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Sep 11, 2003 - 7:17 PM

Coomer

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Hey guys,
Last night I emailed Tanabe about some stuff on their US website, and today I received a reply, which is quoted below.

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Okay,

Sorry about the confusion on the chassis codes, our website is still under development and some of the chassis codes may be incorrect.

We are still in the R&D stage for producing parts for the 94-99 Celica. First week of October, we will be doing another round of R&D and performing the final test fitting of our springs.

The swaybars are still in prototype stage and the tentative date for test fitting for those is early November. Our swaybars are chromoly construction and come with replacement bushings, as well as brackets on certain applications. I’m anticipating the diameter for the front to be from 27-30.4mm with the rear being 20-24mm.

The coil overs are already in production in limited numbers in Japan, but are not available in the US currently. If they are pre-ordered, they will be available as early as October.

All parts will fit the US 94-99 Celica.

Basically, availability will be as follows:

Sustec Pro S-0C - October (with September pre-order)

Sustec Pro S-0C Type II - October (with September pre-order)

NF210 - October

GF210 - October

DF210 - October

Sustec Stabilizer (F+R) - December – January

Super Medalion Hyper - TBA (poss January)

Super Medalion Racing - TBA (poss January)

We were able to achieve a 6.7whp gain (Turbo Magazine) on the '00+ Celica with the Super Medalion Racing and I believe we have plans on developing a catback exhaust system for the 94-99 Celica.

We will be in need of quality test cars for our R&D team, and if you have any stock vehicles in good condition around the South Bay Los Angeles/Torrance area, please give us a call.

This is great news! Tanabe is producing parts that will be available in the US for our cars!

If your car is stock and in good condition, you're located in the South Bay Los Angeles/Torrance area, and you'd be interested in helping Tanabe out with research and development, please PM me or email me, and include information about your car, where you're located, contact information(like an email address and phone number so Tanabe can get a hold of you), and photos if possible. You may get your car dynoed for free or get discounts or free parts, but I'm not sure yet. I emailed Tanabe back and I'm waiting for their reply still.

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New Toyota project coming soon...

Sep 11, 2003 - 8:46 PM
ghostdog View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	Coomer, thats awesome man! We should definetly get a group buy on those sway bars once they come out

Sep 11, 2003 - 9:11 PM
Coomer View Member Profile Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%)	Yeah, that'd be awesome! I just got another email from Tanabe, and they said that everyone who participates in their research and development program will get to keep the part tested if it's in the final pre-production test fitment stage. If the part is a prototype though, the testers won't be able to keep them. If some of you wanted to have the Tanabe springs test-fitted on your car in October, you'd be able to keep them. -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...

Sep 11, 2003 - 10:55 PM
Drunken_Style View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Nov 27, '02 From Charlotte, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	awesome news -------------------- Black 1996 Celica GT Convertible For Sale Alpine Silver Lexus GS300

Sep 11, 2003 - 10:57 PM
97sccelica View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Anaheim, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	hrm, i live in the LA area. but what do they mean by stock? fully stock or stock in regards to the car's suspension? -------------------- 1994 Celica GT4 WRC Edition @gt4.wrc on Instagram

Sep 11, 2003 - 11:15 PM
TunerHawk View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Jun 26, '03 From Los Angeles Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	I have a completly stock 98 GT hatchback. It has 60,000 miles on it, and is in great condition. I would be willing to give it up. I live 20 minutes from Torrance. PM me back. I so want in on this action!! This post has been edited by TunerHawk: Sep 11, 2003 - 11:25 PM

Sep 11, 2003 - 11:20 PM
NYCelica View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Jul 13, '03 From NY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	thats Awesome! -------------------- Sold my Celica....

Sep 11, 2003 - 11:37 PM
capncrakhed View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Jan 4, '03 From North Carolina Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	YES YES YES!!!!! Coomer....that rules man i helped a friend install his Tanabe Medallion cat back last week on his del-sol seriously guys...it sounds mean....nice and deep and when you slam the gas it sounds terrific....and he dynopacked it and got about 8 hp out of it this is great news especially since Greddy is taking their sweet time with the sp2 exhaust

Sep 12, 2003 - 12:57 AM
FallenHero View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%)	Hey Coomer, who's the man for finding those tanabe parts!!! Tis me Tis me, for I'm the best, you see? lol (By the By, that's Very Very good news!!! Why don't they have a place in alabama, lol) Jon

Sep 12, 2003 - 1:03 AM
LuDaChRiS View Member Profile Enthusiast Joined May 14, '03 From Carson to Riverside, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)	ohh man this is awesome. i live in carson, the next city over from torrance. but im going away to college soon!!! damn. i wonder if i can still take part in the testing?!?! peace.

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