Spax, am I missing something?

[Oetker]

Today I collected my new Spax shocks.
Thy look super.


Height adjustable.


Also 28 clicks to adjust force.

That is very nice because rebound en bump are adjustable so you can find a good setup for the car.
Something is a bit strange.
Aldo they are developed for the Murena, it doesn't fit like it should on the old springs.


Am I missing something, or do you have to play engineer yourself?

[Oskar]

to me they look to be made for coiloversprings around 2" 

[GP]

2 1/4 inch Coilover Springs are required. These come in many different lengths and spring rates usually in lbs. in the U.K. Spring length and rate depending on what ride height and type of use you are looking for?
With the adjustable spring platforms you can then adjust the corner weights for optimum performance.

G.P.

[Oetker]

hmmm.  I didn't want to change the coils and planned to only replace the shocks because they are at end of life.
The Koni's are a straight fit.
Bad info, it will make it much more expencive then just Koni's.
I consider my options.
Probably I make it fit by cutting of the plates from the old shocks or make something myself.

[roy4matra]

Today I collected my new Spax shocks.
They look super.

Are these for the rear or front suspension?  Everyone seems to assume the front with the talk of 2" and 2.25" coil over springs, but I think these are for the rear judging by your spring seat.  Rear springs are much larger than 2.25" diameter.  If these are for the rear they should have supplied new spring seats to match your existing coils and the new shocks.

Roy

[Oetker]

The box say G695 and are suposed to be for the rear.
As far as I know this was the correct number.

[GP]

The box say G695 and are suposed to be for the rear.
As far as I know this was the correct number.

Oetker I checked my invoice and it says SPX G695, so these are the Murena rear shocks. I fitted 10 1/2" x 2 1/4" I.D. x 250lbs. springs on mine with a flat lock/helper spring on the top to stop things coming loose. Also when fitting mine I had to machine up some nylon spacers as they did not really fit the underside of the top turret quite right.  

GP

[Oetker]

Thanks Graham for the info, I will see what to do.
Let this topic make it clear that this is not a straight out the box option, as I was thinking when I ordered them.
I presume Spax want you to buy springs from them
In the list they are sold as fit for the Murena, and that is misleading, because nowhere is to be found you need the extra materials.

[Oetker]

I sended Spax compagny a mail if they have mounting plates.
No answer.
Minus points for them.
A friend helped me producing mounting plates in very hard steel.

My top rubbers of the shocks are not very good anymore.
Found some rubbers from Ford Escort MK1 en MK2 backside voor pocketmoney.

I hope they fit.




Looks good.
The car has to do MOT coming week, and the I have some time to fit them

[romain14]

Bonjours, moi j'ai reçus les coupelle avec:

[Oetker]

@ Romain,

Les ressorts sont-ils pour l'arrière ?
Quel est le type nombre ?

merci

[romain14]

Bonjours, oui les ressorts sont pour l'arrière, désoler je n'ai pas la référence, je les ai eu en "cadeau", ce sont des moins 3.5cm.

[Oetker]

quelqu'un vous aime beaucoup.
Cadeaux très joli de €800.
Beaucoup de plaisir avec les amortisseurs.

[romain14]

Je parlais des ressort que j'ai eu en cadeau  , avez vous monter vos amortisseur???

Je trouve bizzard la coupelle superieure fixe à l'amortisseur, pouvez me montrer comment vous les avez monter??

Merci

[Oetker]

Cette semaine je monte les amortisseurs.
Je fais quelques images..
L'ensemble complet avec le ressort est pour abaisser 3cm à l'arrière.