rinatm Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Hi all, good to be back My 1993 brat (2wd) need new air shocks - both front and rear I dont wanna use the original crap (and I am sorry, but it IS crap). on the other hand - I am not planning on wasting 1000$ on a set. Can someone please recommend a good online store I can buy decent ones? are those on Ebay will fit mine? are they any good? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7929471471&category=33590 many thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Well, that looks like a Gen 1 BRAT, and you have a rare non-USA market BRAT if it is truely a 1993 model year. I can't remember when they stopped producing BRATs for the USA, sometime in the late 1980's I believe. Also, I never knew of or saw a BRAT with air suspension, do you have any pictures that you can post??? Corky Hi all, good to be back My 1993 brat (2wd) need new air shocks - both front and rear I dont wanna use the original crap (and I am sorry, but it IS crap). on the other hand - I am not planning on wasting 1000$ on a set. Can someone please recommend a good online store I can buy decent ones? are those on Ebay will fit mine? are they any good? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7929471471&category=33590 many thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinatm Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 Well, here in Israel we got the brat till 1994. it is a true 1993. Thing is, i have no knowladge about the kind of the shock absorbers in my brat. I was just wondering if there is any aftermarket air suspensions ones - becasue I really dont wanna use the original... thank you. Well, that looks like a Gen 1 BRAT, and you have a rare non-USA market BRAT if it is truely a 1993 model year. I can't remember when they stopped producing BRATs for the USA, sometime in the late 1980's I believe. Also, I never knew of or saw a BRAT with air suspension, do you have any pictures that you can post???Corky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinatm Posted October 24, 2004 Author Share Posted October 24, 2004 Guys, any chance someone can recommend me some after market absorbers ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Carb Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 unless the body significantly changed in the 90's on brats, I bet it's still running on ea81 body style suspention. And in my experience, Brats are the best handling ea81 body style subarus out of all of them, even though they have the same suspention. But, if your looking into air shocks for that age of a body style, you are probably looking into alot of custom work to be done. In the usa, I believe brats had the same body style from 81 and up, I think the last year was 87 for the brats, I haven't seen anything later than 87, in the usa. So you may want to look at 86 brat stuff to get in the right neighborhood for parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 Monroe makes a fairly generic set of air shocks that could be modified relatively easily (screw plate adapted to the top eyelet). Just need to make sure you get shocks with correct travel for your application. Don't know anything about their overseas availability, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 KYB GR2's are the best you can buy for the $! I know...i use them on my autocross beast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tappermanor Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 You don't mean air suspension, I don't think. The link you gave for ebay is just a traditional gas strut. Air suspension, means a compressor, tank, airbag shocks, computer, ect., that were available on suby XTS, XT6s and wagons, perhaps more? Anyway, those ebay ones should be fine. Tapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 And in my experience, Brats are the best handling ea81 body style subarus out of all of them, even though they have the same suspention. How do you figure that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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