RS2 restoration near completion

[joss01]

Looks desperate I had to remove all the wheels for refurbishment. This is an akward subject matter for me anyway the correct colour code from Porsche is 61M for the cup 1 wheel colour its available for wet spraying but there is no set colour code for powder coating. Luckily I had an original unmolested spare wheel with the original factory colour which is being used for the colour match. Thanks for the offer for the stands but the wheels will be back on next week and Bilstein have redesigned the shocks so they now work with RS2 ride height free of charge.

[Tractor Dave]

I have a spare set of axle stands you can have when I'm passing next mate!

[joss01]

All the interiors in now still trying to work out the Audi Gamma cd player I was told it is a passive headset and requires an amplifier

[joss01]

Today I fitted the bottom door trim the cillm and the inner door cill mappings fullsizeoutput_828.jpegfullsizeoutput_828.jpeg

[joss01]

yes put all new foam on the flaps the original ones had turned to dust

[Tractor Dave]

Not a nice job at all.
Don't forget to change the foam on the flaps as that will be past it!

[joss01]

You really don't want to be doing this job on a rainy Saturday after getting the engine running right bought the car up to temperature and it was like a steam room inside the car after I switched it off so the dash had to come out to replace the heat exchanger horrible job but after you have you've done it its quite rewarding definitely a challenge.

[joss01]

yes it has a flange at the base of the shock that retains the spring

[newsh]

Ah yes the Avant rear is like a coil over with a fixed lower perch

[joss01]

I may as well buy a pair of original Borge rear shocks it would be cheaper and and work first time

[saltinot]

On the rear Bilsteins you will need lower the bottom spring perch by having a machine shop add a groove beneath the original groove. There has been some debate as to the distance below the original perch. I did this a while back and there is some info on my RS2 America thread as well as other threads. If my memory serves me I think I chose to move mine 20mm down. Others chime in to keep keep honest.

[joss01]

No thread the B6 shocks are set no adjustment

[steve briance]

Are you thinking about the drain holes in the bottom of the strut?

[John.]

My measurement is 90mm with the original springs fitted with new bilstein shocks I wonder if they have sent the wrong shocks because everything else is correctly fitted

Is there not a thread somewhere about Bilstein shocks having to have another groove cut into the body??…….or something to that effect?

[steve briance]

Shocks won't affect ride height. If you've used the original springs I'd not expect it to settle too much. See if your top mounts are on the right way round...