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Aaron Mead
Goo Roo
NT
Celsior 1UZ-FE Mines, JZZ30 1.5JZ-GTE To4z

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 02:29 pm, by:  Aaron Mead (Aaron) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Check it out:

http://www.arnottindustries.com/part_LEXUS_Air_Suspension_Parts_yid7_pid46_gid438.html
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 03:25 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They have been around for a while. Might be worth reading this also.

http://soarercentral.com/cgi-bin/sc-forum/show.cgi?tpc=4570&post=268339#POST268339
Aaron Mead
Goo Roo
NT
Celsior 1UZ-FE Mines, JZZ30 1.5JZ-GTE To4z

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 04:30 pm, by:  Aaron Mead (Aaron) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Id seen the old ones around for a while, but I hadnt noticed the Bilstein ones bfore? Nothing in that thread about Bilstein either?.
Rich O'neil
TryHard
Queensland
90 Celsior

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 06:10 am, by:  Rich O'neil (Kiwiinaus) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hmmm , interesting , looks like they have changed from using the original shock part and gone to Bilstein , at $699.00 with freight being around the $100.00 mark that puts them at the same price as a brand new genuine unit so cost is not a deciding factor any more , I do know that their air bags are a bit thicker in the material and this translates into a slightly less responsive unit ?
Very hard to tell without one of each on the car at the same time .
I would be very interested to hear from anybody that fits them .
Again unless you had new genuine's on the car to compare to it's not relative , a bit like people who fit new coil-overs and say they are so much better then the air...of course they are better than 17 year old air struts!!!
Try comparing coil-overs to a set of new air struts , might be a different story.
Mike Bomhoff
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Manitoba
Celsior C-F

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 06:33 am, by:  Mike Bomhoff (Cleaner) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Rich, $699 is for a pair which brings them in $101 cheaper per pair then the original arnott struts (which they still list on there site)

http://www.arnottindustries.com/part_LEXUS_Air_Suspension_Parts_yid7_pid46.html

Looks like a pretty good deal to me!
Rich O'neil
TryHard
Queensland
90 Celsior

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 07:20 am, by:  Rich O'neil (Kiwiinaus) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Big fat royal poo's !!
$699.00 the pair , that does sound like a good deal , I think you should get them Mike and then let us all know how they go .
You can be the testing mouse .
Tom Lanyon
Tinkerer
SA
Supra MA71 + Celsior C-F V8

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 05:08 pm, by:  Tom Lanyon (Toml) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

FYI Arnotts said they don't have any plans for bilstein based rear struts and are currently only selling the remanufactured ones.
Ross Francis
TryHard
Queensland
90 Celsior

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Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 05:34 pm, by:  Ross Francis (Au_celsior) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Had a thought about the Bilstein shocks.
Are these adjustable like the OEM Toyota ones? I guess you would lose the TEMS function if they werent, as there would be nowhere to mount the solenoid on top.
The picture shows the mounting plate on top, but im not sure about the function of them.
Ive never seen Bilstein struts with adjustable plates on top.
Also, i dont think they would be too good if on the front only, as would be mis-matched to the standard rear struts.
Aaron Mead
Goo Roo
NT
Celsior 1UZ-FE Mines, JZZ30 1.5JZ-GTE To4z

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Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 11:50 am, by:  Aaron Mead (Aaron) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

According to Arnott: "They are not electronic"
Ross Francis
TryHard
Queensland
90 Celsior

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Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 06:47 pm, by:  Ross Francis (Au_celsior) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

So it would be unwise to use these on the front (no TEMS) with OEM struts (with TEMS) on the back.
Would make the car feel very unbalanced IMHO, let alone throwing a fault light.
Front of car would feel totally different to rear, with possibly dangerous understeer/oversteer handling.

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