Just another quick update, unfortunately this is another non glamourous part of this build. Today im working on the suspension setup, Most of you guys out there who has built either a Fujimi or Hasegawa knows that its not uncommon for their kits to have a very high ride height, personally i dont like my cars riding like a bus especially if you drop in a set of 18' wheels. I just want to share my technique of lowering the suspension which will work with most Fujimi kits and can also be applied to suit other kits as well

The first pic below shows the MR2's interior and suspension in its test fit stage, the first thing that you notice is the front end's ride height compared to the rear end is just way too high so a little bit of surgery is required here.



This shot shows that suspension is so high that you can see the coils and struts,even my MR2 in real life dont ride this high, sometimes i wonder why Fujimi does this.



This is really a simple mod, first thing is i measure approx how much i want to drop the car, in this instance around 2.5-3mm will just tuck the wheels slightly under the guards. I cut the tops of the strut and inserted some brass tubing to replace the old stub which goes into chassis, make sure that you are precise here, use a digital or a decent vernier caliper to measure it up correctly otherwise the car wont sit flat when you re assemble the suspension.



Once you cut the tops of the struts you will also need to sleeve the bottom part of the hub carrier otherwise it will just float around, just cut a bit of brass and insert and glue in place,thats it the car has been lowered in place. While test fitting i also wanted to give the car a slight negative camber so i heated the bottom suspesion arm and bend it a fraction.



Now its time to mount the brake and caliper assembly, this was out a Tamiya kit where the polycaps are not mounted in the wheel, so i had to drill out the centres of tthe brotors out to accomodate the Fujimi wheels.



After all the mods this is how the car sits with the wheels and suspension looks,not too low but not too high, the tops of the rubber is nicely tucked under the guards.



Anyway still working through a few other things and making good progress, hope im not boring you guys with the details, i know that the suspension and tiny fidly stuff is mind numbing to read but i just want to make this project as detail as possible so that the new guys that im teaching produce decent results.

More pics and updates soon, i usually do every 2 days,thanks again for the encouragement and feedback all is appreciated. Cheers and thanks for looking!!