Jeremy-KY

After a while of waiting, I finally got my BC Racing Coilovers for my Windom, Big thanks to Tristan of Circuit Motorsports:





As of now I was hoping to be able to install them this weekend after acquiring oem mounts, but unfortunately I now have to postpone my install till another date.

It seems that I ran into bad luck with the local part supply stores on island, they seem to be out of stock for oem replacements. I guess it happens, I have a parts store put oem mounts on special order, so now my wait is for those parts to arrive. I probably should have ordered the OEM mounts online but I think it doesn't hurt to help out the local businesses out once in a while, especially in this rough economy these days.


I do however have the option of taking off the mounts from the original suspension that is currently on the vehicle, (90,838 km's on them) but since I cannot find any stores willing to rent me spring compressors for me to take them off myself, I just don't want to take an unnecessary risk by taking them off without the proper equipment, and being as this is new suspension, I want to install brand New Mounts on them.

So for now its just simply waiting on the OEM mounts to arrive and then its all systems go for the install. If I waited this long, I can afford to wait a little while longer to get it done right the first time. The coilovers wont run away.


Anyways for now, here is a picture of my vehicle before I install the coilovers (whenever the upper mounts arrive)




Stay tuned for updates, might be a while but I plan to document the entire install here in this thread in the future. The local parts shop told me 1-2 weeks for it to arrive, so we shall see the outcome.

LeX2K

They sure do look pretty. How do you get the mounts on them, now much do they need to be compressed? Did you have to order any rubber pieces as well to along with the mounts?

Does that market light on the fender light up? I like it.

Jeremy-KY

As for getting the mounts on them, We shall see when the mounts arrive. (I work better with my hands on them, unfortunately I cannot visualize in my head how they will go on at this time)

As for the preload compression, I believe they recommend 5mm of preload, I may be wrong at this point however when i get the mounts we shall see where to go from there.

When I special ordered the OEM mounts, I was told everything comes with the mount, upper insulator, upper spring seat, bearing and suspension support.

We shall see how it goes together when the mounts arrive. I'll probably have questions to ask as well, when the install time comes. And yes, that's actually a turn signal side marker.

LeX2K

Nice.
I really like it, wish they put them on these cars in my part of the world.

Megafast13

Ahh that's gonna look sick when your done. It makes a huge difference.

DixonPai

iTrader: (3)

nice, but why oem mounts? haha

Jeremy-KY

Here's the reply that I got from BC Racing asking them if there was upper mounts available.

BC Racing says to use OEM mounts, that's' what I'll use based on the manufacturers recommendations.

es30000000

Nice! looking forward to see the write-up, and good luck on the install!

Jeremy-KY

Hi everyone again, progress has been a bit slow due to work and helping my dad, however, today I have a small update to share


So far today I managed to get the the rear upper mounts installed on the coilovers, pictured below:


Upper Mount View


More pictures to come soon.


All that's left to get right now are the front mounts, Unfortunately I couldn't afford to pick up the front mounts today, however I will get those at the end of this month.

I'm aiming to have the install completed before the middle of July.

I'll keep you posted.

xXTimmayXx

How low will they make it?

Jeremy-KY

They probably can go low enough to most likely stop your front wheels from turning. So my guess 4~5 inches of lowering, or more.

I do apologize though since I don't really have actual figures for you, I'm learning as I go along, these are my first set of coilovers that I've ever owned.

My lowering goals are to keep near stock height at the rear, probably 1 1/2 inch lower, and have the front lowered by about 2~2 1/2 inches the most to eliminate some of the fender gap.

EEngineer

wtf?
why doesn't ur coilovers have pillow ball mounts?
mine did
for what model did u order?

EEngineer

here's my set

Jeremy-KY

Hi EEngineer,

I think your vehicle is an VCV10 Lexus ES300 (2ES), My vehicle is a Toyota Windom which is a MCV21 which is a (3ES), The Lexus Equivalent would be the MCV20. Could this be the reason why yours is different?

My kit is SKU #R-13, for an MCV20 Lexus ES300 BR-RN, which does not come with upper pillow-ball mounts.

Also, see post #7 in this thread, I've also asked that very same question to BC Racing themselves, the reply they sent me is posted there.


I believe ESeries300, another member here also has this very same kit, and they as well, did not come with upper pillow-ball mounts, so OEM mounts had to be used.

kphu

iTrader: (8)

brotha jky wasssuppp? Nice coilovers man!!! Can't wait to see them on!