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| Freezin 914 |
Jun 7 2026, 06:16 PM
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 941 Joined: 27-July 14 From: Wisconsin Member No.: 17,687 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Recently assembled new rear shocks, Bilsteins.
100# springs, new rubber parts, stock and new lower perches. I assembled them without springs compressed, and tightened the factory nut assembly (#10 PET) until tight. I believe it is threaded on all the way. Then temporarily slid new rubber bits over the top……my questions are: My donor shocks had some plastic washers under the hats, do I reuse them? Do I need any jounce rubber pieces? (Have never seen them used on any of the cars I have parted, or worked on) Last question, the new nylock nut doesn’t look like it will catch the nylon? Should I use the top nuts I removed from old shocks? I assume the nylon lock nuts would be preferred. Attached image(s)
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| L-Jet914 |
Jun 14 2026, 11:18 PM
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 404 Joined: 24-October 12 From: Davis, CA Member No.: 15,080 Region Association: Northern California |
When I replaced my rear shocks with the same Bilsteins, I reused the bump stops and all the hardware etc that were on my old rear shocks. I also installed new rubber isolators in their respective locations. I also placed the circlip on the 5th from the bottom after I inquired about spring perch height to a factory rear shock absorber.
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Freezin 914 Rear shocks…. Jun 7 2026, 06:16 PM
bkrantz Off the top of my head, I think the Bilsteins have... Jun 7 2026, 07:39 PM
Superhawk996
Off the top of my head, I think the Bilsteins hav... Jun 7 2026, 10:28 PM
StarBear Just did mine, the same configuration. No, the jou... Jun 8 2026, 08:04 AM
Superhawk996 @freezin 914
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