philmorrison

Finally found the time to get my Aristo back together in and around building our 2JZ powered S15 Silvia.

I've still got to MOT it, but I'm really happy with the look with the new T&E Vertex aero fitted. I'm sure I'll be getting pulled over by the police quite often, as it's the type of car that makes you look like you're up to no good :D

Okay, found a bit of time today, and as above I can confirm that they do not fit .. Well to be more specific, the front discs and calipers 100% fit, I have them on the car sitting pretty. They obviously require the brake shield to be removed, but that's quite easy with the aid of a trusty angle grinder.

The rears are the problem. The distance between the mounts on the hub is roughly 1" closer together than the distance on the UK Supra caliper... Absolutely bloody fantastic! After spending £150 on rear calipers, £170 on rear discs, and £65 on pads I was pretty chuffed to find that out :tsktsk: ..

Oh well, I'm not giving up that easily, and I'll be chopping stuff up and making brackets tomorrow to see if I can get them to fit in a safe way. Unfortunately that means that unless your particularly handy with fabrication, the answer is: Fronts = yep no problem, Rears = nope I'm afraid not.

Hi guys,

I am upgrading the front calipers on my mk2 Aristo to the 4 pot Supra calipers due to a good deal. :) I do not want to mess with the brake balance too much so would like to fit the 2 pot rears too.

Does anyone know if these are a direct fit on the mk2? I thought they were but today while doing some research, I have read that their might be a fitment issue with the rears but can not find what it is!

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Anees :)

I'll be able to tell you in a week or so. I'm just waiting for some rear discs to be delivered. I really hope there isn't any issue. I presumed the setup on a Mk2 to be the same as the Jspec Supra. Maybe a little naive.

I'm really getting somewhere with the repair to my crash damaged mk2 now. I just need both front lower arms for the drives side. I don't suppose anyone knows of a breaker MK2 Aristo or GS300 other than the champagne one on eBay?

Or does anyone know if the arms are the same as any other Toyota? like the old Aristo/GS300 or a Soarer or something?

I have just one DVD.. European & Japanese up to Jan 2006

John

Does yours work for the Aristo? What details are you putting in to get it to work?

Ahh okay, I have a download, which I think consists of 4 discs. The EPC program and 3 data discs.. It must have been specifically compiled just for a Supra I guess.

Okay, I've tried that in the model/catalogue field and it says "Appropriate vehicle cannot be found".

I presume I don't have the information file or something?..

Info:

I have the European Area Version, and the Japanese Area Version installed, and 3 files totalling 3.16gb on the Cdrive., TMCEPCW2 TMCMSTW2 TMCTMPW2

I've finally managed to get my head around the Toyota EPC searching for JZA80 parts, but I could really do with finding some Aristo specific part numbers. Do I need to add an Aristo folder? or is it under Lexus and I need a code or something?

Edit to add: For that matter, it'd be useful to get it working for my JZX100 as well.

Any help appreciated :)..

Sorted thanks :)

It's 205

How do you find the paint code for an Aristo? It's a Mk2 1999 Aristo Vertex in black. Does anyone know the paint code?

Cheers :)

What's the best way to increase the negative camber dramatically on the front of a Mk2 Aristo? Ideally I'd like to bring the top of the wheel in rather than the bottom of the wheel out, but I fear it's unlikely to work this way if it's like the other Toyota suspension setups I've seen.

Chips--91 Aristo Twin Turbo auto MK I

Ahhh--92 Aristo Twin Turbo auto MK I---Cambridge

Norkep--93 Aristo Twin Turbo auto MK I

Dave E-- Aristo Vertex V300 auto MK II

Yoshi - Aristo Vertex V300 AUTO MK.II

Tempo-- 1993 and 1995 Aristo Twin Turbo Auto MK I

Rallure -- 1992 Aristo Twin Turbo mk I

Peejay -- 1995 Aristo Twin Turbo auto MK I - Portsmouth

Paul Reece -- Aristo Vertex V300 Auto MK II

Mattanna -- 95 Aristo Twin Turbo Mk I Vertex badged as gs 300

Aristopheles -- 1994 Mk1 Aristo V300 Twin Turbo - Central London

gsw--1993 Mk1 Aristo twin turbo - manchester

Leeky -- 95 Aristo Twin Turbo Auto MK1 - Reading....not for much longer though

Naz -- 1999 Aristo Vertex V300 Twin Turbo auto MK II - Manchester

skeet94 -- Aristo Vertex V300 MKII

Gazwalker -- 1999 Aristo Vertex V300 MKII

Aido -- 1999 Aristo Vertex V300 MKII - Black

Tosh--1999 Aristo Vertex V300 MKII Pearl White (FOR SALE)

M666 TJS -- 1995 MK I Aristo Vertex TT MANUAL - NE England

jimmytt -- Aristo V300 Vertex MKII - Portsmouth

Kes--1999 Aristo Vertex Mkll S300 - London

Jackal--1997 Aristo Vertex Mkll V300 - Northampton

PhilMorrison-1999 Aristo Vertex Mk2 Black - Birmingham, ex mk1 owner too.

Settings are someting that we keep quite close to our chests, but ackerman is not something that alot of people take into acount as they should.

Obviously we crave as much lock as is possible, and alot of people thing a 0* difference on full lock would be benificial. In our experience we need a bit of drag on the trailing front tyre, as it helps with faster approaches and slowing down on full lock into a corner.

On our new S15, we have some rather trick, and rather expensive roll centre corrected hub knuckles, that also change tie rod end mounting positions to improve the ackerman. We've yet to measure it on full lock yet, as the car hasn't been aligned yet, but on eye, it looks like it should be pretty perfect. Nothing matters until you see if it actually works on track though, so that'll be the moment of truth.

Haha :D. Well I have a bit of experience in pulling standard arches to fit stupid wheels. This was an S13 200sx I made for a laugh. It has 18x13" ET-10 and 18x10.5" ET+2 :D. And yes, of course the Aristo will be done properly, and won't look anywhere near as stupid :winky:

Thanks guys :)

I made a decission today. I am actually going to try to fit the wheels you see on the S15 above onto my JZS161 Aristo :D. They are 19x12 ET0 and 19x10 ET-13 haha :D wish me luck..

Hey Mat :D. Well done for yesterday mate. Teeside kicks ***** doesn't it :D

Thanks for the welcome people :)

I didn't crash the JZS161, I bought it crash damaged, and I'll be making it into a pimp 6 speed street weapon as soon as I can find some funds from somewhere. I've got most of the bits to fix it, but I'm not paying nearly £100 which I've been quoted for a second hand door handle, and I can't even find a front wing anyway.

Here's a few pictures from our stable :)

My Manual Soarer

My JZS147

My JZX100

My S15 Silvia with 2JZGTE (still a work in progress)

And a quick pic taken during the build that shows the engine placement

Here's our JZX81

Hi there :). I've tried to register and post here a couple of times without success. Hopefully it works this time :)

Over the last couple of years, we at Driftworks have taken the Nissan blinkers off, and have owned a quite a few Toyota's and Lexi.

Currently we use a JZX81 Chaser in the European Drift Championship, and my 2008 car is a Nissan Silvia S15 with a 2JZGTE pushed back through the bulkhead 30cm's.

My daily driver list over the past year and a half has been a TT manual Soarer, a 400bhp JZS147, and I currently have a JZX100 Chaser, and a black JZS161 in need of some TLC after light crash damage.

I'm in need of a drivers side front wing, and a drivers front door handle if anyone knows of anyone breaking an Aristo or mk2 GS300 :)

Many thanks

Phil Morrison