Turbo Z Shock's
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Turbo Z Shock's
My 1985 300zx-t's shocks are either almost out or completely out, they have bad leaks. I heard that Nissan made a repair kit for the shocks that replaced the seals, o-rings and new fluid. I wondered if anyone knew if they still make these or I have to get the $1,000 replacements from Nissan. If you know where to get these, please PM me or reply here.
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I've never heard of that before. Rebuilding stock shocks? My local Nissan parts dealer doesn't even recomend that you try to rebuild brake calipers by yourself. Wouldn't it just be much better to get a new set of adjustable Tokicos? 
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Well these shocks are fairly easy to rebuild if you have the parts or so I'm told. But perhaps they don't have that kit anymore. How much are the Tokico's? and don't you have to have a kit to convert so that the car will hold regular shocks. I know the illumina's are adjustable, but I think they are manual adjustable, not the electronic. If that's true what do you do with the electronic adjustments? Just ignore them or what? Thanks.
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Find out from some of your local Nissan dealers if those parts are still available, but I doubt it. Maybe the person who told you the shocks are easy to rebuild knows how to get them, and how to do the job... but I'm still very skeptical about all of this.
The Tokicos are about 150 bucks each, but with a bit of shopping around, I'm sure they could be found for a lot less.
You will loose the ability to change the settings from the driver's seat, but that was never a big problem for me, and the fact that they have more options for fine tuning the suspension was a nice plus when I used my 86 Turbo to do my regional SCCA autocrossing championship, a few years ago.
The Tokicos are about 150 bucks each, but with a bit of shopping around, I'm sure they could be found for a lot less.
You will loose the ability to change the settings from the driver's seat, but that was never a big problem for me, and the fact that they have more options for fine tuning the suspension was a nice plus when I used my 86 Turbo to do my regional SCCA autocrossing championship, a few years ago.
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Thanks for the advice. I called the local Nissan dealership and he confirmed that they do not make the rebuild kits any more, but they used to. He said that the new shocks for the Z (electronic adjustables) were as follows for price: Front (He said Kit and he assumed that meant two shocks for the front) $263.18 #36105-11p26 Rear (Again he said Kit and he assumed that meant two shocks for the rear) $205.99 #56210-11p26. Does this sound right to you guys? Or does this mean 263.18 EACH and 205.99 EACH? If that is for two shocks I might stick with stock, if it means EACH then I will probably go with the Tokicos. Do you know if they need a kit like the KYB's or are they a direct replacement? I also heard that Tokico's were better than originial because you could adjust the springs for different things (ie. drag races, auto-X, etc.)
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$200+ dollars for EACH Nissan shock doesn't seem very far from the truth. I've always known they are expensive, I thought they were more than that, and that's why I've never bother finding out the actual price.
On another note, the Tokicos are a direct replacement part, and in fact, if you have a little bit of experience working on the car, and a set of coil-spring compressors for the front, you could easily do this yourself, before taking the car to get an new allignment.
Keep this in mind, the springs on the Z31 have nothing to do with the shocks. You cannot adjust them, no one makes any kind of coil-over kit for this car, and nobody will. You could get different springs from Eibach, or, I think, Suspension Techniques, but that's about it, and there are other things to consider when you start to modify your suspension. Be careful of what parts you mix and match, and how you plan to use your car. Auto-xing and drag racing are two very different things, and the best set-up for one will be crap for the other.
On another note, the Tokicos are a direct replacement part, and in fact, if you have a little bit of experience working on the car, and a set of coil-spring compressors for the front, you could easily do this yourself, before taking the car to get an new allignment.
Keep this in mind, the springs on the Z31 have nothing to do with the shocks. You cannot adjust them, no one makes any kind of coil-over kit for this car, and nobody will. You could get different springs from Eibach, or, I think, Suspension Techniques, but that's about it, and there are other things to consider when you start to modify your suspension. Be careful of what parts you mix and match, and how you plan to use your car. Auto-xing and drag racing are two very different things, and the best set-up for one will be crap for the other.
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