would ae101 non super strut suspension fit an ae82 fxgt?

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would ae101 non super strut suspension fit an ae82 fxgt?

Postby Hoppy89 » Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:46 pm

any one know
Current ride Gti-16 Corolla
previous rides
ae-82 fxgt
2e ae-96 wagon
ee90 2e liftback
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Postby crispy'86 » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:14 pm

A far better and easier option is to use ae92 struts from Trueno/ Levin as they are same measurements. I swapped my top hats over to my fxgt ones and they are shocks i'm using at the moment in my race car.
Common and a straight bolt in and replacement struts are easy to come across too :D
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Postby TRD Man » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:51 pm

AE82 has a different bolt spacing on the rear hub carrier to AE92 & AE101.
Fronts are interchangeable.
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Postby sergei » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:54 pm

Also AE82 rear struts are different size and the swaybar is connected to suspension arm not struts like in ae9X-10X-11X.
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Postby crispy'86 » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:18 pm

TRD Man wrote:AE82 has a different bolt spacing on the rear hub carrier to AE92 & AE101.
Fronts are interchangeable.


There goes my idea to using the ae92 struts in my race car!!!
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Many previously owned projects: 94 Hilux 4WD, 92 VP SS commodore, AE85 notchback, Ae85 rolling shell, Ke35 sr coupe, EP82 turb starlet
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Postby TRDWGN » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:26 am

crispy'86 wrote:
TRD Man wrote:AE82 has a different bolt spacing on the rear hub carrier to AE92 & AE101.
Fronts are interchangeable.


There goes my idea to using the ae92 struts in my race car!!!


Fronts are interchangable bar top hat, the rears need to slot one hole by approx 6mm to fit 92 to 82, one catch is the 92 rear struts are longer than the 82 rears.... if your 92 struts are height adjustible then you can most likely level it out
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Postby crispy'86 » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:09 pm

TRDWGN wrote:
crispy'86 wrote:
TRD Man wrote:AE82 has a different bolt spacing on the rear hub carrier to AE92 & AE101.
Fronts are interchangeable.


There goes my idea to using the ae92 struts in my race car!!!


Fronts are interchangable bar top hat, the rears need to slot one hole by approx 6mm to fit 92 to 82, one catch is the 92 rear struts are longer than the 82 rears.... if your 92 struts are height adjustible then you can most likely level it out


No mine are standard. as for the front interchangable i realised this and have done so. Kind of figured it out for myself. But the rears i haven't looked into yet. Not height adjustable but i need some reasonable suspension on the car to get it running and improve handling from there.
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Postby TRDWGN » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:49 pm

crispy'86 wrote:
TRDWGN wrote:
crispy'86 wrote:
TRD Man wrote:AE82 has a different bolt spacing on the rear hub carrier to AE92 & AE101.
Fronts are interchangeable.


There goes my idea to using the ae92 struts in my race car!!!


Fronts are interchangable bar top hat, the rears need to slot one hole by approx 6mm to fit 92 to 82, one catch is the 92 rear struts are longer than the 82 rears.... if your 92 struts are height adjustible then you can most likely level it out


No mine are standard. as for the front interchangable i realised this and have done so. Kind of figured it out for myself. But the rears i haven't looked into yet. Not height adjustable but i need some reasonable suspension on the car to get it running and improve handling from there.


The rears made my old AE82 sit around 5 or 6 inches higher than i wanted however that was with 400lb springs :oops: from memory the struts were around 3 or 4 inches different in body length
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