Suddog

Hello fellow CL'ers,


I have tried to find an answer to this question and please be gentle with the replies as i am new here. (I did search for over 2 hours) I have recently purchased a 95 that has the factory A/S. Of course the front struts are shredded to pieces and I am looking into replacing them with the spring struts. My question is... will 93-94 struts work on my car? I run into a problem with shipping as not too many people want to ship struts through the mail to Guam. I found a set through eBay that came from a 93-94 in which the guy is more than willing to send them to me. Any helpful information would be greatly appreciated.

acidfire52

Pretty sure not. Think some aftermarket can span gen 1 and 2, but don't think the OEM can.

edtbjon

They are supposed to be different. You can of course get replacement A/S from e.g. here: http://www.arnottindustries.com/part...id7_pid47.html or get their spring replacement kit, which you find on the top of that page. They come much cheaper than OEM, but still with lifetime guarantee.
The big difference is that these items are either new or overhauled and as new, which may not be the case with whatever you find on *bay. So this is the way I would go with my '95 if my A/S goes.

//Björn

PureDrifter

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even if they fit, the valving on the stock shocks is for the generation specific weight distribution, since the 2nd gen was a couple hundred pounds lighter, it probably wont ride like new...

Suddog

so the valving is different, but externally, they will bolt up the same?

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

technically you can use it. search, i've already posted how they are different. the OEM struts will not interchange well because of the differences in stroke.

Suddog

Pure Drifter, thank you for the information. I ordered two gen specific struts today. This car is AWESOME. I would never put anything on the car that was not made specifically for it. I am nowhere near the lexus engineer level and I appreciate their work immensely. I will post pictures of the car once I am done with it.

On a seperate note:
I can only guess the need for four mufflers is to keep the exhaust notes down to a wisper.