Peter

Tried Cox Honda, only had rear dampers not front, which is a bit strange. Not sure if there is a supply issue as the import special failed from his normal websites too. The dampers from http://jp-carparts.com/ are new, unfortunately no response front the couple of Elysions if could find being broken. I could find one used damper from the links above but would rather replace in a pair. My car has a nice set of custom fitted seat covers you could almost believe they were leather, does anyone know where they might have come from? The drivers seat cover is quite worn and could do with replacement.

Excellent thanks for the research Hughezee. I bottled out on getting coilovers and found supplier who could post the original dampers 51605-SJL-023 from Japan http://jp-carparts.com/ seems rather old fashioned as you have to contact them to get a quote but possibly just because of the different postage rates across the world. Hopefully they have fast postage, not cheap as it has cost me almost £400, I should have thought about this before buying a JDM car. The recommendation from the garage was to by a Toyota Alphard/Vellfire as you can buy import parts from Toyota UK with no problems.

Hi PTR200S, do you have any details of your Bilstein set up (which series) and what the rough cost was. Just thinking about pressing the button on the TEIN set ep as they seem to have the softest springs of any coilovers. Cheers Peter

Thanks for the links, I had spotted one (which only has one side) but not the other as it stepwagon in the title. I've messaged a couple one cars being broken. The mot failure says: Nearside Front Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) Offside Front Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) Which is quite bad. Has anyone tried coilovers on their Elysion? Seems strange that I have a choice of five different coilovers but no standard aftermarket dampers! Don't really was to lower the car. I was looking at TEIN street Coilovers anyone tried them? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314039612335?

I've just put the car in for mot and it has failed for both front dampers and garage has quoted 51605-sjl-023 as the part number but cannot find any. Anyone know where they are available the only options seem to be used ones from Japan (high postage) or a complete new set of aftermarket performance springs and dampers?