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[CaMpylobacter]

hey man
looks good on the 18s. you get any rubbing on the inner guard on the front?
oh and apparently the 1uz-fe lexus engine's a it of a bith to get setup, apparently firewall cutting is necessary...

good site for info

http://groups.msn.co... ... there.msnw

[Sinister]

No rubbing although it only just manages to fit, will see if rubbing is an issue once I lower it.

Ill be open to suggestions about what engine to throw in it ONLY when I have confirmed that it is my only option out of this mess. Untill then, I guess I will just have to keep pumping her full of oil.

[TOYOPET]

surely u and Jarred can oil ure corwns up at the same time??? share oil...

when are we going to lower it oi? i got a new angle grinder the other day!

[CaMpylobacter]

No rubbing although it only just manages to fit, will see if rubbing is an issue once I lower it.

Ill be open to suggestions about what engine to throw in it ONLY when I have confirmed that it is my only option out of this mess. Untill then, I guess I will just have to keep pumping her full of oil.

word. 4m's aren't the most uncommon engine. plus got 5m, 7m etc etc. heaps of option.
mine rubs at the front, top of the inner guard at the outside. tis a weird shape. am on stock height still, shocks are leaking though which probably doesn't help alot.

when are we going to lower it oi? i got a new angle grinder the other day!

rear springs are tapered at both ends. can't cut them.

[TOYOPET]

are they different spring wise to ms55's?

[HUNTD]

mean car re the oil thing haha

i did a d1 in it

[CaMpylobacter]

dunno

[TOYOPET]

well if they arent different then u can cut all four springs then, thats what we did to mine, and its never been pinkied or had any probs from cops

proly have probs with wheels etc if u cut them in half like i did, having bigger and wider wheels will determine how much u cut ofcourse!

[Toucan]

Yer its a mean car, I had my way with it, violated it before you had even seen it IRL

[CaMpylobacter]

well if they arent different then u can cut all four springs then, thats what we did to mine, and its never been pinkied or had any probs from cops

proly have probs with wheels etc if u cut them in half like i did, having bigger and wider wheels will determine how much u cut ofcourse!

theyr;e def a double tapred spring

lok like this

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if you get what I mean
thus, if you cut them , they won't seat properly in the spring seats = bad.
compress rears I guess, but thn, custom coils would be almost as cheap.

[TOYOPET]

oh true...

me forgets what mine looked like.... could just use standy ms55 springs??? and cut them???

then u get to keep your standy 65 ones for warrants adn the likes.

[CaMpylobacter]

oh true...

me forgets what mine looked like.... could just use standy ms55 springs??? and cut them???

then u get to keep your standy 65 ones for warrants adn the likes.

maybe.
depends on the diameter and length of them, as to whether they'll fit in the seat also.

[TOYOPET]

true... ud think they would all be the same tho, toyota stufss normally easily interchangeable...

meh.. soon find out. will do early morning mission on his car while hes alseep take springs out of jarreds car and put in Suttons hahaha...

iiiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting.

[FLAWLES]

trd chick is right cam

lovels do front and rear springs for the ms65
they only stock the front lows in nz tho.........the rear ones can take up to 10weeks to get made and to land in nz

also just so you no
the listing that most places have for the ms55 only list the spring that makes the car higher
which funnily anuf is the same rear spring as a ms65...........


so in turn they have the same springs in them

now if you want to get me started get me sussing out rear shocks for the ms55???

they are diff to the 65........girrr
the only thing that this car has wrong with it is the fact that it gos thro 4L of oil in like a days trip to palmey

looks evil on those 17" mags tho

[CaMpylobacter]

I see....


oh, measure up your shocks and I'll see if I can suss you some mang.

[FLAWLES]

chur man

there the same length as urs
but the bracket that holds them on to the chassis is diff to yours

but heres a link for springs
http://www.lovells.c... ... sion_1.pdf

[CaMpylobacter]

cobra do them too, but are around the same money as custom coils.
would rather go down that route eh.
I've gotta do fornt shocks on mine soonish, nobody really lists them, and I'm not going monroes

umm, so yuh, I'm too lazy to measure mine, so whoop one off, measure extended, closed (centres of mounts) and mounts (diameter of hole etc), whether they're eye - eye, or pin - eye. i don't recall what mine are at top.
flick me a pm/email or somethin.
am logged into msn all day @ work etc

[Sinister]

18's. The correct term is "It looks evil on those 18's"

[CaMpylobacter]

just to add my pennys worth... there a place a found on c/crown tht sells shocks/ lowering springs for 65's. there in west auckland. im going to go get some prices on monday. if u want the website let me know, or i'll let ya know.

keen