Ae86 Struts Into Ke55

[chestikoph1]

I went to get my Ke55 stuts converted into coilovers today, and the guy at the suspension

place sugested that use AE86 struts instead, he said that he can use better shocks into it

and you get the added bonus of bigger brakes. Now that all sounds sweet to me, but i did not know that

this was possible. he insures me that it all bolts up.

Has any used this combo into a Ke55?

And what if any problems did you have?

Thanks

[calaissix]

couldnt advise you but the suspension specialist does it for a living so he should know,ask another suspension place.they are the specialists

[WinKE55]

I have heard of people doing this, not sure on whether or not how it went. I was thinking of using them as well. Though I am not sure if they actually do "Bolt straight up" or not.

 

 

Let me know how much modification was needed, and if you needed a blue plate for it or not.

[ANDY.H]

I went to get my Ke55 stuts converted into coilovers today, and the guy at the suspension

place sugested that use AE86 struts instead, he said that he can use better shocks into it

and you get the added bonus of bigger brakes. Now that all sounds sweet to me, but i did not know that

this was possible. he insures me that it all bolts up.

Has any used this combo into a Ke55?

And what if any problems did you have?

Thanks

 

i have just done this conversion myself.its pretty easy,once you have a drop saw and mig welder.i bought off the shelf a coilover kit from queensland.it fits the 48mm dia shaft of the strut.also bought 8kg springs.and with a lot of homework not from a suspension company found a pair of gas inserts to fit.this bolts up with out any worries at all, all i have done is converted the top have of the hole strut,leaving the bottom half to bolt straight on.no bigger brake conversion needed.if your intersted i'll tell you more.

these are from a ke30 strut by the way.. cheers.