"Cheap" coilovers- diy style

[NoHachi]

Have a bit of information for you guys:

Coiloversleeves from a mitsu eclipse (1989-92) fit the AE86 strut casing. Basically you get 2 sets of sleeves, two for the front, two for the back. The front ones are slightly longer then the rears, but both will work (enough to do two cars). Both front and rear springs supplied with the kit are to short for AE86 use, so you would need to order some springs elsewhere. Other good news is that they sell Eclipse kits with helper-springs. this would be a solution for all the people having problems with keeping the springs captive. Helper springs supplied with kits will work.

Now the good news: Kit prices run from 2$ with around 40$ shipping in the US. Kits with helper springs run around 200bucks, so not that cheap.

Approximate cost of entire setup for two AE86's:
1 Eclipse sleeveset: 42$+shipping
2 2 sets of springs: around 100$+shipping
Total: ~70$/car +shipping

See ebay for large amount of sellers etc.

[nmwisima]

WHoooo! Hope you 're right...

If you are its gona be the second bigger discovery after TV!!

Give us an example,plz. You mean like these????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/89-94-MIT...dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-Coilo...dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/89-94-ECL...dZViewItem


Dont look trustworthily enough to me

[NoHachi]

Take a looksie here nmwisima: http://www.toyota3tc.com/forum/viewtopic...=coilovers

[nmwisima]

That's nice!

However (thinking lowdly here):
It costs me 120 euros for a guy here to make me a custom coil-over kit (that is cut strut, make sleeve and weld sleeves on strut).

Then i 'll need springs... Dont know how much these cost... That's to be done anyway though...
And then I need shocks but that's also to be done anyway...

So why buy cheap Eclipse Coil&Sleeves when you can just buy this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/85-86-87-...dZViewItem

[SekiguchiUeno]

another coilovers: sleeves for honda accord, assembled without welding

http://www.whyturbothat.com/project86%20.html

(bottom of this page)

[nmwisima]

Question is:

Since all kits you and No Hachi propose are cheap e-bay ones, why not buy the one I mentioned which suppose to be for AE86?

[SekiguchiUeno]

why? i can not find any set for ae86 here in cz, and shiping is too expesive(higher as this set).
you can find tuning parts for hondas in any tuningshop.

with the accord sleeves the strut must not be shortened and sprigs fits accurate.
you must only cut the standart spring support,but i have seen struts with both

i have contact to localshop
http://www.sportovniautodoplnky.cz/store...tmentID=24

i can ask for fitment:
-inner diameter of sleeve
-lenght(of spring and sleeve)
-spring ratio

[KristianAE86]

NoHachi Wrote:Have a bit of information for you guys:

Coiloversleeves from a mitsu eclipse (1989-92) fit the AE86 strut casing. Basically you get 2 sets of sleeves, two for the front, two for the back. The front ones are slightly longer then the rears, but both will work (enough to do two cars). Both front and rear springs supplied with the kit are to short for AE86 use, so you would need to order some springs elsewhere. Other good news is that they sell Eclipse kits with helper-springs. this would be a solution for all the people having problems with keeping the springs captive. Helper springs supplied with kits will work.

Now the good news: Kit prices run from 2$ with around 40$ shipping in the US. Kits with helper springs run around 200bucks, so not that cheap.

Approximate cost of entire setup for two AE86's:
1 Eclipse sleeveset: 42$+shipping
2 2 sets of springs: around 100$+shipping
Total: ~70$/car +shipping

See ebay for large amount of sellers etc.

Yoo man..
all these kut´s are exactly the same - they just name them differently to sell more of them.

I have a set from an Chrysler neon - they also fit the AE86 struts.
50mm like thay all are

[NoHachi]

Just the springs are different.
@Nwmisima: Had no idea that there were cheap ae86 ebay ones now..Should have searched...makes sense to buy those..at least the springs will match.

[nmwisima]

I m not that sure that these cheap things will fit, though.

So, what else does a man needs for 2 front struts?

1) Sleeves an coils from e-bay = 30 dollars + shipping
2) New good (non-ebay-cheap) springs= ???? what type really?
3) Shocks = 200 d. what type to fit if you dont shorten your struts?
4) Negative camber adjusters
5) Work