DIY: Hopeless project.

[Bean]

(07-15-2014 10:53 PM)Rascal21 Wrote:  

(07-15-2014 10:51 PM)Bean Bandit Wrote:  the important piece is the diameter of the 'shaft' just below the thread, if this is the right diameter for your topmounts the threaded part doesn't really matter (just get a matching nut).

But nobody lists shaft diameter or anything, just, and I`m not ranting, crappily designed websites from 1995 with pictures of their wrecks and stories of how they started out on the front index, and no specs on the parts they only say "contact us" and never answers mails (Been at it for days now), had one guy answer me after like a week once about bilsteins and he was rambling about getting caps LOL I have that stuff already

Hate Bilstein so much now, discontinued parts, minimal info available, no dimension specs other than "40mm", unresponsive dealers (at best), but going away from it is gna be more expensive and most "bang for buck" coilover kits have worse internal parts than a measly 100E bilstein cartridge..

Threaded part matters too as its a tight fit up through the uniball bushing in the top mount and has to be long enough to fit through the top mount, a bushing can be made but deffo cant have it rattling around up there

Sure I could get the ones with non-matching top shafts but slapping that cartridge in a bench and milling away at what is essentially a uncentered and vibrating gas cartridge rotating at 650rpm in a shoddy 1940`s/50`s Czech bench and no cooling in hopes of getting the shaft matching the top mounts is 99% death wish

You misunderstood me... I meant the part that goes through the uniball needs to be the right size. This section should not be threaded. Sent GRP4 an email - I'm sure they can send you the info. They use those cartridges on their own coilovers.