Red's recent suspension shenanigans made the strut mount finally give up the ghost. Seeing as we had Konis on the shelf here for ages, it seemed a good time to get them sorted out and ready for installation. Had those rebuilt this week by the wonderful people at Top Performance in Nunawading (if you need your Konis seen to, go see them, they are the experts and do a great job).
Front shocks on a Mk1 need the whole assembly out. Disassemble and have a press handy to do this.
Look at these, feast your eyes. Fantastic shocks.
Bearing pullers are damned handy tool for this job.
Giving the parts a good wash, they had gunk, grease, dirt and brake dust all over them. Gave them a lick of black paint afterwards, after all the red paint fell off in the wash.
This is where a press comes in handy, to remove the old bearings and to get the new ones in.
Assembled, ready for returning to the car.
Back shocks are far easier, no need to remove wheels.
The old rears, these were a tad knackered and into the scrappy bin they go.
Now just bolt these back in and you're done.
And the difference? MASSIVE. Incredibly precise handling now, and no back end 'skittering' or body roll to the side, when going around a corner. Why on earth did we not do this years ago. Don't bother with Ebay cheap shocks, just put some Konis in, they're brilliant.
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