Location: Bottom of the hill, Sydney
Registered: April 2004
RA40 struts into KE3x/5x..... now with pics
Sun, 07 November 2004 09:56
I just spent an afternoon test fitting some RA40 struts into my KE30 and it worked out pretty good .
I still have some modification to do, namely swapping the lower spring mount from the corolla strut to the RA40 strut, but it was an easy fit.
I used the struts, lower control arms and steering arms from the RA40. This was because the bolt holes where the steering arm bolts to the strut has about a 2mm difference between the corolla and celica ones.
The lower control arms are the same length and so are the strut bodies though the steering arms are slightly longer on the RA40 but that doesn't bother me.
The corolla strut tops fitted straight onto the celica shock and I used the corolla springs. I also plan on fitting the corolla shocks into the celica strut.
I think I will fit adjustable strut tops which will hopefully give a bit of negative camber, but with standard strut tops there doesn't seem to be too much positive camber.
This seems to be a good cheap upgrade (so far it has cost me $40) for street use .
I look forward to hearing any feed back you have (positive or negative). I also have some pics and I will try to get them up (gotta work out how first)
Sun, 07 November 2004 09:56
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