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Bruce M wrote:I think you can guess the best place to put those....

Yup..ebay! Jokes.

Time for the real deal



Thanks for the Rose passion heads up for the front struts, Stephen btw, Design 911 agreed to price match them so I got 80 quid off. Relentless, I am.

...aaand moving to the front. This can't be my shock mount rubber. Somebody please tell me this is some factory caulk type stuff on top of the actual rubber...

I tried elephant racing monoballs in those top mounts - nice at first. It eventually they failed. Now got superpro ones - v good and piece of p155 to fit

Thanks Mark, I have already searched up the superpro mounts! They look good. But this can't be the mount shirley, it looks fine from underneath.

I have taken off the top bolt and nothing is shifting, it all seems to be bonded to all this cracked stuff. The shock is meant to just drop down when the top bolt is off. DAMN YOU Wayne Dempsey.

Can someone explain what the Falkirk is going on?



Rubber looks fine underneath..

It looks like someone's added some sort of 'rust protection'. I'd put the nut back on to protect the threads and show it a mallet or similar.

defianty wrote:It looks like someone's added some sort of 'rust protection'. I'd put the nut back on to protect the threads and show it a mallet or similar.

Excellent! I am on my 3rd large Highland Park, do you think that matters?

I can't see it being a PO that has done this - it is very smooth and perfect under the washer where it isn't cracked. Is there a chance this stuff was factory applied? It is all a bit strange..

Update: Some cat on the bird reckons it is factory sealer, he had the same.

So maybe she's on her OG shockers! OMFG!

I had better stop drinking whisky.

defianty wrote:....and show it a BIG mallet or similar.

It will have rusted into the centre of the bush. Nothing that violence won't overcome.

Just don't hit it so hard you bend the rod, then it's never coming out!


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OK if you're just changing the shock without altering the suspension settings then you need to just get a drift (I used a socket set extension bar) on the threaded bit and push down - with the shock absorber I found they are hard to move at first but once moving they go down OK. They then want to come up again. So you need to be fairly quick and not drunk while you move the shock to one side.

If you want to get the top mount off as well, having the shock out of the way will make it easier You can then get at the top mount. Maybe a lever from underneath?

Maybe you need to jack the car up on that side so that gravity helps - but I expect you have already

The black stuff is what's put (slawmed on) on at factory

Thanks guys. The strut capitulated to my authority last night - I see that it just pops out of the hole without disturbing the cracked caulk stuff - its is pretty easy, when you have done it once that is! I thought the whole bit would need unmantling.

Waiting for the DPD man to bring goodies now...

If you're just doing the shock then you're good. If you're doing the rubber bushing as well then you need to mark the position of the bolts etc on the top before you remove them otherwise you'll be changing your suspension settings