MX5Ireland

Anyone got a spare one in good condition going cheap.

I still have my old ones, they were working fine on the front when I took them off.

(edit) at least from what I remember they were Bilsteins, I'll check in the morning.

Cheers dude, let me know, Failed the nct on front shock imbalance.
Flew through everything else - and emissions where down on the previous test after fitting jrcai, ss exhaust and link ecu. Sweet.

Unfortunately, as it turns out I can only find 1 of the rear ones, I must have either given them away a long time ago or they got binned.....dunno why there is still one left in the garage though

Ash think i have standard short yellow bilstein on shelf, could give you no guarantee on reliability to pass test as its used, give me a shout if i can help, Paul

Short ones are for the rear afaik. May have to get one sent from uk. Cheers anyway guys

mx5ash wrote:Short ones are for the rear afaik. May have to get one sent from uk. Cheers anyway guys

Agreed, I checked on Mx5Parts and the shorts one are for the back (spring sits half way down the main shock cylinder).

Ah heck, I'll recheck the garage in the morning man !

Are you not supposed to change shocks in pairs or is that just a ploy to get you to buy two shocks instead of one???

John

If your putting on a new one then yeah should always be in pairs but i reckon another used one should be ok.

you should get away with it Ash.
I had a Golf Gti many moons ago and fitted just the 1 to to front with no issues.

best of luck with your search.

ASh, what i meant was i have a front shock its about 1/2 inch shorter than standard as it came from mazda speed set up "not a rear shock" i have lots standard fronts i thought you needed the mazda speed one, they are both there, P

This is what i am looking for


Its a front bilstein shock as fitted to s specials etc, Not mazdaspeed shocks or std.
If you have one how much?
Cheers ash