Camskill took back the
'inserts' no problem
(they haven't updated their website though to make it clear though).
Anyway, here's a few pics of the new suspension.
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Thanks to everyone that helped with some queries I had, especially PoohBear
And to Peter Gidden
@ SBits, firstly for helping me with my front bushes that I couldn't quite get in, and rescuing me from a stuck brake bleed nipple
New ball joints from SBits, splitter tool from Halfords
(which ended up being taken back
- it was made from monkey-metal).
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Removing a stubborn ball joint
The suspension bushes
(bought in the group buy 2+ years ago
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No one told me removing 3 nuts/bolts would take several hours
Bushes took a while to do, not just the removing, but also because I cleaned and painted them
Then as I'd spent so long removing the lower arms
& strut rods, I had to keep my car off the road while I had to go back to work
- so I thought a few more days won't make much difference if I remove and clean and paint the rear subframe
How wrong I was, whilst getting a lift to work from the wife, this happens
(the woman driving behind looking down for something for her kid
- FFS).
And my wife hadn't braked sharply, we'd been stationary at a set of traffic lights for several seconds!!)
All back on
Lovely
The fronts, soooo much easier to remove than the rears
New bushes fitted
(more difficult than the rears, and fitting back on the car was a lot more difficult than the rears too)
New springs
(from larkspeed.com)
New shock absorbers
(from Toyota
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New TRD topmounts, see further below for differences between standard
Old rear suspension removed
Original vs TRD rear topmount:
TRD has shorter cup bit that goes slightly over the bump stop.
TRD has shorter threads
- this is a negative, I had to remove my washers that were between my strut brace and the nuts holding the topmounts to the car)
Some rear droplinks
(from Camskill)
Original vs Eibach rear spring
New rears to go on
New front spring cups
(Toyota)
+ rubber bits
TRD vs Original front topmount:
I could see no difference whatsoever
(except that TRD topmounts from Fensport are around
£47, Toyota's are around
£76)
Front suspension removed
New fronts ready to go on
Bit expensive
but should last a while.
Still need to get the alignment sorted.
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