GAZ gold are fully adjustable and about 75 quid each for rears. Mine were 50 quid 9 years ago and still going strong. Absolutely masses of adjustment hard to soft, about 48 clicks!

Stuart

I completely forgot about Gaz shocks, there was a far east brand that I can't remember that make shocks for the 944 as well but everything I've read says they are terrible quality and don't last long.

Still haven't fitted my Bilsteins, too scared that either the bolt won't come undone or I uncover some hidden corrosion

It's not normally a problem,

You were right - the part of the arch where the top bolt goes through does look strange but I realised it is meant to be like this after I removed it so as to recess the bolt head and keep it away from the wheel and tyre. Top mounts were fine with just a little surface rust which I can deal with another time, I'd even bought new bolts, the old ones were perfectly reusable but I stuck the new ones in as I had them. Car feels great now - hadn't driven it much prior to changing them though but they did look like the originals so was definitely worth it!

So, you just changed the rear B6 shocks & it feels better still with the factory fronts? was thinking of doping that until I get the chance to do the front struts.

you shoud do the botton bolts up to spec with weight on the wheels, to stop it twisting the bushes in the ends of the shocks too much