Are these worth the effort.....

[wotugonado]

So got these off eBay a while back, I know they're not a complete set but I can use the matching pair
they need a clean up, and the rubber seems to have split

My questions are,
can the rubber be replaced?
Are they useable as they are? 
Which ones do they replace?
Or are they for the scrap bin?

[s12vea]

I can't see the pictures on my iPad just two small white squares

[Brizee67]

I can see the images on my iPhone no problem


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[wotugonado]

Weird! The pics seem ok to me too. Any one else not seeing them?

[1979scotte]

Pics are fine.
Arms look like they have seen better days.
I would only use the matching pair.
Lower trailing arms I think.
Top speed

http://topspeedauto.com/toyota-mr2-mrs-spyder-2000-2005-adjustable-rear-lower-trailing-arm/

[wotugonado]

Pics are fine.
Arms look like they have seen better days.
I would only use the matching pair.
Lower trailing arms I think.
Top speed

http://topspeedauto.com/toyota-mr2-mrs-spyder-2000-2005-adjustable-rear-lower-trailing-arm/

Cheers, yeah I'd only use the matching pair of arms, but I can strip the others for spare bits.
Nice! if they're worth that much (I got them for next to nothing) i might persevere with them. Anyone have a rough idea of powder coating costs for the top 2 arms in the pic above ?
I see on the topspeed pics they don't have the rubber, can they be run without them

[8thumpers]

Pics are fine.
Arms look like they have seen better days.
I would only use the matching pair.
Lower trailing arms I think.
Top speed

http://topspeedauto.com/toyota-mr2-mrs-spyder-2000-2005-adjustable-rear-lower-trailing-arm/

Cheers, yeah I'd only use the matching pair of arms, but I can strip the others for spare bits.
Nice! if they're worth that much (I got them for next to nothing) i might persevere with them. Anyone have a rough idea of powder coating costs for the top 2 arms in the pic above ?
I see on the topspeed pics they don't have the rubber, can they be run without them

Topspeed arms have spherical joints which are different to your bushed arms. You def need poly or rubber bushes in yours.

[s12vea]

I'm using safari not the Tapatalk will check Tapatalk

[s12vea]

Tapatalk shows them, but safari doesn't how strange.


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[wotugonado]

Tapatalk shows them, but safari doesn't how strange.


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Wonder why that is, they're hosted through imgur if that makes a difference.

[wotugonado]

So I sacrificed one to have a better look. The rubber appears to be bonded to the arm, basically disintegrated when I pulled on it. The outer metal sections  pulled out and  Inside there's a movable joint held in by circlips. I'd need to remove this before powder coating, can't see how I'd get it out though even with the circlips removed.

[s12vea]

Tapatalk shows them, but safari doesn't how strange.


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Wonder why that is, they're hosted through imgur if that makes a difference.

Strange how on iPad safari can't view but on tapatalk no issues

[8thumpers]

So I sacrificed one to have a better look. The rubber appears to be bonded to the arm, basically disintegrated when I pulled on it. The outer metal sections  pulled out and  Inside there's a movable joint held in by circlips. I'd need to remove this before powder coating, can't see how I'd get it out though even with the circlips removed.

Are they machine pressed in/out?

[wotugonado]

Could well be the case. If they are I think I'll just unscrew the ball joint end and hammerite them and just get the fork section and main body powdercoated.......

[8thumpers]

Could well be the case. If they are I think I'll just unscrew the ends and hammerite them and just get the fork section powdercoated.......

The rubbers are just dust covers then? In which case they are spherical joints I'm guessing - you may be able to get new dust covers for minimal cost.

[wotugonado]

It does look like they are, I found some rubber grommets online that look like they could well do the job of dust covers, I'll probably have a play round with the dismantled one and see how I get on.