Koni Yellows
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Koni Yellows
Hey guys, just thought i would let you know that there is a set of Koni Yellows available for the front of our cars. granted its meant for an MR2. But its a drop in fit, and the adjuster is on the top of the strut instead of in the strut.
Part number is 8641-1072-SPORT
they cost about $350 for the fronts, but i love them.
Part number is 8641-1072-SPORT
they cost about $350 for the fronts, but i love them.
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i had mine ordered through a local shop, but this is the cheapest i have found online.
if there's any confusion, its for the rear of an 85/86 MR2 with the M42x1 cap
http://www.sportcompactonly.com/Toyo...25658_m-27.htm
if there's any confusion, its for the rear of an 85/86 MR2 with the M42x1 cap
http://www.sportcompactonly.com/Toyo...25658_m-27.htm
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so it look like according to this post that the rear toyota MR2 koni struts drop right into our front and bolt up to the stock upper mount.
My question is I thought that the tokoco MR2 struts had a thicker spindle and required respeeds camber plates to work. Is this NOT the case with the Konis?
I plan to buy the techno toy tuning (T3) camber plates and want an adjustable strut. Tokicos are pretty much non existant in the states.
Can anyone verify that the konis are an exact match?
My question is I thought that the tokoco MR2 struts had a thicker spindle and required respeeds camber plates to work. Is this NOT the case with the Konis?
I plan to buy the techno toy tuning (T3) camber plates and want an adjustable strut. Tokicos are pretty much non existant in the states.
Can anyone verify that the konis are an exact match?
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The Tokico MR2 rear shocks do have a thicker spindle and either require camber plates that accommodate the thicker mounting shaft or require that the shafts be machined to fit. I used Tokicos with my GC camber plates and they still required machining. Cost me $30 to get yhem machined. RE-Speed camber plates may accommodate the thicker spindle...I don't know for sure.
I hadn't heard of using MR2 Koni yellows up front but I can see how that would work. The diameter of the shaft is determined by the car it's designed for so yes, I would imagine Konis would need Re-Speed camber plates or machining to fit stock mount points.
Given that Tokicos have been unavailable for months and are not likely to be available anytime soon, I wish I would have thought of using MR2 Konis. I think I must have gotten the last set of MR2 Tokicos. Mailed in my warrant card and it was returned with a message staying that the addressee has canceled their bulk mail account. Not a good sign for those if you waiting on Tokicos for you FB.
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I hadn't heard of using MR2 Koni yellows up front but I can see how that would work. The diameter of the shaft is determined by the car it's designed for so yes, I would imagine Konis would need Re-Speed camber plates or machining to fit stock mount points.
Given that Tokicos have been unavailable for months and are not likely to be available anytime soon, I wish I would have thought of using MR2 Konis. I think I must have gotten the last set of MR2 Tokicos. Mailed in my warrant card and it was returned with a message staying that the addressee has canceled their bulk mail account. Not a good sign for those if you waiting on Tokicos for you FB.
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I think you've got the shaft sizes backwards. MR2 are narrower (work with camber plates, including Respeed but are too narrow for stock upper mount) while the model made for our cars is thicker (must be machined down to fit camber plates, but fit stock upper mount fine).
I started with "stock" Illuminas when I installed camber plates. Had to machine down the shaft, but screwed it up a bit in the process. Later replaced with MR2 Illuminas for direct fit with the camber plates.
Hope this helps someone.
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I started with "stock" Illuminas when I installed camber plates. Had to machine down the shaft, but screwed it up a bit in the process. Later replaced with MR2 Illuminas for direct fit with the camber plates.
Hope this helps someone.
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so it look like according to this post that the rear toyota MR2 koni struts drop right into our front and bolt up to the stock upper mount.
My question is I thought that the tokoco MR2 struts had a thicker spindle and required respeeds camber plates to work. Is this NOT the case with the Konis?
I plan to buy the techno toy tuning (T3) camber plates and want an adjustable strut. Tokicos are pretty much non existant in the states.
