My suspension setup: Breakfast Blend for the angry panda

[Tamago]

for those of you following This thread here on yarisworld, i've spoken a bit about my new suspension setup.

i know this is not a yaris, but the basics will apply and hopefully inspire some of you to "try this at home" (or maybe convince me to build some custom coilover sleeve kits for the yaris front end? )

thanks to kngrsll for the killer deal on the Koni Yellows! if it wasn't for you i wouldn't be even doing this project right now!

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.

That's it for now! i think i'll cut the strut bodies down tonight before leaving the shop, so i'll snap a couple shots of that process

~joel