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 Post subject: Re: Bilstein B6 Rear Shocks for 944 Turbo Cheap on Amazon
PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:31 am 
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Waylander wrote:
Changed my rears for B6 that was an improvement, then I replaced all the rear ARB bushes that made a huge difference almost cured the wallow in high speed long corners like motorway slip ramps

The next step would be inner trailing arm bushes and spring plates, they are all 30 years old and shagged out


Have you already done the front shocks? What do you do to the spring plates?


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:58 pm 
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the fronts are brand new porsche items, when they get a bit worn they will be gutted for B6 inserts, nice new casings....

the spring plates will be replaced with the items from partworks.de, remade with the correct hardness rubber cast on to new plates £500 for two including all the hardware,

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 Post subject: Re: Bilstein B6 Rear Shocks for 944 Turbo Cheap on Amazon
PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:59 pm 
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Waylander wrote:
the fronts are brand new porsche items, when they get a bit worn they will be gutted for B6 inserts, nice new casings....

the spring plates will be replaced with the items from partworks.de, remade with the correct hardness rubber cast on to new plates £500 for two including all the hardware,


Following in your foot steps :D

My fronts were new porsche too and will get the inserts when the time comes - I've got a watch setup on Amazon using the camelcamelcamel app to let me know when the price drops.

Not sure when I will get round to dropping the rear suspension and transmission.... want to get it all renewed where necessary, cleaned up and various bits painted.


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 Post subject: Re: Bilstein B6 Rear Shocks for 944 Turbo Cheap on Amazon
PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:43 pm 
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Completely refreshing the rear suspension is very worthwhile but a big job, see pics. I've done it a couple of times on different cars, can be done at home on stands but rope in some extra hands and give yourself plenty of time especially if you plan on repainting / refurb'ing components.


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