Lexus LS400; It's Been Awhile

[tyler589]

Seriously those fenders are dope!

[Strawhat]

Those fenders! More pics!

[Kaiyin]

figured I'd drop by with an update. While most people who live in a state that has a winter work on their cars while their parked, all I do is snowboard. Now that the weather is nice, and I moved into my new house, I decided to start working on a few of my projects. The LS needed some paint;






still organizing the garage, but here it is so far;

[jmotley]

[Kaiyin]

What front upper arms do you plan on going with? I know it costs to be the boss but $1,000 for upper control arms is rough!

I got Nagisa Auto front upper control arms. Unless you do a DIY UCA, there's no "budget" solution, haha. Between custom coilovers, modified front knuckles, Studio RCA, Nagisa front upper control arms, Megan rear lower control, and Megan rear toe rods I have a tidy sum wrapped up in suspension. Still not done yet in the suspension department either, and I have a new BBK kit coming as well

[tyler589]

[QUOTE=Kaiyin;1227302]well, I added the '82 Rabbit to the garage, but the LS is staying Lots of work ahead of me. Right now, it's just waiting for all the parts to be made and get shipped from Japan.


yeah, there's slightly more camber in the rear. I installed the adjustable rear-lower control arms & toe-rods, so the camber was set to -7.5* in the rear. Front is at -6.5* and I have new, adjustable upper control arms for the front waiting to go in After the fender work, I'll be adding more camber all around to hopefully tuck the wheels.

Stefan had a few words with me too so I could keep going with the car


What front upper arms do you plan on going with? I know it costs to be the boss but $1,000 for upper control arms is rough!

[Kaiyin]

Its pretty nice to see that you haven't given up OP and what are you planning on getting next?

well, I added the '82 Rabbit to the garage, but the LS is staying Lots of work ahead of me. Right now, it's just waiting for all the parts to be made and get shipped from Japan.

Does it only look like it, or is there more negative camber in the rear? Really pulls it together, imo.

Good to see you're not giving up on this!

yeah, there's slightly more camber in the rear. I installed the adjustable rear-lower control arms & toe-rods, so the camber was set to -7.5* in the rear. Front is at -6.5* and I have new, adjustable upper control arms for the front waiting to go in After the fender work, I'll be adding more camber all around to hopefully tuck the wheels.

Stefan had a few words with me too so I could keep going with the car

^^He meant boyfriend, it's been covered in this thread already.

OP, Artisan Spirits stuff is RAD! I'm really glad you're sticking with it, because as awesome as your plans and other cars are, I really want to see this thing "completed" and that rear addressed because this has the makings of a sickkkkkk static VIP car. Do the US proud!

Rears are being addressed now...all cut up! I'm definitely pulling a lot of inspiration from my friends over in Japan it will take some time, but I hope that when the car comes back out, it will do a good job of representing VIP here in the US.

as for the BF comment, yes, I do mean BOYFRIEND I am a guy, and I have a boyfriend who shares the same enthusiasm for cars as I do. He picked up a 91 LS400 to start playing with too, and the Miata listed in my signature was actually built for him

[scweet14]

I just thought the EXACT SAME THING. lol

maybe he means Best Friend ?

this... lol I see im not the only one who thought this. anyways love the ride

^^He meant boyfriend, it's been covered in this thread already.

OP, Artisan Spirits stuff is RAD! I'm really glad you're sticking with it, because as awesome as your plans and other cars are, I really want to see this thing "completed" and that rear addressed because this has the makings of a sickkkkkk static VIP car. Do the US proud!

just what he said^^ read pages 2 & 3. i already made it clear

[Strawhat]

^^He meant boyfriend, it's been covered in this thread already.

OP, Artisan Spirits stuff is RAD! I'm really glad you're sticking with it, because as awesome as your plans and other cars are, I really want to see this thing "completed" and that rear addressed because this has the makings of a sickkkkkk static VIP car. Do the US proud!

[same46]

I just thought the EXACT SAME THING. lol

maybe he means Best Friend ?

this... lol I see im not the only one who thought this. anyways love the ride

[SD202]

I just thought the EXACT SAME THING. lol

maybe he means Best Friend ?

[Dr.AK]

Does it only look like it, or is there more negative camber in the rear? Really pulls it together, imo.

Good to see you're not giving up on this!

[driftsucky]

I just thought the EXACT SAME THING. lol

[244Brick]

hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates and such. What scweet14 said is true, I hit a large, blown out expansion joint on my way back from a car show in Wisconsin which broke two of the bolts that hold the RCA to the bottom of the knuckle resulting in damage similar to breaking a lower ball-joint at 60mph;



I was pretty discouraged and wanting to throw in the towel and waiting for insurance to put the final nail in the coffin after I got the car towed 130 miles back home to have it assessed. While I was waiting, MY BF and a couple of my good buddies told me to stop being a baby and just fix the thing. A friend from Texas hooked me up with some hard-to-find Artisan Spirit fenders, and I sourced a pair of modified front knuckles and new grade-8 hardware for the front. With things settled with the insurance, the car was in the garage getting sorted. Installed modified knuckles on both sides, new grade-8 hardware for the RCAs, fitted the new fenders, and installed the Megan Racing rear-lower-control-arms and rear toe-rods. Fenders haven't been painted yet since I'm waiting on new bumpers and will have to do a full paint-job anyways, but the car might be going to a new owner

[keenan]

Its pretty nice to see that you haven't given up OP and what are you planning on getting next?

Whats your damping set at on front and rear ? Would you recommend going 14-10 or should i stay with the 16-12 ? I ordered flushstance kit with cups and swift springs and ended up going 16-12.. I'm really nervous on the spring rate cause i don't want a ride that feels like im on cut springs after spending the money.. just wanted others opinion who are on stiffer springs..

Thanks Jorge

buy the 14kg and 10kg. if it doesn't work for you, ill buy them off you. because those are the spring rates i need lol