Johnny Barbieri

So, I am into a complete restoration on my 87 924s. Doing the front end at the moment. Took the retaining nuts off the strut cartridge housings and found that they are the rebuildable type. I have read all the negative feedback regarding the KYB inserts and I am seriously considering sending the KYBs back and rebuilding the original inserts depending on what is involved. Is it just a matter of replacing the oil? How much oil goes in there? Most of the oil is gone as the original inserts are dead. Is there a seal that needs replacing? I can't find much info on rebuilding these. Tia

V2Rocket

i dont think anybody rebuilds the actual strut insert "shock" (unless your car had the KONI shocks which you dont).
just replace the insert with Sachs/Boge.

KYB makes fine products, I have an excellent set on my Subaru (they were the OEM supplier, anyways), but i don't know how their 944 shocks hold up.

snb13

Skip KYB on the 944. Their terrible. I replaced mine awhile back and I think I’ve blown one of them.

Giorginetto

I put on my 1988 924S a complete set of SACHA shocks and the difference they made was very noticeable. They are OEMs as well and eventhough they are not M030 KONIs they are great for a sports drive

morghen

KYB are ****. Don't use them. The original ones are the best you can get, if you manage to rebuild them correctly they will be awesome.

curtisr

Johnny, if you're in Canada (your profile says Country of Origin is CA) you can order what you need from a variety of sources but for our cars I prefer iapcanada.com (no affiliation). You will have to call them for a price but it should be more than worth it.