Gen 6 Suspension

[chrisgen6]

Hi, my st202 appears to have lowered suspension but the dealer who sold me it says it is standard toyota sports set up, did they ever do this? The car is a 1995 2.0 import (ss2 i believe?)

[GT4 BOOSTER]

if thats your red celica , it looks like its so low it wont have suspension as such . the dealer is talking pork pies .

4 new springs is gonna set you back best part of £ 200 plus fitting . or try n locate some second hand ones maybe.

have a look at the springs and see what colour they are. yellow or red is common for lowering springs , but some can be black.

[chrisgen6]

if thats your red celica , it looks like its so low it wont have suspension as such . the dealer is talking pork pies .

4 new springs is gonna set you back best part of £ 200 plus fitting . or try n locate some second hand ones maybe.

have a look at the springs and see what colour they are. yellow or red is common for lowering springs , but some can be black.

Thanks for that but the car has been checked over by a mechanic mate of mine and he says it appears to be a factory set up, it still rides real nice too no crashing and banging over bumps.

[Parts-King]

That Celica looks normal to me too from the pic, it does'nt look lowered. Toyota do a sports suspension on this model, called TEMS suspension which is a form of electronic shock absorber type. What was the reason for your post? is the suspension a problem or were you just curious? kingo

[GT4 BOOSTER]

sorry but thats not normal suspension on a 202 , normal is a mcphearson strut , not electronic , maybe they did do tems but it certainly wasnt on many chassis.

normal suspension is about 3 fingers from tyre to arch at the front and 4 fingers from tyre to arch at the rear, the red celica i see in the not so good picture is definately not a stock set up.

normal.

lowered or TEMS.

[T600]

<<--- Red Celica -->

Is it the red one in the picture that Booster just posted?

That looks as if it has big rims and not particularly low profile tyres; any idea of combined diameter or r/r? Because if they're a bit oversize they could easily give the impression of a lowered suspension.

[chrisgen6]

The rims are 17 inch and the tyres are 215/45/17 i havent any probs with the suspension i am just curious as to what set up it has.

[EireCelica]

if thats your red celica , it looks like its so low it wont have suspension as such . the dealer is talking pork pies .

4 new springs is gonna set you back best part of £ 200 plus fitting . or try n locate some second hand ones maybe.

have a look at the springs and see what colour they are. yellow or red is common for lowering springs , but some can be black.

Mine are blue, any ideas on make ??

[GT4 BOOSTER]

not many makes of spring for superstrut AFAIK.

possibly TRD who knows ????