Shocks advice for my clunker

[Deschodt]

I've finally got my 72S-nose/73.5T-ass car back from the bench. Yes, it's the rare 72 + 3/4 model !

Buying a chop-job car (long distance, using a blind friend to do the inspection and a crook to do the PPI) was the bad surprise of 2005 for me, but after lots of thinking and evals from a celette bench and a couple of local mechanics, we decided.... what the hell... it was straight and true enough to make a go at it, so we put in a new steering rack, redid the brakes, airbox and various classic tidbits, so it drives pretty good now and sounds like a goddamn airplane....

I even got a new oil level sender installed successfully (a miracle of contorsion with my 2 left hands) and an oil change to pennzoil 20-50 nearly doubled my oil pressure readings so I am pretty happy with the car now...

Only hitch is after all this, it still rides on D-E-A-D shocks (and seats), mismatched F/R to boot, and my mechanic says those are pricey... So given my particular situation (the nose is 72 S, the ass is 73.5 T with S options), what shock inserts should I install on this mongrel of a (fun) car ? I want to make sur eI buythe right stuff, and the car will be a commuter, not a racer (obviously ;-)

Thanks in advance for the advice ! Greg.

[Bill Verburg]

Whatever the linage, nothing wrong w/ Bilsteins,

[SandyI]

As long as the car is straight and true, you have new shocks, front and rear sway bars, and have it professionally balanced, you'll kick butt.

I have Bilsteins in back and Koni's in front. My '69 911E rocks.

[Deschodt]

Ok, I knew my question needed to be more precise but after reading 101 projects, let me rephrase...

The car currently has red shocks upfront, and white in the rear, though they almost look like they were sprayed in white and maybe red underneath...

I did not understand the strut/shock issues, I thought you could buy whatever. I still do not fully get it, but I suppose I must buy whatever will fit my car so I don;t have to replace everything. So, what is normally mounted on a 72S (in front) and a 73.5 Cis T (in rear) ? ;-) I don't think I can just go "bilstein" without replacing a bunch of other stuff... Thanks !

[Bill Verburg]

The front of a '72 S would have had Bilstein, Boge or Koni oem.

Bilstein were either green or yellow
Koni was orange
Boge black

You need inserts for the strut,

in the back youcan use anything the maths the front

[Deschodt]

Thanks Bill, that clarifies things. I wonder what on earth I have right now !! Red !! ;-) Thanks !