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Postby ollieboy » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:17 pm

I have a friend with a 1987 Toyota ? Grande, I've forgotten the model but someone should know.

Anyway he showed me its got a tyre valve poking out of the back of the car and you plug in a compressor and you can make the car lower or higher at the back.

I thought it was pretty cool really seeming the only other vehicle i have seen with similar is a 1999 Land Rover Discovery.
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Postby Truenotch » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:27 pm

Haha!!! Why cant my Grande have that??? :(


How low will it go?
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Postby ollieboy » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:35 pm

Truenotch wrote:Haha!!! Why cant my Grande have that??? :(


How low will it go?


It doesnt go really low but enough to look "sacked out" :roll: lol.

Apparently if it goes too low the suspension breaks but we have never tried.
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Postby ollieboy » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:38 pm

your grande might have it because my friend didn't know about his until the other day and hes had the car for years.

The valve is just underneath the bumper in the center sort of where the tow bar would be.
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Postby Truenotch » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:02 pm

Nah mines an 84 so it's a diff model and it has aftermarket shocks aswell.
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Postby Malcolm » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:26 pm

aren't those just air shocks?
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Postby 2LTR Rona » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:29 pm

All_Fours wrote:aren't those just air shocks?


thats what I was thinking, the Capri has them installed, come in bloody handy when your towing a heavy load
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Postby Elmo » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:14 am

Yeah, my 77 Galant had them also, we fitted them cos the rear springs saged like an old ladies boobs! Air shocks, bought it up nicely, didnt handle quite so well since it was running on shocks more than springs.
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