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Suspension refresh (wishbones etc) The results...


Ian C

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I done the exact same thing on my Supra about a year ago, absolutely transformed the car back to how it should be. I had similar problems to you with seized bolts, cracked bushes, etc. Definately a must if you want your Supra to be the way Toyota intended. Funnily enough I keep all of the rear arms in stock as well as we are changing quite a lot these days, good prices as well.....

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I'm likely to do this to mine over the winter, I have a 'clunk' coming from somwhere at the front and I know some of the bushes are seixed (why don't Toyota put copper grease on them when fitting?!?!). Nic/Paul, PM me prices if you happen to see this. :thumbs:

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It looks to be nice kit, but from what I can tell there's one MAJOR flaw IMHO.

 

I may be wrong, as this is only what I've been able to spot from photo's and a few comments from people who have apparently seen these....

 

The OB ends of the wisbones are seperate from the IB ends. Which is fine in itself. What I don't like is the way the two ends are connected.

From what I've been able to gather it's basically two flat pieces of metal - one with 4 bolt holes in, the other with 4 slots. So you're relying on the clamping force of those 4 bolts to resist the lateral movement of the OB end. I don't see how that alone is going to be able to hold. I can see the OB end moving in or out under severe cornering.

 

To make the design better they should use some kind of eccentric cam / lozenge to fit into the slots to take up any potential movement.

 

As I said, this is only from what I've been able to gather, so if that is not the case then I would like to be the first to be told as I did honestly think they were nice bits of kit up till that point....

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