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Have I mis-read this bit ...?? Do you want to weld a fixed collar on to contain the cartridge, or do what Rob did and weld a new top into the old strut tube which obviates the need for a spacer and makes the struts rebuildable...??

Just asking ...

G

No probs Greggers

I will be making a threaded collar that will fit to the original strut casing to facilitate fitting of Bilstein inserts

Well Porsche OPC Sutton Coldfield done good again today

I have managed to source all the bolts, washers and fittings etc ready for when I fit my new front struts

Well plenty has happened lately

Firstly at the weekend the genuine Porsche immobiliser wouldnt operate and the car was stuck (luckily in my workshop)

So most of the dash taken out and got the immobiliser removed

The reason it failed was that a terminal had fell off in the socket that the immobiliser "key" slides into

While I was there I fitted some "anti-theft" devices !

And today I managed to get a lot more work carried out on the original S2 strut casing to facilitate the fitting of B6 Bilstein inserts

Very happy with the results and I will carrying out some powder coating tomorrow

Nice welding.

lol

Today I got the casings ready for powder coating

and what a great end result

Have ordered some Bilstein decals to finish the job off

They look the dogs down belows, what a real fine job

Thanks a lot

Cant wait to get em fitted and try out the new suspension

Nothing better than fitting new bits

Some great work is present here! However, it is interesting to see how these attach.

In my now Pug 205 they attached differently. The dampers themselves looked like this:



The thinner part of the damper resided in the strut body with the only fixing to the bottom of the strut being a nut and the fixing of the shaft, something you can just about make out in this shot. The bottom of the strut body was also threaded.

The original S2 later struts attach like this - crimped !

So today I removed and stripped my original struts

Both struts had no damping effect at all and only a small amount of rebound - so officially scrap !

They also had a lot of movement at the top of the strut casing which was felt through the car over rough roads

My new struts should look great once fitted

Also I am now getting together a nice little collection of "special" tools

The last one is a tool I have had made to tighten the front shock insert retaining nut

Please tell me your fitting new springs or powder coating your originals, It would be a sin to fit anything rusty over those lovely new shocks

lol how did you guess

You have spoiled my "finished" pics now

New genuine springs ordered and the top spring cap is going to be blasted and coated yellow

The roller top mount is in great condition so will pretty it up as well

Those old shocks look like something from an archaeological dig. Great job on the new ones. Have you lost a bit of suspension travel, they look shorter.