"Cheap" coilovers- diy style

[NoHachi]

Have a bit of information for you guys:

Coiloversleeves from a mitsu eclipse (1989-92) fit the AE86 strut casing. Basically you get 2 sets of sleeves, two for the front, two for the back. The front ones are slightly longer then the rears, but both will work (enough to do two cars). Both front and rear springs supplied with the kit are to short for AE86 use, so you would need to order some springs elsewhere. Other good news is that they sell Eclipse kits with helper-springs. this would be a solution for all the people having problems with keeping the springs captive. Helper springs supplied with kits will work.

Now the good news: Kit prices run from 2$ with around 40$ shipping in the US. Kits with helper springs run around 200bucks, so not that cheap.

Approximate cost of entire setup for two AE86's:
1 Eclipse sleeveset: 42$+shipping
2 2 sets of springs: around 100$+shipping
Total: ~70$/car +shipping

See ebay for large amount of sellers etc.