jimq

look at your rear shock towers. If it looks like this picture you will need to get the old style rear shocks

polar964

I was lead to beleive the MO30's were fitted on the turbo! unless someone on here knows different

polar964

These are the part numbers used for my '93 C2:

Bilstein hd rear (late model) 46-1547 x2
Bilstein hd front left v36-0384 x1
Bilstein hd front right v36-0385 x1

... and these are the part numbers for the Porsche MO30's:
Rear springs Porsche M030 - 965 333 531 04 504
Front springs Porsche M030 - 965 343 531 01 504

hope this helps

screamingflat6

Hi,

Thanks for all your help on the numbers etc and I'll get in the engine bay over the weekend and check my rear shock towers.
I know eurocarparts are the main supply of bilstein to the uk,,,so part numbers and a little patience with the staff there and I could get these items a lot cheaper than the specialists.


Regards Gaz,,

Stuttgart Slut

I am so excited to get going with these babies on the car. I have 161.000miles on the original dampers so I am looking forward to something a bit more firm- yet flexible. Right now it feels like the dampers is a couple of 2"x4" hooked together with velcro...

polar964,

Yep I gonna get H&R Greens together with the HD´s.

Daniel

nidon

Gaz,

Would be woth having a look at carnewal, got mine from there and their prices seemed good lats year (no affiliation)

hawk911

well, with that kind of mileage on the old, the new will be quite an improvement. My old shocks had 80K on them, and when we took them off, you could compress the fronts with 2 fingers, and had zero rebound. We encounted the same with the other 2 cars I assisted on, and they had less then 60K on either car.

demonfish

Also - try center gravity...

Stuttgart Slut

hawk911
" you could compress the fronts with 2 fingers, and had zero rebound."
Forecast is that I can bet that then!!!

It also tells how well made these cars are. After 20 years and 162.000miles of constant abuse it still is an intoxicating drive. It still handles better than most new cars...

Daniel

polar964

Mine had done approx 115k on the original shocks. Fronts and rears were both shot. Also replaced the bushes in the front wishbones. So the car did feel like the dogs watsits with all those new bits. .... and yours will too.

hawk911

Also says people should change them out sooner than they think

polar964

...... your right there hawk911.

Would be interested to know what life time Bilsteins suggest. Obviously depends on the type of driving, road or track. I'm sure they they could approximate for normal road, spirited driving use!

Crystal Cranks

What other worn suspension parts should be replaced when doing the shocks and springs to get the best results from the car considering many these cars are 20+ years and +100K .

hawk911

I didn't change anything but bushings seem a popular replacement also. I didn't have $$ for it back then(or now )

Stuttgart Slut

A suspension specialist I talked to not to long ago mentioned the range up to 70.000-80.000km (43.500miles- 49.700miles) as an prime for normal suspension. Then again he makes a living of selling suspensions...

"I didn't change anything but bushings seem a popular replacement also"
Which bushings are you thinking of? The top mounts are kind of pricey.

"Also says people should change them out sooner than they think"
Tires is one area that really scares me how rarely people check and maintain.

We just bought a preowned family sedan from a dealership. My (pregnant) wife was cruising around when suddenly the car started making a "bad sound" so being a good girl, she pulled over and when I saw the cause of noise...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

Tires were amnufactured week 44 2005 so they were not that old.

Daniel