I'm looking to lower my 05 TL on Tein S Tech springs on stock shocks for now. I've seen it been done with 235/35 and 235/40 tires, but I have 235/45 Cooper CS5's on the car currently. Will I be able to drop it without rubbing or scraping or am I going to need a smaller tire? Has anyone done this before?

 

You shouldn't have to worry about rubbing.

It's when you put on spacers and go with wider wheels you'll need to worry.

 

I have the S-techs with my stock wheels (235/45/17) and also have 15mm spacers in front and 20 mm spacers in rear and no rubbing.

 

That would be my setup, do you have any pictures?

 

Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics

 

So did u have to get shorter studs for the front when u put the spacers on ??

 

No, they're simple bolt-on.

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hp...83338850_n.jpg

 

The spacers come with the studs on them. Just like so:

15mm Honda Wheel Spacers 5x114 3 CB 64 1 Black with Studs Attached | eBay

 

I am having my S-Tech's put on in a few days with stock wheels and shocks (just hit 100K).
Will I have any issues with this? Should I absolutely change the shocks or will they last a while? Thanks in advance!

 

If you're having just the springs put on your car with stock struts that have 100K on them, then yes, the springs will kill your struts in short order.