[mshobe]

I ordered a full set of 4 replacement shocks from Pelican to replace my '89 964's totally lame existing struts -- neither set of which can support either the decklid or the trunk without bruising the bald spots of the unsuspecting. They arrived looking just fine to my eye; the only thing is, for the life of me I can't get 'em to compress even a millimeter. I've practically stood on them, but they might as well be solid rods. It's been too bloody cold for me to attempt installing them in my unheated garage here in Chicago, but when the time comes I'm skeptical they'll retract as they supposed to and I'm concered about being unable to seal the doors, etc. once they're on. Either that, or just plain breaking them attempt to force something stupidly. (Highly likely.)

These stabilus replacement struts seem to be a nearly universal replacement across the Porsche line from the 70s through the early 90s; did I miss a memo or something obvious about fluid dynamics, or should I just expect them to magically work once in place? I don't see any sort of twist/lock mechanism in their design, either.

Here endeth my first, and hopefully noobiest, post on the board. Happy to be here, and happy to own my first 911 after nearly 37 years of ogling from afar.