jamie_ke70 Posted February 13, 2013 Report Posted February 13, 2013 hey my names jamie i just recently brought a ke70 and herd u can put vn or vr suspension coils and shocks in the rear? was just wondering what brand or what ones i should get id like it to be as stiff as possible and sitting just above my 16x8 inch wheels with spacers please help will be much appreciated Quote
rian Posted February 13, 2013 Report Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) VL to VS Commodore rear shocks will "fit" the rear of a KE70, but do some research before you choose as there are many different shock lengths available for all those models of Commodore. They will all be super stiff in a KE70, but I'd say the FE2 versions would most likely be the stiffest. The rear springs out of a Commodore won't fit in the rear of a KE70 properly unless you cut them, and then they won't fit properly because you've cut them. Try looking for some AE86 lowered springs. Edited February 13, 2013 by rian Quote
jamie_ke70 Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Posted February 14, 2013 ok thanks for your help mate so my best bet would be suspension out of a ae86? and if choose to use ae86 front coilovers what else would i need? Quote
ke70dave Posted February 14, 2013 Report Posted February 14, 2013 Id suggest you jump over to ae86dc and search through some of the old tech articls, i recall a huge thread on putting 86 coilvoers into a ke70. simliar for the rear shocks there is a large thread around where someone went to a parts shop and measured up a stack of shocks that fitted. the shock that i used in the rear was i think called a "FE2 commondore wagon lowered shock" or something. JYB part number 343113. Worked very well with some...er.....modified falcon springs. Quote
rian Posted February 14, 2013 Report Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) Here is a post I made a long time ago about Commodore rear dampers: Okay so I did some research into this rear Commodore shock situation, here's what I discovered: -VB to VS SEDANS can all use the same rear shock. -VB-VS WAGON rear shocks are longer than VB-VS SEDAN rear shocks. -VB-VS models that have a "Rear Beam Axle" have shocks that are way longer than models without the beam axle(I have no idea what a beam axle is) -The bottom mounting hole varies in diameter between wagon, sedan and beam axle models. The standard VB-VS commodore sedan rear shock had the same diameter mounting hole as the KE70 rear shock, where there was just a rubber bush for the mount. All other VB-VS shocks had a metal bush thingy inside the rubber bush, and were thus too smaller diameter. Here are the dimensions: -KE70 rear shock: extended: ~560mm compressed: ~360mm -VB-VS (NON BEAM AXLE): extended: ~500mm compressed: ~300mm -VB-VS wagon: extended: ~530mm compressed: ~325mm -All other VB-VS varients (Rear Beam Axle etc): Longer than standard KE70 rear shocks. -I didn't get a chance to measure the Commodore FE or FE2 (or whatever the Commodore lowered suspension is called) shocks, but these will definitely be shorter. Here is a pic of the VB-VS SEDAN (NON BEAM AXLE) rear shock against a standard KE70 rear shock(red is VB-VS, black is KE70: And here is probably half the VB-VS rear shock options, these are all different part numbers, different lengths etc So in conclusion, if you want VB-VS commodore rear shocks, make sure you get the right ones as there are so many different part numbers and they can be quite different in dimensions. VB-VS sedan in standard or FE/FE2/whatever it's called would be best for a lowered KE70/AE86. But definitely take a tape measure if you got suspension shopping haha. EDIT: I couldn't find any 'lowered' shocks to suit VB-VS sedans in stock, but it would probably be the best budget shock to get, the dimensions would be very suitable I'd say. And here is the link to the thread: http://www.rollaclub...kings-plz-help/ Edited February 14, 2013 by rian Quote
jamie_ke70 Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks heaps guys for your reply helped alot Quote
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