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How To: Front & Rear Suspension Change, Aftermarket Coilovers Adjustment


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Just reading up in advance of fitting mine and I thought I'd share some torque settings from the manual, if anyone's interested:

 

Rear

3 top mount nuts: 19 lbft

DropLink lower nut (if you choose to remove it, as per the manual): 54 lbft

Lower bolt (insert from the front of the car): 101 lbft

 

Front

3 top mount nuts: 26 lbft

DropLink lower nut: 54 lbft

Lower bolt (insert from the rear of the car): 106 lbft

 

Interestingly the manual recommends removing the big bolt from the inboard end of the upper suspension arm to get the front shocks out (121 lbft). Once that's rotated out of the way, maybe that makes the whole business a little easier since it's tight up front.

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Just reading up in advance of fitting mine and I thought I'd share some torque settings from the manual, if anyone's interested:

 

Rear

3 top mount nuts: 19 lbft

DropLink lower nut (if you choose to remove it, as per the manual): 54 lbft

Lower bolt (insert from the front of the car): 101 lbft

 

Front

3 top mount nuts: 26 lbft

DropLink lower nut: 54 lbft

Lower bolt (insert from the rear of the car): 106 lbft

 

Interestingly the manual recommends removing the big bolt from the inboard end of the upper suspension arm to get the front shocks out (121 lbft). Once that's rotated out of the way, maybe that makes the whole business a little easier since it's tight up front.

 

Thats the way i did it. Can use it for leverage too.

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So, mine are now installed and set up. I ran out of time after doing to rears, so palmed it off to my friendly mechanic to finish and picked it up today. He has set _both_ locking collars against the ride-height adjuster, saying that the pressure from the spring will lock the spring seat. I notice that you put one against each of the ride height and the spring seat. Any thoughts?

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Really good guide :thumbs:

 

I fitted my new coilovers last night using it and it helped massively. It took me a while to deal with the drop links as the mole grips weren't holding them- possibly because of residual grease from the ball joint on the shaft, and in the end just cut them.

 

A tip on cutting the drop links- you need to cut on the nut side not the middle of the top joint as there is a lip on the pin that will prevent it from coming out. Not that I did that of course ;)

 

 

I was closer to 7 hours than 5, (more like 9) but I was doing it myself and probably tried too long fighting the drop links before cutting.

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Really good guide :thumbs:

 

I fitted my new coilovers last night using it and it helped massively. It took me a while to deal with the drop links as the mole grips weren't holding them- possibly because of residual grease from the ball joint on the shaft, and in the end just cut them.

 

A tip on cutting the drop links- you need to cut on the nut side not the middle of the top joint as there is a lip on the pin that will prevent it from coming out. Not that I did that of course ;)

 

 

I was closer to 7 hours than 5, (more like 9) but I was doing it myself and probably tried too long fighting the drop links before cutting.

 

Glad this guide is still proving useful :thumbs:

 

Those Toyota drop-links really are the stuff of nightmares!!

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Moral of the story is have replacements ready before you start the job :thumbs:

 

Toyota are charging £80 odd each for front drop links, even the parts guy at Toyota said it was mental. I got 2 non oem ones that are meant to rival oem quality from tcb parts for under £50.

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