im getting custom made coilovers for my 162 and they guy asked me if it a series 1 or series 2, i have no idea can anybody tell me the difference
correct except post started mid 87 so there are some 87 pres. theres a fair few little drifferences aestetically. different rims. front grill, rear lights (wich are the easiest to notice) for post- (88-89) the front grill on the bottom section is all one long black piece. the tail lights have a horizontal line through the middle divinding thems for pre- (86-87) the bottom section has 2 grey panels that line up with the front indicators. for the rear lights they are all one piece with no dividing line inbetween them.
There's no suspension difference that I know of between ST-162 86-87 vs. 88-89. ST-165's did differ abit from st162's though.
First series have camber adjustment bolts, black vents on the side of the tail light older style interior and a few other small stuff. The second series have the orange vent on the side taillight. and the rear bottom mount of the struts are different
- How? All rear hubs are the same, including the Camry and Corona's and ST182, 202? All JDM have front adjusting bolts apart from AT160 etc with rear drums and 4 bolt hubs? Which means: Series 1 would be 4 bolt (85-86) Series 2 5 bolt (85-87) Series 3 5 bolt (88-89)
the camber adjustment bolts make no difference to the strut, as they are "cut-in" to the knuckle. the knuckle is the change not the struts, but its the same width with/with out the adjusters. in other words pre/post are all the same strut. -the holes in the strut housing are also the same. neither is notched for adjusment. they all have enough play in the round hole for normal adjustment, the knuckle with adjusters just allows a bit more. i got -1.5 front, and -1.25 rear with the stock adjusters...way out of normal spec, id suspect thats why it went away.
