Shaz Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 (edited) Wanting to do the suspension in my ke55 sedan. Am leaning towards bc coilovers but don’t have alot of info of what i need myself, they have the ke70,20 and 10 setup but I’m not sure these will fit with ke55/30. If anyone has done the with ke55/30 I would love some tips or better options for what i need. Thanks in advance! Edited February 13 by Shaz Quote
altezzaclub Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 (edited) Well, you're in luck, I've just fitted BCR coilovers, their V1/VA setup, on The Girls KE70.. What would you like to know? First up, what sort of roads do you drive on, smooth as silk city roads or bumpy broken country roads? ...and what do you want to do with the car? Track days? I looked at the 5 or 6 different options available and BC came out on top. I listed- BCRacing- seem good value, stiff springs, adjustable shocks with camber tops. 6kg/mm front 4kg rear with adjustable height springs. Darren fitted 5kg/mm fronts instead of their 6kg/mm. Stock AE86/Ke70 springs are 1.8kg/mm in the front, no doubt KE30-55 are very similar. ----------------- Emotion Racing Taiwan https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/232503341811 Full set with 8Kg front on AE86 spindle and 6kg rear as stock, $1840 incl freight plus taxes One-way adj, both bump and extn together, 24 clicks.or $1430 on Ebay free postage. Cheapest of all. Has RCA on, so very low. Rear separate springs for normal ride height, coilover for low. ---------------- PSR suspension AE86 XYZ welded front, c/over rear $1800 7kg & 5kg, in BNE. Need to make adapter to KE70 48mm strut. Many spring options down to 3.8kg $135/ They have rear non-coilover XYZ adjustable shocks for $450 on sale Front weld-on sleeves & springs to make KE70 into coilover $350/pair. So no tube, just sleeve, wind-up base, spring and plain spring top. ---------------------- Titan Suspension KE70 SP-3 coilover, no spindle, stock rear, $1950 No spring rates either, single adjustment for both at once. Street-Performance with in-house shocks. 999racing Sydney DGR coilovers, full set, unknown front mount, stock rear, no spring info, Ebay $1330 Godspeed Maxx with spindles from USA stock rear $2300incl post plus customs Edited February 13 by altezzaclub Quote
Shaz Posted February 13 Author Report Posted February 13 (edited) Its my everyday drive around but do like stiffer suspension and want adjustable, not so much track days. Trying to find out how much i would need to do to make the ke70 springs bc sell to fit ke30/55. Maybe if i used the factory stub axles and combined the two, I'm just not to sure what is required and best way to go about it to make them fit the ke55. Cheers! Edited February 13 by Shaz Quote
altezzaclub Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 Here's what you get in the box You cut the Toyota strut off 50-75mm up from the base and press the silver end of the BC strut over the Toyota stub. That's how they turn the KE70 48mm strut into a 52mm one. Find out how long the KE55 struts are, from the cup of the stub axle to the top of the tube, and the diameter. I expect they're pretty much the same as a KE70. I can measure the BC ones. Email Darren at Justjap Imports in Sydney and ask him if they fit a KE55, tell him the guy with the baby-blue KE70 said to ask him. Measure your rear shocks too, I can measure the BC ones for that too. Does the KE55 have the same attachments on the rear shocks, or is the bottom a pin type?? Quote
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