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Canberra
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August 2002
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TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 01:02
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i was looking at a thread in the for sale section and the car had TEMS suspension..
ummm is TEMS a brand or what? just wondering because i was thinking seriously about buying the car,
if anyone could shed some light on this i would be very appreciated.
cheers chris
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 01:14
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Toyota Electronically Modified Suspension = TEMS
Available in various forms, but the ones in my supra are shockers with a little 3-way switch in them that is Hard, Medium or Soft. Switches turned by litte hats that sit on the strut towers, and system controlled by computer that reads speed, amount of turn on steering and whether the brakes are applied. There's a switch in the cabin to go from "Normal" - all soft to Sport "all medium". When turning hard or braking over 60 km/h all shocks switch to Hard. You can feel it when it works.
Do a search in tech section, it should all be there.
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Canberra
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August 2002
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Re: TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 01:19
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WHOA! thats awesome!
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Location:
c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 01:32
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sorry to be pedantic but the M stands for Modulated not Modified.
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Re: TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 03:43
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That's the one! I knew it was an M something... 
It sounds awesome doesn't it! Best thing is the shocks are made by KYB for Toyota and are dirt cheap! Try $70 ea as the list price.
Plus you can get a HKS TEMS contoller that alows you to set them all to hard or all to soft etc.
In reality, it's not as good as a well tuned suspension setup, but it's not a bad compromise. If you are using it as an everyday car then you can select soft for cruising and hard for hills work. It's not a dramatic difference, but a long drive down a bumpy road on soft is preferrable than one on hard.
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Location:
Sydney
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June 2002
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Re: TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 05:15
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???! HKS has a TEMS controller? I'm sure you're applying this for the JZA70 Supra but did they have them for the JZZ30 Soarers (I'm pretty sure that the JZA70 and JZZ30 use the same type TEMS struts)... just curious though as I've gotten rid of my TEMS suspension on my Soarer... now I've just got the hard setting on all the time 
Jose
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
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May 2002
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: TEMS suspension?
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Thu, 04 March 2004 23:50
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Oh ok then... the Soarer (JZZ30) doesn't have the separate switches as they're linked in with the gearbox switch (ECT PWR/NORM switch).
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