Need some help with the suspension

[Beantown_Trueno]

I'm about to buy new lowering coil springs and shocks for my 1987 corolla GTS coupe and i'm leaning towards either the Eibach pro-kit (1" F & 1.3" R) or Tanabe sustec GF210 (1" F & 0.7" R). But having a hard time finding shock/struts to go with the front suspension. I've only manage to find KYB GR-2's, is there any other options you guys have heard of? I was looking into tokico but i can't tell if they are just inserts or shock/struts. Right now i'm trying to keep the suspension stock because its a slow rebuild...that's why i'm not going with Coilovers at the moment.

[Beantown_Trueno]

Nevermind, figured it out, now the problem is trying to fix the strut that it currently has because it appears the previous owner put a ground control coilover kit and it looks in bad shape.

[Beantown_Trueno]

I just came across a corolla Sr5 coupe, i'm contemplating on buying it for parts but before i do, i want to know if the front strut of a SR5 will fit on my GTS? Are the doors the same? because if it is then its a steal for 180 if i'm just using it for spare parts.

[oldeskewltoy]

Beantown.... not sure if you know or not... but there is a forum on the US east coast that might be a bit more useful.... at least they are in the same time zone

http://www.ectoyotas.com/forum/

[jondee86]

Quote:I just came across a corolla Sr5 coupe, i'm contemplating on buying
it for parts but before i do, i want to know if the front strut of a SR5 will
fit on my GTS? Are the doors the same? because if it is then its a steal
for 180 if i'm just using it for spare parts.

The front struts and stub axles are the same. Brakes, springs, tophats
are all different, so you have to strip and swap. Doors swap hatch to
hatch and coupe to coupe. Don't know about coupe to hatch ?

Cheers... jondee86

[Beantown_Trueno]

thanks for the tips with the question i had and also the website you suggested to check out. It looks like it will all work out :-) I'll post pics once i got the new suspension hook up