All of the adjustable shocks that were made for the MK2 Supra have been discontinued years ago, however there is still hope. With a little modification the rear struts from a second generation MR2 will work quite well. I chose to use the KYB AGX brand however Koni offers a top adjustable shock for this application also. The struts offer approximately and inch less travel over the stock shocks, however on a car with higher rate springs and swaybar the extra inch of travel is really not necessary. The part number for these struts is 765016.

The upper mount of these struts will fit exactly like stock with no modifications whatsoever. The bottom of the strut tube will need to have spacers added to make up for the difference in length between the MR2 Struts and the stock Supra struts. The easiest way to do this is with some large washers. A trip to my local home improvement center yielded 1- 3/4" diameter washers that I used. I purchased a bag of 25 for ~$5.

I has to grind a little material off of the edge of the washers in order to get them to slide smoothly down into the strut tube. Once you have them fitting nicely it helps to use a dowel to help the washers slide straight down the tube, if you don't have a dowel it may take a little trial land error to make them get all the way to the bottom flat. Keep sliding washers down the tube and test fitting the strut until you have enough to properly secure the strut with your original nut. It took 6 or 7 washers to get the right fit on mine. Once you have it fitting right tighten down the upper nut well and reassemble your struts. Don't forget to reinstall the bump stops, they will keep you from damaging your new struts just in case you ever do bottom them out. Here is a picture of them on the car with the adjuster knob sticking out of the top of the strut mount. These shocks have 4 levels of adjustment. Setting number 1 gives a very firm ride and by the time you get to number 4 it is hard as a rock.

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