Yeah, Ive seen those kits for the ae86 on a couple of japanese websites. Lemmie see if I could find that site. I lost all of my bookmarks, so I have to search for it again.Racefiend said:There actually are a few kits offered but they are in Japan. THey are actually for ae86's but our setup is the same so it should work no problem. Basically all it is is a threaded spring perch which fits over the shock (you need to weld a stop ring onto the shock). The top gets a spring hat which kinda looks like a dunce cap. It lets the top of the spring mount lower than the top of the strut tower (sice the strut tower is so narrow, you cant filt a spring up there). They have a similar setup here in US for 1600 and 2002 bmw's, but it may need some modding to work on our mk2's.
Personally I wouldn't use that setup without at least a rear strut bar.
white_mk_2 said:I think I've found the solution to this. An adjustable perch for the rear springs that keeps them independently mounted from shocks (not coilover) like stock.
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/white_mk_2/lst?.dir=/Rear+spring+adj+perch&.view=t
Hey This guy has done the 5 bolt conversion also!
Racefiend said:There actually are a few kits offered but they are in Japan. THey are actually for ae86's
The kits TomD was refering too are actually for Honda Civics. They are on Ebay for 60 - 90 dollars. You have to cut the spring perch off the front strut and weld the coil-over sleeve on the the strut housing. I guess the rears would have to be attached also. If it works it would solve alot of problems.
-Wil
dohc82 said:I wish, actually it's a pic of a Volvo with the adjustable rear spring perches I mentioned.white_mk_2 said:I think I've found the solution to this. An adjustable perch for the rear springs that keeps them independently mounted from shocks (not coilover) like stock.
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/white_mk_2/lst?.dir=/Rear+spring+adj+perch&.view=t
Hey This guy has done the 5 bolt conversion also!
Diameter isn't the problem with finding tires for our car, its the rim size combined with the tire diameter. AE86s have a diameter of around 22 inchs so a 195/50-15 works great, and theres tons of selection in that size, same with 205s and 185s. Lots in 225/50-15s as well which is a nice supra size but just a little on the small side if gas milage or a 100 percent accurate speedo is important to you.white_mk_2 said:Yeah, nothing bigger than 15"plenty wide though, they must have a way better selection of smaller diameter tires in Japan.