i just bought the celica a gift. Just like the title says - its the Cusco PILLOW BALL UPPER MOUNT SET/ FRONT/ CAMBER ADJUSTABLE -- from www.japanparts.com

total came out to be $249.33. - i think it'll be 2-3 wks before i receive it since its coming from Japan.

Can't wait - this should do wonders to the Tein setup that I already have - didn't order the rear ones since i'm on a budget this month-

One step closer to making this car a better ride.

I definitely will have pictures when I install it.









This post has been edited by celicarus: Apr 8, 2006 - 9:47 AM

Nice
Cant wait to hear the reviews.
I'm aiming for the same setup as well.

is this just to angle the tires outward for racing or what? seems like allot of bread for some adjustable mounts.

i don't know if its my eyes playing tricks on me or what - but after lowering the car with the teins - the tires/rim has a slight slant to it like this \ --- hope the cusco will help with that

my mounts were messed up anyways so i needed new ones - i think before i had the teins the dropzone coilovers wore out the mounts real bad -

gotcha, they look really sweet. post many pics with them on

when u say you have some negative camber..like \ <--- that...is it in the rear?? cuz i have that same problem.

My Tein SS kit wil come with the pillowball uppermount included.

cusco is perfect. i have same on my car. i should say that thay are a little bit uncomfortable but improves handling.

TIEN does not come with upper pillow mounts on their SS kit....

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They do for the ST202. Sorry had to mention that.

CELICA
(Mcpherson Strut)
ST202 FWD
2000 EDK01-12140
Â¥39,500
Â¥41,475(incl TAX) Ft:P/U <-------- Pillowball Uppermount!!!
Rr:R/U GST86-B1SS4
Â¥133,000
Â¥139,650(incl TAX) I.D.70
4.0k/300mm I.D.70
3.0k/250mm Ft:NO
Rr:NO Ft:-50mm
Rr:-45mm Ft:-70to-24mm
Rr:-65to-12mm *Upon EDFC installation;
Ft - Need to take precaution when adjusting the camber angle as some interference with the motor might be caused.Bonnet insulator needs to be cut or removed.
Rr - Interior needs to be cut.

lucky

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Thats called being blessed . You guys are lucky with the gas prices

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its more noticeable in the rear than the front -- i will be ordering the rear also some time in april

why does someone need these? i thought these are good for people that do drifting because they want that angle in the front. My friend had these on his 240, they creeked real bad when he turned. Couldnt someone just get camber correction bolts to fix the negative camber a drop gave?

the rear is fixed and NON adjustable...

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so i should just stick with oem mounts for the rear? - though i still need to replace them since its pretty worn -

received the mounts this morning - i was limited on time and did not have time to take any pictures - cause i knew i would be late for work --

ride quality definitely was better than stock mounts -

to those who plan on getting Teins SS and using cusco mounts - you will not be able to use EDFC - so don't bother buying it -- cause with the cusco mounts - their will not be enough space to squeeze it in - not an issue with hood clearance - just an issue with no more thread showing from the top bolt

another issue is that the cusco mount raises the coilovers about 1 inch - so you will have to lower it again - if i remember correctly their are 16 or 20 grooves on the body of the strut for lowering/higher adjustments - -- before i had 8 grooves going from bottom to top - now i have to lower it a bit more (not sure if that made any sense - but when i come back from my trip to MO next week - i'll remove the wheels n take pictures for everyone to see)

-- another thing i noticed that wasn't there before with stock mounts - is a new noise - now i can hear the strut/coilover gas pressure when going over bumps -- not sure if this is normal or not - but it doesn't bother me since ride quality is better --

-- now i'm gonna head out to get a realignment done --

might be the settling in stage, if it continues after a week, let us know.

i hear it too so dont worry.

i got the alignment done - and steering wheel centered --

one bad thing about the cusco mounts - is that it doesn't have a bearing device - because without that its compressing the parts or springs part causing a little grinding noise -- when the time allows i will have to contact a bearing manufacturing company to produce something for this problem --

the noise wasn't as bad as the dropzone coilovers i had back then -- cornering feels a bit better --

http://www.evilspeed.com/

for bearings

pics on page 1

came back from my trip - driving conditions were ok - except that i should of changed the settings on the Teins - cause the ride was a little stiff -

on the way back - the mounts started to make clunking sounds - in the 3rd and 4th picture the top middle nut came loose - probably due to ride being to stiff and bumpy -- so after tightening it back up - noise went away

-- i will have to call john from evilspeed.com and pickup some bearings for the spring - though it wasn't a problem with oem mounts

defenitly get some bearing grease and lube it up

How long did it take to get them installed? I want!

1 hr-- first side took about 40 minutes the other side was about 20 minutes ---

what kind of adjustment does that allow? I know i'm at like -3 and -4 on the fronts.. would they adjust that much??

Thanks!

yes, i'm pretty sure they allow for more then that

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where can you buy them? I went to the JapanParts site and didn't see them listed on there..

Thanks!

This post has been edited by Jaws4God: Aug 14, 2006 - 8:15 PM

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