Bilstein shocks

[RIP260Z]

Well, the duster came out...

I bought these, with previous info, the yellow Bilstiens are rear, the fronts green. I was after fronts. But it turns out they are rears. Hinter in German is behind/rear with achse meaning, roughly, axle (on original Bilstien sticker).

Nice to see the original stickers. Maybe as these are "early", low serial numbers,  the Bistiens front and rear for the 240z in the early 1970's were green. I also think there is a typo on the label, the p30-0062 has "0's", correctly but it look like the 24OZ using a "O".

 

The stupid person I brought them off, cut them off the strut at the wheel hub end, causing the angle grinder marks, which thankfully didn't go through, leaving the the top of the strut undone.

[madkaw]

So basically everyone has rears 

[Terrapin Z]

Well that didn't pan out for any of us. I guess we all keep looking.

[madkaw]

And.... I talked to someone about rebuilding the Koni fronts and they said I would be money ahead replacing instead of rebuilding . So we are all back to a rear set of Bilsteins. 

[RIP260Z]

All maybe not lost for those looking for fronts to go with their rears. The fronts I got to be refurbished, turned out to be too far gone unless a lot of money was chucked at it. But, I still got a new set of Bilsteins, just from a different model. No, not the VW Rabbit. I will have to look to see what they were....

[grannyknot]

Hey guys, I haven't been following this thread but I saw an ad on kijiji today that caught my eye and thought someone here might be interested. Not my ad, don't know the guy.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-other/oakville-halton-region/datsun-2820-zx-front-bilstein-shocks-p30-069/1489888624?undefined

Edited February 28, 2020 by grannyknot

[Terrapin Z]

I saw that one listed on eBay not long ago. I am pretty sure the ZX ones are different than the S30's  The ZX fronts work in the 510 fronts, and the ZX rears are completely different. There are some ZX rears on eBay right now as well, but these front ones are no longer listed. I am not sure if it was the same seller but the pic was the same. 

[Terrapin Z]

Here are some possible crossover fitments I found on Hybrids (old topic though)

https://forums.hybridz.org/topic/69623-the-strut-thread-koni-illumina-tokico-carrera-bilstein-ground-control/?do=findComment&comment=713197

Edited February 29, 2020 by Terrapin Z

[madkaw]

I talked with Performance shock in CA and they said both the Koni and Bilsteins would be money ahead to replace them to repair . Anyone want a set of used shocks ?

[grannyknot]

45 minutes ago, Terrapin Z said:

I saw that one listed on eBay not long ago. I am pretty sure the ZX ones are different than the S30's  The ZX fronts work in the 510 fronts, and the ZX rears are completely different. There are some ZX rears on eBay right now as well, but these front ones are no longer listed. I am not sure if it was the same seller but the pic was the same. 

Ok then,  I saw the P30 prefex and thought it might be of worth to someone.