I would like to look for those TRD springs.
I recently in contact with my friend Takashi and we started to talk about the times I was in Japan and I told him I now have a Previa and the expansions of our family compared to 2006 when we had no kids. LOL.
I will ask him to find more information about the TRD springs, but also the IRS as there are many in the auto dismantlers there. But for now, I can't do much but just think about it as I dont have place to rip everything apart.
you can't easily swap in the IRS.... the underpinnings are completely different, it just doesn't bolt up!
You'll also get less payload capacity with IRS... that's why Toyota put it in the 8 seater version all over the world, but due to safety issues in the states, they left it as 7 seater but stuck us with the solid axle for the tow/cargo capacity... it's also cheaper to use a solid axle of course
prepare to drool
http://www.trdparts.jp/english/list_estima-le.html
specs
http://www.trdparts.jp/english/parts_spring.html
we need TCR10W springs, unless you have a 4WD/Alltrac, which needs TCR20W
TCR10G/CXR10G is the Emina/Lucida... looks like those will work according to the list, if you try to find a used set from those
hook me up with a set while you're at it too lol
Wow... and they are all discontinued. What I know is that Japan had tons of tuning shops, and eventually the disappear. of course the big one stay active. But from my experiences about the auto lifestyle is that it is huge there. Every car has a following and many companies (some come and go as mentioned) and owner/enthusiasts have parts.Originally Posted by TheMAN
An example is the f31 Nissan Leopard (Infiniti M30). This has a cult following. Even though it is an older car (86-91) Car Shop Friend focuses on them (http://www.carshopfriend.com/) I have side skirts from Piko Racing, which has be defunct years before I even got them, but were put on yahoo auctions.
I will try to find a source and see if what I can cop up. The Previa market, as well as many, used to have some decent items, now its all the expensive VIP and air bags. If I find a source, I'll let you know.
When we had f31club up (working on it again since it got hacked) my buddies in Japan got parts for my race crew back in they day, but a couple idiots didn't pay them after they got parts, so I paid for them be honorary. It wasn't too bad as these were parts that people get at "flea markets" where people sell their old car parts.
Quite a few things on my Mazda are bought off Yahoo Japan auctions lol
What Mazda do you have?
I had an RX7 - but I put in a v8 - https://instagram.com/p/r82-owR9wu/
Suspension
https://instagram.com/p/sMAAuEx9_b/
R Magic
https://instagram.com/p/sDW8J5R98x/
Where I got my FC parts, my buddy.
https://instagram.com/p/sAgUg0x9y3/
i just picked me up a 94 previa all-trac and I was looking around for some springs. I just kinda happened upon this thread. Has anybody tried these out? I'm thinking about ordering them next week.
https://thmotorsports.com/rsr/rsr-sp...i-2201931.aspx
I don't but we're pretty happy with the mustang springs good match for spring rate, our springs are cut for 1.5 " drop from factory all trac height. if interested, I will find out what year mustang and if we can remember the source...they were about 60-70bucks for the set.
do you have any pictures of your van?
I don't know if i want to buy some springs and cut them up. Are you saying that you got lowering springs for a specific mustang, or did you use OEM springs for the mustang, then cut them? Did you do that with the front ones too?
That's over 2" of lowering.
The suspension geometry (front at least) has got to compromised at that ride height. Mac strut suspensions are very sensitive to lowering, and not in a good way.
Your Previa might look good with those springs if you like that sort of thing, but it won't ride or handle very well.
Handling isn't my biggest concern in a van. None of them really 'handle very well'.
I'm an old autocross guy, and I've lowered 10 vehicles now. Depending on how you do it, and what you use, they can all ride pretty well as long as you don't go too low. 2" is a very moderate drop that wouldn't really affect the ride quality other than making it slightly more stiff. If you cut the bumpstops like it's required in the directions, your ride quality changes minimally. Most of the time you can't find springs that go lower than 2.5" because you'd have to get shortened shocks/struts to keep from bottoming out on them constantly. That's why people get coilovers when they want to do a big static drop. Most quality coilovers are made with shorter shocks/struts. We're not talking about coilover sleeves, although, I've had 5 sets of Ground-Control strut sleeves, and they worked great if you didn't thread them down all the way.
Now, my last vehicle that was lowered was a 1974 VW bus. I lowered that 9" in the front, and 6" in the rear. THAT thing had a rough ride. I can't imagine a Previa with a modest lowering job of 2.36" would ride even nearly as harsh as that VW bus.
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