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Day 6 - 12/11/2003

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Bill is low on cash. I need shocks and coil-overs for the car. But can't afford them right now. I was driving to work this morning and had a thought. How did people work with shocks in the old days? Well they rebuilt them that is how!.
Shocks are simple mechanical parts. All they are is a tube, with a plunger, oil and some small holes and seals. After doing some internet research I found out that most struts go bad due to the seals going bad. Rebuilding the stock struts, which I have a ton of, is as simple as replacing the seals with new ones and refilling with high quality Red Line Shock Oil. I posted on the message board about this and Jody at KBox posted that he can get the seals.

More detailed seal images are located here -
http://www.racingstrong.com/toystar/images/day5part2/index.htm
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This is the inside of a AW11 MR2 strut

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This is the bottom of the insert. The holes control the stifness of the strut.

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Pulling the strut apart.

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This is the top seal.

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Another view of the top seal

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Strut incert pulled apart. No tools were used to do this. They were not needed.
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Nylon Bushing

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Bottom of strut insert. You can see another nylon washer.

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Another view of the inner tube.

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Looking down the main tube.

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The bottom of the outer tube.

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All together again.

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No tools needed

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These are the coil overs I am using. Costs? $39. Brand new. I will need to replace the 450 pound springs with some 700 to 900 pound 2.5" springs for the rear.

 

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