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Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 11:40 am, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hey folks - I'm interested to know which aftermarket coilovers you have in your Soarers. My 31's airbags are heading towards scrooted and I'm thinking of ditching them altogether in favour of a good set of coilovers. This motive is mainly because of the heart attack I experienced when I found out the cost of new airbags...

My Soarer will eventually become a weekend weapon project car, when I've got the cash to buy one of those new Swifts (awesome little town rocket... let's turbo the hell out of that too!). That way I can eliminate arseholes bumping their doors into my Soarer at the supermarket, and the thing will actually stay clean for longer than a day.

So - my requirements for coilovers... something pretty sporty, eliminating body roll as much as possible... adjustable settings are always a plus too. I'd like it to be pretty firm, but I don't want to feel the bump when I run over an ant on the road. What sort of gear are you guys running?
Lance Moon
Tinkerer
Victoria
SC400 V8

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Reg: 11-2007

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 04:03 pm, by:  Lance Moon (Lancemoon) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

you can fit the coilover which is for the Supra JZA 80 or soarer JZZ30. they are all same, so looking for that.

I put the D2 Coilovers on my uzz31 and that suspension is for JZA80 supra.
Matt Petersen
TryHard
NA
V8

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Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 08:38 am, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am running JZA80 Tein CST's on my UZZ30.

They are in theory height and damper adjustable. The height adjustment is no use really as they aren't platform adjustable just spring perch adjustable and lowering the perch just affects the spring preload and does little to the height adjustment.

Either you go hard out and get decent platform adjustable damper and rebound adjustment coilovers or you save some money and get standard spring and shock setups. The in between coilovers aren't much chop in my opinion.

If you search on here you will find a ton of threads on suspension. It's hard to beat the Bilstein shocks for performance. A set of original Supra JZA80 struts with Bilstein shocks and King or other springs is a pretty good setup.

Matt
Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 05:20 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sweet, thanks for your input guys. I was thinking along the lines of the JZA80's... but unsure whether or not to replace the guts of them.

How is your ride comfort?
Matt Petersen
TryHard
NA
V8

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Friday, January 02, 2009 - 08:41 pm, by:  Matt Petersen (Mattmannz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have struggled to get a good damper setting that has good rebound control but isn't hard on the compression.

We have crappy roads here in Wellington NZ.

Matt.
Daniel Lee
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

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Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 05:42 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have JZA80 Bilstein Coilovers and i'm very happy with!

Ride comfort is good and not too harsh, handle much better then the airbags.

As three out of four air struts are leaking oil, so it a cheaper option to replace them with the coilovers.

With the Bilstein, the soarer sit abit lower and look very nice.
Wess McManus
TryHard
nsw
v8

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Reg: 09-2007

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Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 09:04 pm, by:  Wess McManus (Bar) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Daniel,
can I ask what the bilstein coilovers set you back?
Intersestd in this mod.
cheer
Daniel Lee
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

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Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 09:50 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hi Wess,

The bilstein coilovers cost me $500 and another $230 to fitted.
Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 02:57 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I was hoping for your input Daniel, since I read you have a new coilover setup! Where did you pick up your Bilsteins? And do you have a picture of your car with the new shocks?

I'm not too worried about the ride comfort, it's more the reliability and handling I'm looking for. I want to save cash and get a Swift to tear around town with and retire the Soarer as a weekend weapon with a fat Whipple setup, manual box and lots of other go-fast bits.
Daniel Lee
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

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Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 03:40 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The mechanic got the bilstein coilovers for me from the wrecker.

Yes i took some photos with the new shocks.



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Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Monday, January 05, 2009 - 05:32 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Nice! Super low ride height... no tyres rubbing on arches?
Daniel Lee
Goo Roo
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

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Monday, January 05, 2009 - 07:33 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yep no tyres rubbing and this is the stock height from the JZA80.
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 07:51 am, by:  Mike Beck (Gold_40gt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That looks terrific Dan!


Glen Muller wrote on Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 02:57 pm:

retire the Soarer as a weekend weapon with a fat Whipple setup, manual box and lots of other go-fast bits.




Sounds terrific Glen!
Glen Muller
DieHard
Victoria
V8 Soarer UZZ31

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 12:59 pm, by:  Glen Muller (Doom_and_gloom) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hells yeah! It'll never have the same resale value as the price I paid for it, so I may as well make it more enjoyable and drive it into the ground!

I had full intentions of keeping it stocko... I even had reservations about taking to the air box with a hacksaw blade, but bugger it... and you gotta agree, blown V8 Soarers sound insane!

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