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I've been digging deeper into this and I've had people suggest trying a camber arm. Has anyone had success using these to fix this issue? If so could you include a link for what you used?

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I'll start off by saying that I know there's technical words to describe the angle of the wheels on the car (positive / negative camber? toe?) I don't know the correct way to use them to describe what's going on so I'll be wording it in a way that makes sense to me and hopefully you can sort it out.

I've got a question here for people who have installed the BC racing BR coilovers.

I got my coilovers because the car was riding too low, we get a lot of snow here in British Columbia and the roads can be pretty rough. I raised the coilovers from their previous settings and installed them high enough to actually raise the car about an inch or two. The front coilovers had camber plates which I can use to adjust the camber through and get the wheels aligned properly which is what I want, however, the back coilovers didn't have the camber plates and my two rear wheels have a little bit of that stanced look to them.

I want this fixed because personally I don't like the look and I worry it's not good for the car.

From what I've heard, when I lower the car in the spring that angle that they're getting that stanced look at is only going to get sharper (make the problem worse).

I'm wondering if I can order a camber plate for the rear coils from BC, or some other manufacturer? or if there's a camber bolt or something that someone has had success with for fixing this issue (if other people are experiencing this)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, first time I've had a car that I've needed to/have adjusted the height on.

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I did some looking to see a post on these and I didn't really see one, I'm looking to track down some of the riser blocks that go between the hatch and the spoiler. They came on the WRC edition GT fours and IIRC they were standard on GT fours after '97 or '98? I love the look of them and I'd love to find a pair if I can. Just wondering if anyone knows of any sites that sell them (genuine or not as long as they fit and look decent I'm happy) and that they've had good luck with?

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Thanks a bunch everyone.

I've got a '95 ST205 and the bearings on my intercooler pump that are making a lot of noise and I'm looking to replace them. While I'm at it I'll be replacing the spark plugs too. I've done a good bit of reading into the replacement coolant to get and most places say to get Toyota "ForLife". I've called a lot of dealerships here and no one can track down the "ForLife" coolant, but they all have said that they have "LongLife" which is another red coolant. I'm wondering if this is the same thing just named differently because I'm up in Canada or if the "ForLife" coolant is actually different.

If anyone knows the part number for the "ForLife" coolant, or if anyone has had any success using the "LongLife" coolant in an ST205 I'd really appreciate the feedback.

Thanks.

Thanks a bunch for making sense of that for me. Appreciate it big time.

Yeah I went through the read up on the BC coilovers install and that's what convinced me to pick up a pair. I'm up for the challenge. The trick is finding out what the exact model of BC coilovers I need is.

I've narrowed it down to the C-26-BR, however...

http://www.frsport.com/index.php?target=ca...=&q=c-26-br

There's 3 different sets, c-26-br, c-26-br-ra & c-26-br-rh

In my head I would think that I would just stick with the c-26-br, however I have no idea what the difference is between the other two. If anyone could shed some light on this that would be great.


I did read some reviews about using Coilovers in the winter and a lot of people say they get eaten by the salt that gets thrown on the roads. We get a lot of that here in BC too. The plus side is I have a work vehicle for to and from work travel. The car will be only going out on days when I feel like getting a little sideways haha. In all seriousness though, I'll be pretty picky about the conditions when I take it out. My girlfriend has a golf that we'll be primarily using on the nasty days / as the grocery getter.

I don't think the car has stock springs in it, It sits pretty low and I often scrape when I'm out and about. I've seen pictures of other guys' cars that are way higher. Ultimately though, if it ends up riding at the same height I can cope with that. What I can't cope with is the noise coming from the seized strut and my lack of being able to cruise the car until it gets fixed.

Hey everyone, new member here and this is my first post. Sorry if there's a ton of posts on this already.

Basically, I just got my '95 GT-Four a couple weeks ago and it had a ton of noise coming from the front passenger side. Upon initial inspection by a local shop they thought it was the figure 8 mounts, after a closer look with someone in town who has his own GT-four we found that it was actually the strut that had seized up. It had fluid around it and when we applied pressure to attempt to compress the strut it just lifted the car. We checked out the other strut and it had a bit of fluid around it and could be on it's way out.

I live in Canada and getting parts here for this car is going to be a trick to say the least.

My options at this point are either new stock struts (~$800 CAD) or go to coilovers ($1000~$3000+ CAD).

The car currently sits quite low and I've had it scrape in places I'd prefer to see it not scrape in. My thoughts are with coilovers I could fix the current problem and raise the ride height.

I've read a couple write ups on here about different types of coilovers that are available and I read a really in-depth review of BC racing coilovers. These seem like a pretty cheap and reliable alternative to the TRD or Tein factory superstrut coils.

I don't plan to do much with the car, it's definitely not going to be raced anything like that. It is my winter ride for this winter and I need to make sure it runs reliably and I need to get this seized strut out asap.

Any insight, thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

I'm curious what some other people have done to set up coilovers in their ST205s and what products they went with / how hard the install was.

Thanks.