By the way, how low are you planning to go? xD

Slpr04UA6

^The bolts behind the headrest do not have to removed all the way. If you loosen them enough, without removing them, and then slide the back of the rear seat up and out(towards the front of car), almost like taking a picture off the wall. Much easier to put back in and then tighten them down. Hope this helps. Good luck!

ilovemangoes

^ +1 what he said is true

u dont have to remove them, but in my case i didnt understand how the procedure worked and kept on turning, before i knew it the bolts were all the way out lol. it definitely will be a wise choice to not remove them. Like he said, u can loosen it a bit and lift it straight up and forward to get the bolts to slide through the lil hole on the back. However, in my case, i misunderstood what.they meant and thought the seats were able to come out by simply pushing up.

Anyways, just to clarify, up isnt the way to go, its just to get the bolts resting at the back to be off their "resting spot" and am amble to slide through the opening. After that, its forward and down....hope this helps

ilovemangoes

double post ftl, am having trouble using my android phone

Mr Prom

sorry not trying to thread jack but... is there a "how to remove the back seat" with pics or anything...

ilovemangoes

Search is your best friend. =) Anyways, here's the link:

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-97/how-remove-back-seats-put-suspension-3g-garage-f-070-a-567460/

Good luck, hope all goes well for you.

jens04TL

You were right the backs took alot less time. I got the rears done in about 1.5 hours. Too easy. All i did was loosen the bolts and pulled the seat off. It wasnt bad. The hardest part for me was installing the rear camber kit. I got the bottom set off easy. But the upper one the bolts were seized up. If it wasnt for my husband i wouldnt have been able to get them out. He had to heat them up with a torch damn near till they melted to get them out. Even still he had to cut them. Well he got them out i did the rest and got them installed. We did the alignment together. Took it to a shop and got the alignment checked. I wasnt too far off. I know where i went wrong i think. Well here are the pics.



Sorry about the camera phone pics my hubby broke the damn digicam. Anyway, i need some rims now. And my man is pissed i spent all the money he had for his rims for his truck.

ilovemangoes

Looks clean. How low did u go?

jwr0ng626

iTrader: (1)

looks good! H&R springs right? not coilovers?

jens04TL

Yeah i did H&R race springs with KYB struts and shocks. Not the coilovers. Its a 2 in front and 1.75 in the rear. I like it so far. Havent bottomed yet. And its really not too bouncy.

jwr0ng626

iTrader: (1)

nice! it should settle more and look a lil lower in a couple days