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I'm guessing it's a airbag suspension setup? If so, I'd love to see more pics lol
Lawler and/or others, here's a link to a thread about the lower front brace which are much easier to come across in the US as they're made for the gs300/400/430/aristo cars which are more common (mine is a cusco, but I think there are a few out there). Also the rear shock tower bottom bars if you want to get crazy. There's a thread on here about TRD door braces too somewhere. Just figured I would link/mention it to consolidate all the suspension bracing for the next new owner googling.
Pauls car is converted to run on LPG and thats the tank Joe, if you want to see an air suspension setup in the boot, here's mine
daaaaamn, that is a hot flex right there. Does the roof still close?
man, too bad it eats literally ALL of the trunk, but it's pretty cool none the less.
Now hold up, converted to run on LPG?!?! I definitely need more information on that! Is that a common UK thing? School us yanks to what you guys are up to over there!
Yes Joe, the roof closes fine, that is how I designed it, but as you say, no room for anything in the boot.
I did this back in 2012 and thought I might have a custom tank made to fit in the tool well and the compressors fitted in the side storage areas, but never got round to it.
Paul will have to explain the LPG setup, he has been running on it for years.
Yes Joe, the roof closes fine, that is how I designed it, but as you say, no room for anything in the boot.
I did this back in 2012 and thought I might have a custom tank made to fit in the tool well and the compressors fitted in the side storage areas, but never got round to it.
Paul will have to explain the LPG setup, he has been running on it for years.
Cheers Steve
That's awesome! Nice work!
Can't wait to hear about Paul's setup too. I love when people do unconventional things to our cars since there's not that many tuners out there.
I brought the same rear lower strut brace. I just installed it last night. I have yet to test drive my car with it installed. However, I can comment that my installation was a bit of a PITA. I got all the screws installed until I came to the last one. For some reason it would not line up to screw in. Eventually I solved my problem by removing the brace and drilling out some of the holes. After doing that I was able to install the brace and get ALL of the screws to line up with no problems. Fortunately my aftermarket exhaust cleared the brace. It is not even close to touching it. Just an fyi in case someone is having trouble with the installation like I did.
Another update to this topic.
I've decided not to connect the RSTB for now, and I left the mounting hardware in place so it will only take a few minutes to install in the future if I want to.
I had to deal with the exhaust hitting the brace for a few weeks, then I ordered some poly exhaust hangers and replaced the 20yr old sagging rubber hangers. Voila, problem solved.
If you ever want to let the rear STB go let me know.