Can anyone verify that the konis are an exact match?
My question is I thought that the tokoco MR2 struts had a thicker spindle and required respeeds camber plates to work. Is this NOT the case with the Konis?
I plan to buy the techno toy tuning (T3) camber plates and want an adjustable strut. Tokicos are pretty much non existant in the states.
Can anyone verify that the konis are an exact match?
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Kentetsu,
That's why I prefaced my remark about RE-Speed camber plates, stating I had no experience with them. I do know that on the GC camber plates, the shafts are too thick and have to be machined down. I guess RE-Speed uses a bigger bearing. I hadn't even tried fitting the MR2 Tokicos on my stock plates...had I tried, I would have realized that they're smaller than stock RX-7 front shocks.
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That's why I prefaced my remark about RE-Speed camber plates, stating I had no experience with them. I do know that on the GC camber plates, the shafts are too thick and have to be machined down. I guess RE-Speed uses a bigger bearing. I hadn't even tried fitting the MR2 Tokicos on my stock plates...had I tried, I would have realized that they're smaller than stock RX-7 front shocks.
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When i refer to caps i mean the top of the strut housing that seals the strut in place.
However, after talking to T3, they said their camber plates dont work with stock diameter springs. I definetely WANT to run camber plates!
Any other options without going to coil overs? I currently have racing beat springs
However, after talking to T3, they said their camber plates dont work with stock diameter springs. I definetely WANT to run camber plates!
Any other options without going to coil overs? I currently have racing beat springs
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You can use Respeed camber plates with stock springs. However, you won't get max camber out of any plates unless you move to coilovers for the reduced spring diameter.
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When i refer to caps i mean the top of the strut housing that seals the strut in place.
However, after talking to T3, they said their camber plates dont work with stock diameter springs. I definetely WANT to run camber plates!
Any other options without going to coil overs? I currently have racing beat springs
However, after talking to T3, they said their camber plates dont work with stock diameter springs. I definetely WANT to run camber plates!
Any other options without going to coil overs? I currently have racing beat springs
which is why all the camber plates run a 2.5" spring. the 2.5" springs come in every size and rate you can imagine (and some you can't) so you could measure the RB springs length, and rate and just get that in a 2.5" spring, and it would be the same, but with camber adjustability
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I just went through swapping the MR2 Koni's on the front of my car. My set up is unique in that I have the ground control weld on coils, with the 2.5'' springs, Tokiko whites and some old re speed camber plates/swivel tops. Here are some things I learned along the way since this was not a direct fit.
The MR2 Koni rears are slightly smaller shaft size then the FB Tokikos whites. T3 offers a 15mm spacer part that slides on top of the shaft so that Koni's will fit up with some of the other FB stuff you might already have.
The Koni and Tokiko shocks have different housing diameters, a glandnut that fit my old tokikos was not large enough to fit around the Koni. I'm working toward tracking down a glandnut that will fit from koni.
I was required to grind off the bottom nub on the Koni, the housing would have been too tall for the glandnut to thread into the strut tube. I did this before I realized the glandnuts needed to be a different inside diameter to fit the Koni.
The MR2 Koni rears are slightly smaller shaft size then the FB Tokikos whites. T3 offers a 15mm spacer part that slides on top of the shaft so that Koni's will fit up with some of the other FB stuff you might already have.
The Koni and Tokiko shocks have different housing diameters, a glandnut that fit my old tokikos was not large enough to fit around the Koni. I'm working toward tracking down a glandnut that will fit from koni.
I was required to grind off the bottom nub on the Koni, the housing would have been too tall for the glandnut to thread into the strut tube. I did this before I realized the glandnuts needed to be a different inside diameter to fit the Koni.
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This is interesting. So the shocks slip right into the fb tubes after grinding bottom a bit? If the diameter of the Konis allow them to go into the factory tubes, why can't you use the factory gland nut? Doesn't the gland nut screw into the tube and not into the shock?
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