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FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sat, 19 February 2005 08:17
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Fiddling with the suspension of my TA63 today I discovered a very interesting fact. Many persons no doubt wish they could find a pair of cambertops for their faithful celica variant and the solution as it turns out is blindingly simple.
An S13/14/15 cambertop is in fact ALMOST perfect for direct fit to these cars. If you refer to the picture I have provided you will see that it will require no more then a millimetre or so removed from the inside of the original holes and the tops will slide in like they were meant to be there.
I wont be doing this because simply, I already have cusco tops so its not required. This is just some helpful info for those who choose to take advantage of it.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sat, 19 February 2005 08:56
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Thats crazy, you can almost hear the cash registers ringing...
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sat, 19 February 2005 09:09
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Good thing about this also is that S13 strut bars would fit without too much hassle.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sat, 19 February 2005 15:26
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| TurboRA28 wrote on Sat, 19 February 2005 20:09 |
Good thing about this also is that S13 strut bars would fit without too much hassle.
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Thanks for the tip!
Here's another one: I have been told S13 rear shocks will fit IRS xA6xs with minimal mods. IIRC, Apparently all that is needed is a metal spacer (ring) for the lower bushing. The lower spring hat doesn't have to be removed, but may look funny.
I figure this is a more similar application than other rear dampers from other cars that will fit... if anyhting, the rear of an S13 would probably be heavier. This opens up a lot of option for rear shocks for us.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sat, 19 February 2005 17:02
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On a similar topic, does anyone know what other adj tops will fit the RA23/RA28's?
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sat, 19 February 2005 17:20
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JZX81 strut tops fit nicely on an MA61, so should fit on an RA23/28 as well.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Sun, 20 February 2005 21:01
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| soarer21 wrote on Sat, 19 February 2005 18:47 |
Fiddling with the suspension of my TA63 today I discovered a very interesting fact. Many persons no doubt wish they could find a pair of cambertops for their faithful celica variant and the solution as it turns out is blindingly simple.
An S13/14/15 cambertop is in fact ALMOST perfect for direct fit to these cars. If you refer to the picture I have provided you will see that it will require no more then a millimetre or so removed from the inside of the original holes and the tops will slide in like they were meant to be there.
I wont be doing this because simply, I already have cusco tops so its not required. This is just some helpful info for those who choose to take advantage of it.
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Pity I can't see the pic (banned site at work - so can you email me the pic directly to michael.bachmann@gm.com ), but thanks for the tip John. Great service from another forum sponsor.
Will keep an eye open on the website for some.
On a side note, any answer on measuring the forgies accurately ?
Cheers
Michael B
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 04:55
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| TurboRA28 wrote on Sat, 19 February 2005 20:09 |
Good thing about this also is that S13 strut bars would fit without too much hassle.
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Aaaaaahhh.... [Big lightbulb goes off near head  ]
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 05:04
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On a similar topic, does anyone know what other adj tops will fit the RA23/RA28's?
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I got mine from Noltec. But also had to drill the holes out 1mm each or so.. So my guess is they are also S13 items.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 07:48
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Would this be able to be used on an RT142 corona. i have been killing myself trying to get some more neg camber on the front. i even got some Ra65 struts and they didn't do anything. Any ideas. Not trying to take over the thread, it's very helpful advice.
cheers
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 08:29
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so are you saying S13 adjustable camber tops will bolt onto the end of a RA28 strut and then into the mounting holes at the top ? with a little bit of mods? what mods?
Brendon
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 11:56
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cheap mod: fit 10mm drill to electric drill, with the side of the drill flog-out the three mounting holes at the top of the strut tower - on the inner sides only. stop rooting the drill when the camber top bolts fit into the newly-enlarged holes.
expensive od: firmly mount drill or drill-press above strut tower, accurately mill-out the inner faces of the mount holes to match the s13 cambertop.
followup - you may have changed the upper mounting height of the strut, you have definately replaced the rubber-isolation bugger with a solid or nolathene-encased rose-joint (like soarer21's pic) so you probably need to get this legal and/or engineered ... and while you're spending money on a new or modified strut insert, you may as well look at better/different springs.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 23:21
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Quick question, will these strut tops increase the ride height, ie push the top of the srut down?
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Mon, 21 February 2005 23:27
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Not by any significant amount.
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Re: FREE TIP for owners of xA6x chassis cars. Cambertops...
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Tue, 22 February 2005 02:53
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they wont work on a ma61 tried it about 8 months ago  the reason why is because the ma61 strut holes are drilled on different angles same distance apart just the angles.
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