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    Default DIY coilover kit using s13 struts

    Car - KE70

    motor - 4G63

    use - transport

    problem - need coilies

    occurs/started when - when i realised i need coilies

    personal situation -im too cool for school


    well before i proceed i need some opinions.

    I know alot of people reading the title would have a confused look on there face but just hear me out first

    Ok well doing the evorolla project, it needs good suspension and must have very good brakes as i plan on getting into some track work, not too seriously but you can never have enough brakes. This is why im very keen on sticking with my R33 front brake setup and 5 stud conversion all round using a Hilux rear end (staying 5 stud also) So alot of people are against the s13 front gear for reason's i can understand But the main problems i can see for this is that the aftermarket coilover's are simply way too low and the lca's are too long.

    So if i were to use a coilover kit and make them so they were alot higher than the aftermarket stuff and get some adjustable or even shorten the lca's would this still be such a bad direction to go??? It may seem like alot of effort but the main reason i want to do it this way is to keep my brakes ive already got becuase i cant see any other brake upgrade that pleases the eye and can be done on my budget.

    Not having ever done a coilover kit before and not knowing where to start my next question if no one can point out a serious fault in this proposition is how would i work out the height i need to mount the sleeve's to be able to achieve legal height for my car and have the adjustibility to go quite low for drift/track days.



    Also anything anyone can point out the do' and dont's when making your own coilover kit would be helpful to me and appreciated.
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    I ran ISC coilovers in mine and it wasn't too low... In saying that It wasn't high eather.. Why not use aftermarket coil and then run a spacer on top of the strut to gain the extra hight...I used to have some 50mm ones here. but threw them out last clean up... made them with holes all the way rounf so you could rotate the strut top any way you liked.. more camber or more caster, or more of both. or more of one that the other.. ect..

    I made mine from some left over billet round I had sitting around.. you could easily do it with some steal plate and some correctly sized tubing..

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