TEIN FLEX Coilovers installation
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Not sure how much relevant this post would be as all the SCs in US came with coil springs. But my soarer is a UZZ31 and has air struts from the factory!
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Ok Folks,
After giving enough thought about replacing my air struts with coilovers, I ended up in favour of coilovers even though my airbags are in pretty good shape for their age. I replaced my wheel bearing recently (posted this on the other thread), so while I was at it I decided it to be the right time to change to coilovers. Everything went smoothly and now I am on coilovers. The following are the steps we followed during their installation:



First, disconnect the battery, open the rubber sleeve and disconnect the air hose for the front struts. For the rear struts disconnect the air hoses in the boot.















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Ok Folks,
After giving enough thought about replacing my air struts with coilovers, I ended up in favour of coilovers even though my airbags are in pretty good shape for their age. I replaced my wheel bearing recently (posted this on the other thread), so while I was at it I decided it to be the right time to change to coilovers. Everything went smoothly and now I am on coilovers. The following are the steps we followed during their installation:



First, disconnect the battery, open the rubber sleeve and disconnect the air hose for the front struts. For the rear struts disconnect the air hoses in the boot.















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Not much to be honest when it comes to suspension ... I had a couple of control arms from a racing company. These control arms come with rose bushing not the usual rubber/polyurethane one. This is very good for handling. I changed all the other bushing to specially fabricated ones from Neil Griffiths (Soarer god in Australia).
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