krazyluke

I have been offered the suspension out of my friends EF XR8 for a rather cheap price.. He has done a couple of change overs before from EF-EA & EF-ED and they worked but he is not sure whether the suspension is compatible with older models IE my 87 ZL.

Cheers, luke.

ONE39L

hmmmmmm..............at a guess id say no is would be a strut type rear end and yours would be a leaf spring type rear end somhow i doubt itd even be worth trying to make it fit

xr6wgn

Well for one thing ZL's have coil rear suspension

Krazyluke - you MIGHT get away with the rear springs as the basic setup on the sedans haven't really changed that much since the XE. The fronts though, definately won't fit as the E series have a completly different setup and the spring is a lot longer than the one on the ZL.

It might be better just to pay extra and get the right springs in the first place.

Cheers

Paul B
XR6WGN

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taximan

The rear will certainly fit but remember the ZL is a heavy car which means it will sit very low in the rear maybe to low

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61sg

yeah rear should fit but the front wont have a look at your front suspension and then his and you will see why the front are different.

EF_XR8_KID

You could try swapping it with some suspension out of a 4WD, there is a fair chance this suspension won’t fit but I’m sure it would be a fun time by all trying to fit it! Then think of all the fun times you could have in your fairy sitting at 4WD height. You could go camping, you wouldn’t have to slow down for speed bumps, you could look at cleavage while sitting at the traffic lights, when you think about the possibilities are endless.
That’s it I’ve talked myself into it, I’m going out next weekend to get quotes in turning my car into a 4WD, the first EF XR8 4WD!!

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