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Feb 11, 2003 | 08:33 PM

purple82

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I'm sure everyone has seen that the rear suspension of the FD is totally self contained in a subassembly (subframe). Has anyone ever heard of someone trying to install this rear suspension subassembly into an FB?

Feb 11, 2003 | 08:38 PM

Manntis

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it's been done by a few Japanese owners I know of...

Feb 11, 2003 | 08:46 PM

purple82

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People in Japan?

Feb 11, 2003 | 09:35 PM

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Yeah, theres a pic floating around somewhere of a yellow FB with a body kit, supra-style wing, and a good shot of the rear suspension from the side with the car jacked up and the wheel off. I'll post it if i can find it.

Feb 11, 2003 | 10:01 PM

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People in Japan?

I can't stop laughing at this.

-Error

Feb 11, 2003 | 10:02 PM

purple82

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Lots of people in Japan!

Feb 11, 2003 | 10:40 PM

357

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People in Japan?

Heh, heh. very nice.

Anyway, I wasn't able to find the pic. The site I thought it was on seems to be down. Oh well.

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Feb 12, 2003 | 01:39 AM

Chemical

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357, if I remember correctly it was the IRS from a 300zx, and he had swapped the front suspension as well (rotors also), and was running 300zx wheels

Feb 12, 2003 | 01:54 AM

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What? Japenese people in Japan? no way...

Feb 12, 2003 | 02:04 AM

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TheTwinTurboRX-7

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heavens to betsy, japanese people in japan, what is this world coming to!

Feb 12, 2003 | 08:53 AM

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purple82, were just giving you a hard time. It's just funny because the way your post reads is like you would expect anything BUT Japanese people in Japan.

-Error

Feb 12, 2003 | 09:44 AM

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not only is this site very informative but also very funny

and sorry back to ur suspension question

Feb 12, 2003 | 10:04 AM

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Very interested in this.. At one point i thought of trying to through a kit together from the miata for 1st gens.. And resell them...

But most people probably could not come up with the $$..

Either way, i plan on doing this to mine.

Feb 12, 2003 | 10:56 AM

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purple82

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I can take the ribbing.

zyounker, how much was the kit going to cost? Something about double wishbones in a fist gen...

Feb 12, 2003 | 11:11 AM

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zyounker

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I can take the ribbing.

zyounker, how much was the kit going to cost? Something about double wishbones in a fist gen...

I never got to a solid price.. ( you kinda need to do it to really know how much it will end up costing)

If i ever get around to doing mine (need to sell my other car 1st) I will probably keep the fabricated parts around to resell so people can peice there own "kit" together.

I just wish we had some decent junk yards around here.. so i could go take measurements off of a bunch of differnet cars.. (to find the best replacement)

-Zach

Feb 12, 2003 | 11:29 AM

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purple82

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keep us updated

Feb 12, 2003 | 07:24 PM

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on ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33583

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33583

Feb 12, 2003 | 09:48 PM

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on ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33583

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33583

Holy cow, 375 for an entire suspension setup seems like a really good deal.