IdahoZ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I finally got around to tearing the front suspension apart to see what I have. The springs (not a 2.5 ID coil over) look brand new, are 12" free length and are blue in color? The struts also look new and are silver with no other markings. Could they be KYB gas struts? I can push them down pretty easy and then they come back up really slow. Is this normal or are they bad? The bottom of the strut also had a little oil on it like it was leaking but I can not find a hole? I would like to re-use the struts with my coil overs if they will work. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 get new struts...they are supposed to push out fairly quickly. My struts were like that. Mine were a green-blue metalic color though. I just got illuminas. Well worth the money. the coils are probably tokico springs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoZ Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 I think that's a good idea. The guy I bought the car from started to restore it and ran out of time and/or money and let the car sit for about 15 years before I bought it. The gas struts I am used to are hard to compress and return rather quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelman Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 The oil may be the remnants of cooling oil that is supposed to be poured into the strut housing when new struts are inserted. The PO may not have added new oil so what your seeing is what was left after he poured it out. I'd replace those struts, they should pop right back up and be fairly hard to push in. If those springs are Tokico they should have lettering that identifies the spring and that its Tokico. Also, all the Tokico springs I've seen for Zs have been red. Wheelman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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