Eyal 951

if you dont like those GC's, I'll take em.
Eyal

special tool

Dude - WHY do you think those fronts are KYB?????
They look just like the Koni conversions That Jason sold me on my 924S.

Jason @ Paragon Products

Feel free to throw money our way ;-) but those look like standard Koni struts. What made someone think they have KYB inserts?

95Juan

opened em up and they have KYB part numbers on em.


any suggestions?

i'll try to get the PN's off the little print-out they showed me at Big-O. i've used them for my other 944 and tires on all my other cars, i "know" the guy, there's no real reason he'd try to tell me i had something that i didnt just to make a sale.

Jason @ Paragon Products

No, I didn't mean to imply that...just maybe something got lost in the translation. Did you see the KYB inserts or they just told you about it.

95Juan

oh, sorry. they told me about them and gave me the part numbers off the inserts....i think.

either way, the car feels ludicrously soft in the front end, and it's got the big swaybars, so....i'm just assuming that it's that.


edit- i didnt think you were implying anything. God i hate having to type things, so much can get lost in the way you emote things when you say them and the complete lack of that ability in typing stuff. thank god for smilies.

special tool

Juan - please post those KYB part numbers here when you get them.

95Juan

the guy wrote em down, and they're a bit illegible, but i can make it out, as my own writing is chickenscratch.

Part numbers are- 363014, model is GR-2 strut inserts. cross-checked with the KYB website parts catalog and this is actually the only strut they offer for any year of 944.

95Juan

jason@paragon, wanna chime in now and tell me how to mend this? lol.


i dont want KYB's where Konis should be......

Eyal 951

GR-2 is a oe replacement strut. If thats really whats in there, get it the hell out. Your front end shouldnt feel soft with stiff springs. If that shock is soft or blown, the front end will feel bouncy, as if it were riding on springs
Eyal

KuHL 951

I want to know how you got KYB's installed in a Koni conversion. Did you ask the PO if he sold the Konis or something. I've put KYB's in an N/A front with threaded cap but they never would have worked in a 951 strut. I'm so confused. Is there any type of drilled hole with a bolt in the bottom of the strut case? I'm wondering if someone did a home Koni clone? (not to be confused with Homey the Clown)

95Juan

that's what i'm saying, steve!

i'm so goddamned confused. the bottom is still sealed, etc. check the pics out. this makes me so con-fu-sed.

homey the clown owns j00r face.

"HOMEY DONT PLAY THAT"

btw- my friend did get the 400-hp SA22 RX7, i will be going to his house tonight to watch the car get sideways at 80 mph from brake boosting, lol.


edit- i didnt ask sitki about it, but he was under the impression that they were still in there.

maybe he took it to a....really.....REALLY low-down ****ty shop somewhere and they scammed him out of some koni inserts? i have no goddamned idea.

shortyboy

heres the photos that you requested.hope these help.they look dirty cuz theyve been sitting for a while.when i got em,PO said they had 40k-50k.i put 1.5k miles on them due to having engine problems and what not.enjoy.

samluke

I have a couple of sets of used TurboS front strut assemblies and rear shocks. One set is bone stock with TurboS springs and strut tops. The other set is Turbo S but also includes rebound adjustable on the bottom. Locking collar on the bottom but no spribgs perches or camber plates. Two sets of stock TurboS Koni sport shocks. Send me a message and I can send photo's

95Juan

not sure if i want to go back to regular struts if i have the coilover conversion.

if i just need inserts, then maybe i can just get inserts.


hmmmmm.......

sorry to leave anyone hanging.

how much are inserts from paragon, 150 a piece?