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by **FLESHAXXE** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:32 am

Let me first say Happy New Year to all.
I am considering changing the super strut suspension on the silvertop 20v levin to the McPherson suspension.I have looked through this thread and have not found the necrssary information.If anyone has done this please foward the necessary info or point me in the right direction.Diagrams would be a help as well.Thanks

by **touge_ae101** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:20 am

what info are you after? uyou unbolt the superstrut parts, and bolt the nonsuperslut parts back in. simple as.

by **Bazda** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:38 pm

also the whole sub frame needs changing...

Why are you changing anyway?

by **TRD_ZERO** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:07 pm

Bazda wrote:also the whole sub frame needs changing...

No you dont need to change the subframe.

by **KIPH8N** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:18 pm

Will be doing same on my ae111 when i have time.

by **1I1** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:13 pm

On AE111 you can use the same crossmember but the rear of the lower arm on an AE101 mounts differently on the Macpherson strut as it uses a horizontal bolt rather than a vertical bolt like on all super strut and AE111

AE101: http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_J_1993_T ... _4802.html

Pages one and three

by **iOnic** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:19 pm

Is there actually any gain/advantage to doing this? (if there's nothing physically wrong with your SS suspension)

by **KIPH8N** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:13 pm

Is it possible to swap ae101 which is mc pherson to ae111 which is super strut? and doing super strut from ae111 on to ae101

by **TRD_ZERO** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:42 am

iOnic wrote:Is there actually any gain/advantage to doing this? (if there's nothing physically wrong with your SS suspension)

I did it purely for having more suspension options and not have so many moving parts which arent cheap to replace.

by **TRDWGN** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:20 pm

I fail to see the logic, superstrut works damn well. The dog legs are not that expensive these days, replace them and they will last another 100,000km/ten years.

The cost to swap it out the whole suspension surely would cost more than swapping just the dog legs?

OMG so shiny! · by **Dell'Orto** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:50 pm

SS does work very well, but bugger all in the way of upgrades for it

by **TRD_ZERO** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:47 pm

Dell'Orto wrote:SS does work very well, but bugger all in the way of upgrades for it

Exactly. Adjustable coilovers are easier to get ahold of for ms and a hell of alot easier to work on.

by **TRDWGN** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:20 pm

SS upgrades,,,, bushes check, camber plates check, adj coilovers (from Bazda) check

What more do you need other than being able to buy cheap fuxored MS coilovers off trademe?

Bazdas are priced sharply even allowing for a SS premium

by **1I1** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:23 pm

Not to mention having to down grade to 258mm rotors and single piston calipers

by **TRDWGN** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:35 pm

1I1 wrote:Not to mention having to down grade to 258mm rotors and single piston calipers

No you can fukk around and retain those fairly easily

by **1I1** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:43 pm

Still have to run smaller rotors - fitted SSS twin pots to my mac-strut AE111 :wink:

by **Grrrrrrr!** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:43 pm

Add cost of cert and the downgrade to MacPherson seems a bit pointless.

by **TRDWGN** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:51 am

1I1 wrote:Still have to run smaller rotors - fitted SSS twin pots to my mac-strut AE111

Smaller rotors as in machined down SS jobbies rather than MS jobbies though aye, its only a few mm from memory

by **1I1** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:22 am

Yeah mine were machined down to 262mm. Though you start to run out of disc face close to the centre of the disc.

by **Bazda** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:31 pm

I even thought about putting SS into my Levin as its got better suspension geometry!

Still considering it

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Anyone know if the AE111 subframe fits onto the AE92 chassis?

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