Toyota MR2 Message Board - View Single Post - 1991 suspension V.S. 1993 suspension (USA Car)

KaDuWin · 03-29-2008, 02:08 PM

Hye I just wanted to let you know I have a 91 NA and was driving with a dead suspenion for 3 years and even under extreme driving conditions, i.e cornering at 95 with 16in Pirelli PZero Assimetricos on the car, the car never screached, never tried to skid, never went out, never understeered, never needed to be corrected never gave me any issues, even with snow tires the only the way I was ever able to get the rear end to come out (and it came out only a little bit and I mean very very small amount) was in the rain after giving the car too much lock and too much throttle, and I had to try and throw the back end of my car out. Don't be afraid of what these people say about first Gen of the MR2 MKII most people like to think that they know how to drive a car well but they don't as long as you respect the car you'll be more than fine. Also don't neglect putting a good set of grippy tires on the car, most people run complete garbage tires usually all-weathers and think they will be fine. If you wonna corner shed out some extra dough and get some performance tires. One more thing to to keep in mind is that most people that lose control of the MR2 alos mismatch the tire size and end up putting the same size tire on the front and rear of the car and it is their own stupidity which helps contribute to them losing control. I highly recommend Dunlop Direzza's and Pirelli PZero's, However STAY AWAY FROM YOKOHAMA AVS ES100s they in my opinion blow big time and can't grip for anything.

Having said that. I personally love the nonstop over steer I get on my MR2, I love it so much that I replaced the stock Tokico (garbage shocks) with the same suspension which was found on the G-Limited which is heavy duty Bilsteins, (doubled the cartridge pressure in each shock from the original 240PSI to 415PSI in the Bilsteins) I upgraded to 16 inch Mille Miglia rims front and rear running 7.5in wide rims rear and 7.0in wide front then this year after replacing the Yokohomas (which sucked) I wanted more aggressiveness so I went with a Dunlop Dirrezza Sport tire. I couldn't get 45 height on my 16 inch rim (they don't make my sizes 205/45/16FRONT and 225/45/16REAR) so I instead ran 50 height and the car s even better with this tread height than before. Good luck with your MR2.

03-29-2008, 02:08 PM	#33 (permalink)
KaDuWin KaDuWin Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 163 Thanks: 15 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Hye I just wanted to let you know I have a 91 NA and was driving with a dead suspenion for 3 years and even under extreme driving conditions, i.e cornering at 95 with 16in Pirelli PZero Assimetricos on the car, the car never screached, never tried to skid, never went out, never understeered, never needed to be corrected never gave me any issues, even with snow tires the only the way I was ever able to get the rear end to come out (and it came out only a little bit and I mean very very small amount) was in the rain after giving the car too much lock and too much throttle, and I had to try and throw the back end of my car out. Don't be afraid of what these people say about first Gen of the MR2 MKII most people like to think that they know how to drive a car well but they don't as long as you respect the car you'll be more than fine. Also don't neglect putting a good set of grippy tires on the car, most people run complete garbage tires usually all-weathers and think they will be fine. If you wonna corner shed out some extra dough and get some performance tires. One more thing to to keep in mind is that most people that lose control of the MR2 alos mismatch the tire size and end up putting the same size tire on the front and rear of the car and it is their own stupidity which helps contribute to them losing control. I highly recommend Dunlop Direzza's and Pirelli PZero's, However STAY AWAY FROM YOKOHAMA AVS ES100s they in my opinion blow big time and can't grip for anything. Having said that. I personally love the nonstop over steer I get on my MR2, I love it so much that I replaced the stock Tokico (garbage shocks) with the same suspension which was found on the G-Limited which is heavy duty Bilsteins, (doubled the cartridge pressure in each shock from the original 240PSI to 415PSI in the Bilsteins) I upgraded to 16 inch Mille Miglia rims front and rear running 7.5in wide rims rear and 7.0in wide front then this year after replacing the Yokohomas (which sucked) I wanted more aggressiveness so I went with a Dunlop Dirrezza Sport tire. I couldn't get 45 height on my 16 inch rim (they don't make my sizes 205/45/16FRONT and 225/45/16REAR) so I instead ran 50 height and the car s even better with this tread height than before. Good luck with your MR2.