[gavin]

This has been a long time coming and I suppose its better late than never.

A lot of people have asked how to convert the 2nd gen Tokico Illuminas for use for the 1st gen, well here is a quick and dirty procedure based on my own illumina installation. take it as you will and remember this is a recepie, so if necessary, adjust the ingredients to taste.

Now, youll need a few items to get this all done..

-purchace 2nd gen Tokico illumina
- Factory service manual
-Spring compressor(these can be rented at most auto stores)
-A jack and jack stands(a lift would be ideal)
-Assorted hand tools(ratchects, breaker bars, sockets, etc.)
-Air tools(this is a maybe, but it makes life a lot easier)
-dremmel, grinders, cutoff wheels

Ration out some time to do this project. A weekend will be more than enough, but a bit of prep time will be necessary leading up the installation.

Hey…while you are down there, how are your control arms doing? Boots in good shape? What about the steering tie rods? Might as well make a project of it.

Ill did a lot to my illuminas. Most of what I did I do not expect everyone to do, so I will be separating things a bit to suit some possible directions to build the illuminas. Hopefully this will suit the various tastes of people on the board. Think of it as “choose your own adventure”.

Illuminas (alone with stock springs/mounts)
Illuminas and coilover sleeves (with stock upper mounts)
Illuminas, coilover sleeves and camber plates

Lets get to it then.