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Originally Posted by Pritch
That car is super sexy, and so is the writeup
Can i be a noob and ask a silly question. The other night, i went to put new strut 'inserts' onto my 1993 turbo. The struts on there were 'sealed' and there was no way to pull the insert 'out', it's welded. They looked just like the yellow assemblies bob has, but mine are black. Spot welded around the top where the piston goes in.
So that means I Have to go with the full strut assembly, not just the cartridge, right? What's confusing me is that 1) I was under the impression that only 1994 and up were the non-serviceable ones and mines a 1993
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2) on tire rack, they have koni inserts that say you have to 'cut' the top off the factory strut assembly to fit the new insert into it?!? Can I 'cut' that welded part off the top?? Im thinking not.
I'm still not 100 percent sure which direction to take. It's a JDM car, if that's any different... 1993
If anyone can tell me for sure what I'm missing, I love you long time. I have a picture of my strut when i pulled it out if that helps
thanks everyone
JP
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Thanks for the kind comments....when you fit inserts they are held inside the strut casing by a threaded collar which you don't have on sealed units which are fitted to later cars or Bilsteins for that matter. I can't see how you can cut the top off the sealed struts unless the suggestion is that you re-weld them afterwards, and so far in 4 years I've never heard of anyone doing that.
If you want to fit these inserts I suggest you get some secondhand re-buildable struts off an earlier car from a breakers and fit the inserts into them. Then swap them into your car.
Bob