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adelaide
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August 2005
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leaf to coil spring rear
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Wed, 28 September 2005 11:40
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i have a ke55 coupe and would like to know if its possible to change it from leaf springs to coil springs at the rear...
...as in, get a diff from something that is coil rear end...
any help on this would be greatly appreciated
cheers
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I supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: leaf to coil spring rear
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Wed, 28 September 2005 12:32
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yes its possible, but getting the diff is the easy part.
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Location:
Sydney
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November 2003
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Re: leaf to coil spring rear
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Wed, 28 September 2005 19:30
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firstly ask this, why do you want coils as apposed to leafs?
ive got leafs in my car and they have been reset with an extra main leaf added, combined with pedders gas shocks that rear end is now so stable and the car handles great.
there is really no point in converting to coils apart from gimik and you can achieve the same results. use a ta22 diff, chop the moints off your ke55 diff and remove all the linkages ect and mounts off the ta22 diff, weld your mounts to the ta22 diff and away she goes. maybe invest in some anti tramp bars but i havent had a problem with mine as of yet.
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Location:
Terrigal
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: leaf to coil spring rear
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Wed, 28 September 2005 23:12
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I've got a friend converting a leaf sprung 75 lancer to IRS. Huge job, but possible.
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: leaf to coil spring rear
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Wed, 28 September 2005 23:24
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| domasik wrote on Thu, 29 September 2005 05:30 |
there is really no point in converting to coils apart from gimik and you can achieve the same results.
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I'll have to disagree there. A leaf-sprung rear end cannot possibly offer the same lateral control as a coil-sprung rear end, not to mention the other benefits that come with the use of control arms.
I'm not saying the benefits are worth the pain of a conversion, but the benefits most certainly are there. Why do you think Toyota (and many other manufacturers) bothered with the more expensive coil-sprung setups at all?
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