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project trueno · 09-01-2002, 09:25 PM

what is that thing circled in red? i want to install the GT-S oem strut bar but its in the way! :o did you guys relocated it somewhere?

also if you DID install the oem strut bar on your SR5, did you drill the 2 holes again on the firewall? (circled in green)

thank you

toymaniac · 09-01-2002, 11:12 PM

yeah me to i was wandering.....

but i got a solution ......an expensive one but it will work......

this winter i'm droping (well.... a friend of mine ) a 4age j-spec (with tvis) in there so i dont have to mess with that thing.....

i dont know about the firewall....shouldn't be a problem i my opinion...

hey by the way how many of you guys have a rear sway bar?? cuze some of us in montreal do have them and some dont on our sr5?????
we are a little bit confused over here!!!
all gts's have them but not all sr5??
tanks!

CanadaGTS · 09-02-2002, 10:12 AM

for the rear sway bars. I think it depends when your car was made and at what factory. Cuz my sr5 was made in november 1987. I think i was the experimental first version of the sr5! so from 1988 and on they have sway bar if they were made in the factory with other sports car like the gts, mr2, celica etc, and the ones with out where made at the family car factory. I think. Cuz Gm did that with one of there car on another piece of the car. This is just my opinion!

toymaniac · 09-02-2002, 10:19 AM

yeah but xenon as a 91 sr5 and he said he didn't have one.... :-?

CanadaGTS · 09-02-2002, 10:27 AM

Ok then it has to be different factories. Is there a way to find out or does anyone know where toyota made or had it factories for the SR5 in canada and the us?

toymaniac · 09-02-2002, 01:46 PM

they were all made in japan.....

only the 4 doors models were made in canada /ontario......except the LE was made in japan to....

project trueno · 09-03-2002, 08:05 PM

bump

come on....none of you SR5ers installed the oem tower brace?? ANYONE??? XENON????

?

project trueno · 09-04-2002, 03:02 PM

what do you call the shapes on a camel's back??

BUMPS

CanadaGTS · 09-04-2002, 05:30 PM

it a big job to do cuz for my sr5 the break fluid container is in the way, along with the piece in the picture also i have something else in the other side passenger side that in the way also. cuz i wanted to do it also, but after seeing what i have to move it look like a big headache. also my sr5 is carb it maybe a different setup in your engine bay if your sr5 is efi. If your able to do it i would like know how you did it and where you placed the items after.

project trueno · 09-04-2002, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadaGTS

it a big job to do cuz for my sr5 the break fluid container is in the way, along with the piece in the picture also i have something else in the other side passenger side that in the way also. cuz i wanted to do it also, but after seeing what i have to move it look like a big headache. also my sr5 is carb it maybe a different setup in your engine bay if your sr5 is efi. If your able to do it i would like know how you did it and where you placed the items after.

yes my SR5 is efi, i'm not too sure but i thought xenon has the oem bar on his SR5, and its EFI too, hopefully he sees this...

so i'll be BUMPIN here and BUMPIN there (so much traffic in the corolla forum these days!!)

^

Xenon · 09-06-2002, 12:41 AM

Hi there guys and thank you Prject Trueno for bringing this to my attention!

First of all, what are you guys talking about here. Sway bars and strut tower bars are too totally different thing!

I have a 1990 Toyota Corolla SR5 and it's a 4AFE EFI, I have installed the GTS strut bar on and I had no problems.. That peace circled in red is in my car as weel, all I did was move down and use a self tapping screw to mount it just below the strut bar. Other than that I had no objects in the way and the strut bar fit no problem, except of course I had to lift the car up on a hoist and loosen up all 6 strut mount in the engine bay. And re-drilling the existing holes that were covered with sheet metal by Toyota to avoid corrosion!

From my experience, I've never yet come across any 88-91 SR5 with a factory strut bar? But maybe there is! And my car was made in Japan and not the US.

toymaniac · 09-06-2002, 03:08 PM

we know sr5 did not come with strut bars....!!!!!! only the gts does have them stock!

i was just pointing out that my car came with a rear sway bar stock and some of the sr5 in our club in montreal have them and some dont we (adriaan and me ) were wundering if you guys have a rear sway bar ...
and we were trying to understand why???

one of my friends is working at the parts counter at a toyota dealer and says that evry ae92 sr5 and gts should have a rear sway bar ....

as for the strut bar i can not put one on my car cuze i have a carb 4af and the air filter is in te way of the bar.... and on the firewallthere is two things that i must move to put the oem bar therefor me and rolla pat will do a costum one....