Suspension damper

[umpkin]

hi, as silvia rear performance dampers seem to be hard to come by (new ones) i was wondering if any knows of a shorter shocker that has the same top and bottom mounting, that can be bought as a performance part, i can then make up a bracket to take the shorter shocker and remain the bump stop distances within reason.

[30psi]

I've been looking into using an S14 rear coilover without the spring for a mate of mine who wants to use coilovers up front as well. They seem a similar length

[umpkin]

that sounds like a good idea, when you say near the same length, how near, longer or shorter, reason i ask is i thought if i used a slightly shorter one, i would over come the prob of when jacked up the rear springs are slightly loose.

if i got some uprated shockers that were say 2" shorter, then i could make a 1" spacer bracket to make them only 1" shorter on full drop than the std shocker, thus holding the spring tight still



somin like that.

[30psi]

I dunno I just came up with the idea. An S13 shock is shorter. This is when comparing them against coilovers which are quite shorter than the original s13/14 shocks.

I've not looked into it to be honest, don't have the need. My car takes S13 coilovers on the rear with only minor modding

[umpkin]

so an s13 shock is shorter than the s12 shock?? so i could just cut off the spring cup, and use that?? obviously i would have to loo them side by side to check how much difference, and if any modding is needed, is the bottom bolt, and top thread same??

[30psi]

Yeah I'm pretty sure it is. Coilover is anyway.

I have some round the side of my house that I can try to measure for you.

I don't think bolting up the bottom or top will be hard to be honest.

[umpkin]

i dont want to buy coilovers just for the shock tbh, they are expensive enuf, the idea of making this bracket to fit another shocker is to find a cheaper alernative for the s12, if we find a suitable replacment with the help of the bracket, then maybe i can make a few sets up for people that would want an easily obtainable shock, instead of what we have now, discontinued lines.

just hoping to help myself have a car that handles, and if it works, anyone else.

[30psi]

Yeah I can understand that.

For the S13/14 there are KYB adjustables that could probably be got for cheap

[umpkin]

ive put a request in to sxoc s13 section for some nice person to measure a std shocker for me, i have a spare set of second hand rears here that i can also measure. see what happens.

[30psi]

I can measure one for you in a bit