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I like that dark blue, is it the same as Midnight Blue on the 968 looks close, lovely car by the way looks great

Thanks for comments Waylander

Looking at "Blue 968's" on Google they all appear a bit lighter blue mine is more a deep royal blue if that makes sense !

In preparation for our trip to Dinslaken Porsche Show 2015 I finally am getting round to paying some attention to my S2

Today I have fitted a Digital Clock repair screen

About and hour and job done !

btw:- clock was fine last year it "clouded" during the winter months

Heres a pic of the repair kit I used (£35 off the Bay of E)

Managed to get round today to begin fitting my new Bilstein shock upgrade

Removed the old original units and whilst they had OK compression they had very poor rebound

Bilsteins have excellent compression and fast smooth rebound

Just need to finish off tomorrow and fit lower mount bolt

Then move onto sorting out a method of fitting the front inserts to the "crimped" S2 struts

Rear shocks all finished

Rear pads removed, calipers cleaned and park brake adjusted

All good

Front brake calipers cleaned and new shims fitted

Just need to sort out the front struts now and all ready for Dinslaken 2015 in Apr/May

My 1991 built 944 S2 has "crimped" front suspension struts and as such the options for upgrades are limited

The only kit I have seen other than Porsche standard units is an adjustable Koni Kit

As I prefer to have non-adjustable "Plug and Play" front and rear suspension then Bilsteins are my only choice
but they are only available for earlier strut casing with a screw top

So having a pair of worn out front struts to play with (many thanks Chris from Manchester) I have set about stripping the units

Well the top cap is for decoration only as the 4 crimps are the made with the strut tube

More pics will follow but my lamb dinner is a calling - lol

Dave

Have you seen my earlier post re a mod for fitting B6 strut inserts into crimped S2 housings? It includes pics of the modifications in stages - I did it three years and 15,000 miles ago and can confirm B5 are still my favourite over Koni and Spax

Look here:

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18605

Cheers Rob

Excellent work sir !

I guessed I couldnt be the first person to try to upgrade to "Billies" - lol

My aim is to provide a collar that can be welded to the original strut tube

Hope to see my CNC man this wek - will keep you informed

You could do that - it would be a pucker job. Do keep the drawings from the job if you do as other people will follow...

My S2 is the same blue with grey interior as yours - nice combo isn't it

Its the best - lol lol

All the remains of the original shock absorber now removed

Oil was black and had a badly burnt smell

Also note the shattered "piston ring" from around the damper piston

Dont think that was working very well !

I better go put the kettle on at my friends CNC shop

that certainly looks like it was more than due for replacement, great idea if you make collars available to all,

someone on the 968 forum is about to this job as well.

Bet it will make my job look very agricultural... I'll be in the queue if its available to all at a reasonable price

Very interested!

Rob

Right after a couple of coffees at the engineers we now have 2 solutions

1/ An internal sleeve (similar to what others are doing with "cut off" old strut threads)

2/ An external collar that fits over the original strut

The internal sleeve will look more "OE" when finished

But the external collar will allow the Bilstein protective bellows (supplied with the insert) to be secured correctly

I will also be fitting a nylon sleeve lower down inside the strut casing to centralise the insert

Have even sourced a RAL powder coat colour that is similar to Bilsteins

I aim to media blast the casing, attach the adaptor, powder coat the strut and fit the insert - job done

What may be feasible is strut casings converted on an exchange basis