since all of this work would apply to xB owners, i'm cross posting it.

see my thread on the xA side of things here

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...565&highlight=


I got a killer deal on a set of Koni Yellows last week and decided to set up a new suspension for the angry panda. i spent 3 days waiting on Ground Control to help me (and they of course failed in typical ground control fashion) so i decided ____ it, i'll do it myself.

my suspension setup will be the following

Koni Yellows (Sport) adjustable shocks/struts

Ksport rear perches and springs (the plan is to upgrade the rear spring for something stiffer)

AFCO front coilover sleeves and 400lb 7" race springs

Things i know i'll have to modify:

The koni yellows have an upper spanner that is about 2.120" in diameter. this poses a problem as the sleeve kit is a 2" diameter. i will be turning the strut body tonight in the lathe to accomodate the sleeve ID

The AFCO upper spring mount hole diameter is about .10" larger than desired, so will have to be either welded in/machined out or i'll build a bushing sleeve to keep them from rattling

The Ksport rear springs are a puny 2.2KG/mm rate. Ksport swore up and down that they couldn't sell me any other rate than 2.2kg/mm so i guess i'll have to live with it for now. I will also address the problem that other companies have had by installing limiting straps or cables to keep the rear suspension from extending fully unless manually released. this will keep the rear springs from popping out if the car were to go airborne.

here's my progress as of tonight:

the strut top nut is just a little bit over 2"


wrap it with masking tape


chuck it up in the hollow spindle lathe and go to town!


gives me about .006" clearance on either side for installing the sleeves!


not pictured, i painted the bare metal to keep it from rusting

next up, finding something to shim out the smaller body diameter so the sleeve doesn't rattle. Ground Control uses O-Rings, but i think i can come up with something LESS ghetto! (believe it or not, lol!)


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Thanks to a good friend at Panzer Suspension Development, i've come up with a solution for the lower perch area.



the sleeve would not fit nicely into this hole, and would most likely self-destruct without help

i had a couple spare aluminum hubcentric rings kicking around and decided to try one in the cavity

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but the edge is too thick, so back to the lathe we go!





perfect fit!



when the sleeves arrive i'll weld them onto these lower perches and we should be nice and solid!

 

Both of these are actually in the same exact forum already... the xA/xB Suspension is the same.