Rear strut options

dub-disaster · May 12, 2011, 10:44:36 AM

One of my h&r rear shocks are busted so I need a new pair of rear struts can't get them from h&r as they won't sell to me directly eurocarparts are their uk distributor and are useless and after tax and shipping costs there going to be in the region of £450-500 for two bare rear shocks !!
Just wondered if I could say mix and match and stick some gaz on the back can get a rear set with shocks for £350 or would it be advisable to pay the extra £210 on top of that and get the full kit so the front and back match ?
Or if any one has got any ideas where to get decent quality rear shocks and springs adjustable would be good from that would be cool Thanks

hayesey · May 12, 2011, 10:56:03 AM

I wouldn't worry about fronts to rears not matching. I've been running Konis on the front and Spax coilovers on the back of mine for ages. £350 still sounds a pretty insane price for just a pair of rear shocks though! Koni yellows are normally about £100 each.

PeteG40 · May 12, 2011, 10:56:44 AM

konis are about £70 eacha and are hardness adjustable and come in different lengths for diff heights

or they used to!

hayesey · May 12, 2011, 11:01:44 AM

even less then! yeah they have short & extra-short ones (extra short being designed for 60mm+ lowering). and the yellows are off-car damping adjustable yes.

dub-disaster · May 12, 2011, 12:14:14 PM

Ok I'll have a look for some konis then, if I was to get just a single h&r shock for £166 would I have to replace the other original h&r shock that is about 5 years old to match it or could I just replace one

hayesey · May 12, 2011, 01:24:17 PM

you can just replace one although the other side might not be far off if they are just failing through age & use

Alexiskayak_7 · May 12, 2011, 01:41:33 PM

Bilstein sprint cost 110 per corner (rear ones)

PS. I phoned Koni official dealer a year ago and told me that these are discontinued...

Can you find these shocks in the UK?

hayesey · May 12, 2011, 01:50:26 PM

they're still listed on the koni website finder thing:

http://www.koni.com/index.php?id=254

dub-disaster · May 12, 2011, 03:02:43 PM

Got gaz rear adjustable coilovers for £85 each Including springs plus tenner carrige bargin !!

hayesey · May 12, 2011, 03:56:30 PM

where'd you get them from?

dub-disaster · May 12, 2011, 04:23:02 PM

Direct from gaz got to wait 4 weeks for them but the bloke said as there special order I could get them at trade price or somthing. He also said he'd do the fronts for 140 each including a spring plus vat which is pretty cheap but I don't need new fronts at the moment although the Allen but is fucked in the top of my current ones so nice to know when I need them I can get them for a reasonable price

hayesey · May 12, 2011, 05:04:18 PM

I want a pair of front gaz coilover inserts, did you just email them?

dub-disaster · May 12, 2011, 06:08:14 PM

I emailed them and they quoted me £600 plus vat for all four. So I phoned them up later on and the bloke gave me trade discount and a realy good price so I'd probably go for just giving them a ring. I'm half tempted to get the fronts aswell because they are rebound/bump adjustable but a thread on here put me of that they had to have 270lb springs on the front to make up for short travle on them or something along those lines

ereeiz · May 13, 2011, 06:25:58 PM

Have you tried contacting them about servicing the originals? No idea what the cost would be for them, can't see it being more than £100 for all 4 though? It's only a few seals and a bit of oil/ air! (Assuming it's leaking and not literally snapped a strut or something).

dub-disaster · May 14, 2011, 12:56:32 AM

The bottom limit had come free and only left me with a about a quaternary inch of travle they said I'd would be between 60€ and 180€ for the shocks to be fixed considering when the price new was £166 needing to add vat and delivery and any german taxes it all worked out a damn sight more expensive than the gaz option I went with in the end !!