Tony-Bones

For LOC Gold members our fee is capped at £85+ vat, also for Gold members around the uk we will help you find centres and offer our correct calibration positions that stop the dreaded front tyre wear.

Your welcome Mr Eddie..... Can't believe it's been so many years since your car was used for our research into the front tyre wear issues. She's been a pleasure to work with through her trials and tribulations over the years and even after the recent smack on the leg, back and thighs.... lol

Good to have you back matey :)

Not to sure to be honest.... This site could help?> http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/

Have a nice one matey :)

Crafty so and so..... i didn't see you taking pictures B) Nice car by the way :)

Yes that will do it..... just a bit fiddly.

If it's on the lip then it's missed the adjustment.... The "D" shaped washer should be against the lip, not on it.

The problem would be the NSR Toe adjuster.... On about 50% of 200's the ledge that the adjuster cam pushes on is to shallow so the cam rides over it. You/they have two options.... 1: Release the lock nut, centre the adjuster and adjust the Toe with the "wheels raised", this is an option available on the machine but not normally used on your car. 2: Use the camber adjuster to compensate for the Toe position..... This is a sacrificial adjustment so only used if #1 doesn't work and the end camber position is not to violent (more than -1 degree 10') If your still not sure call me 07948 427383 and i will explain.

Hello and welcome to LOC :)

LOC is very close to my heart for many reasons, so yes it would be good to have another epic meet. My only downside is time, whilst i can work 42 day week i tend to find staff are not so keen Nevertheless maybe we could do a project garage build like a coilover install, tune and calibrate for the clubs knowledge bank :)

We are talking between 30k to 190+k for some of these cars and guess what, at the chassis they were a 100% fail, 10 out of 10 cars measured had significant issues

Nice picky's JB..... It was a good day, not as good as the LOC day though :)

Thanks for the feedback Paradroid.... when you called and said there was a pull to the left i knew it couldn't be the chassis since we had a stagger to the right. Often the issue is the new contact patch the car makes on the tyres and as you experienced it's an easy fix by moving the tyres :) As for the Mustang!!! the owner was a proper muppet!!.... First up i measured the chassis and it needed correcting back to stock. This involves stripping down the suspension and fitting shims, once done he then said their forum recommends other settings, so i stripped the suspension down again a refitted the shims, once done he then said they have revised settings from the states so could i set the chassis to that :megaangry: .... so i stripped the suspension down again only to find the chassis was unable to hit the desired settings and i had to revert to the settings i had in the second place :tsktsk: ...... I was not best pleased.

Meets 10am-till-1pm..... We have around 20 Ferrari's and around 10 other high end marques on site..... We have a huge Italian theme going on to make this a fun meet..... would love to see some LOC members there :)

See the "BOSS" in action> http://www.blackboots.co.uk/bosstouchlesstyremachine.php

Shouldn't do that..... Have i seen the final figues?

Must have been you I saw with the Boxter in the geometry bay on Tuesday around lunchtime then :) . My 250 was in the other bay having new rear boots fitted. Yeah it was...... blimey it's a small world isn't it :) ...... In answer to the suspension question "pre-stressed" coils don't sag after the initial fitment.

If it weren't for the centre i would love to come... good luck with the meet mate.

I gave LOC my corrective settings years ago, this can be found in the clubs knowledge base> http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/knowledge...id=372&c=18 :)

Mike Now I don't like speaking ill of anyone and I let it go at the time but they did cost me a fair bit of money..... I can't believe a suspension specialist would say that.... your car has air suspension.... it automatically adjusts the ride height to the correct setting no matter how much weight you put in the back... the LPG tank full or empty plus luggage plus three passengers will make no difference to the rear camber. If you didn't have self levelling suspension then yes, the lower the rear got the more it would effect the camber. The tyres on mine were wearing on the inside edge, this is partly due to the characteristics of the car and also the toe-in, mine was out as well. I know WIM are the bee’s knees as far as the IS is concerned but I doubt they are any better than any other garage with regards to the 430... I emailed and spoke to them at length about revised settings for the 430 to aid driver feel and relieve the tyre wear issues.... I was assured they would sort it with one visit, I presumed they would work out the correct settings for the car based on suspension design, length of wishbones etc etc. I was assured twice that they would sort the car, so I drove over 200miles to see them and low and behold they did nothing, the settings they had were the standard ones as supplied to anyone, they found my front camber was out and went on and on about the serious effects this would have, so I booked my car in with Lexus to have the bottom arm mountings replaced with the adjusted ones... well the service manager phoned me, stated he had checked the settings, found all of them out to some degree (three days after WIM had set them, and no I hadn't hit a curb) including the camber. He had contacted Lexus GB technical dept who had stated that this was not an issue as far as they were concerned and that it was negligible with regards to tyre wear. He advised not to waste my money and said to try it now it had been set up correctly, well I did another 5000 miles before I sold it and there was no uneven tyre wear showing front or back. So my advice is, get Lexus to check and if necessary adjust the suspension and then forget about it. Good Luck Pete The Target data offered by Lexus for the 430 has never been in desput, so i would assume your car would have been returned to that?... the bit i don't understand is you say you had tyre wear but we did nothing, then Lexus did nothing but the tyre wear went? This 430 is visibally low at the rear and has camber wear but there's no oem camber adjuster... any ideas?

Looks familiar.... Their a right animal those rwd mx5's so no wonder they have it tethered

Good for you.... new shoes always feel better.

Yeah it was a research car, one of four from this club.

*peers nervously out of window* Get worried if you see a gathering of cats around 11.55pm :)