Thread: Bilstein Strut Inserts

Lot of good info about making your own CSKs on this forum, but what about CSBs?

Has anyone out there constructed shortened struts for a B13 using Bilstein inserts and Tokico blue strut housings (Tokicos for a B13, of course...)?
Barring the Bilsteins, is there a Koni that fits the Tokico shell?
Part#s, etc??

Cleaning out the garage and trying to figure out what to do with these old blues...

Thanks
Rob

some info on the bilsteins would be usefull. i have never heard of bilstein inserts.

I have herd of some, but you need to use a 2" housing.

what is the diameter of the OEM housing? also, how long are the inserts? they may not be short..............if they are too long you may even loose travel.

stock is like 1 7/8".

you would also have to make a hybrid strut like maxima bottom and old camry top strut housing or something with a gland nut.

these is the spec of the Bilstein i was looking at:
OD 45.8mm (1.8″
Extended Length 480mm (18.89″
Collapsed Length 380mm (14.96″
Body Length 266mm (10.47″

IIRC, it can handle 300lbs to 450lbs.

That should work in a Maxima housing depending on how it gets fastened into the strut housing. If it's a gland nut then the maxima housing is a little thin to cut threads into.

a housing like this is needed

B13 Struts Koni 8610 or 8611 - SR20 Forum

What you need is a threaded top nut housing. That guy welds two tubes together. It better be right doing it like that. I would be more inclined to make mine from scratch then do it like that.

that's why i gave up on that idea, lol.

There is another much safer way that kills two birds with one stone. You can use the lower half of the Maxima housing, cut the majority of the tube away around the knuckle area and then weld a new threaded tube onto that area. You then have a nice thick area for welding rather then some thin tube to tube interface. This will also space the tube out another 1/4 inch for some extra tire clearance.