5KTQ: Bilstien part numbers

TurboQtro at aol.com TurboQtro at aol.com
Tue Oct 24 03:30:04 EDT 2000


I'm ordering a new set of shocks for my 5KTQ (w/coilovers) this week... Can 
you believe this 3 year old set of Koni reds are toast in that amount of 
time???!!!!  I mean, they are completely shot (no dampening going on here)!

So, I am going to order a set of Bilstien Sport shocks for the car ('86 
5KTQ)...

Here are the part numbers I was given:

B36-0369  Front
CE52593  Rear

The perplexing part is that they say the part number for the Sport rear 
shocks are exactly the same as the HD rear shocks.  (Same shock).  The reason 
I am perplexed is that the Sport shocks are supposed to have a shorter piston 
and more aggressive valving.  My questions are:  1) Are these the correct 
part numbers for this application?  2) Are there any reprocutions to running 
a Sport shock in the front, and an HD shock in the rear?  And, 3)  Is the 
stock sized shocks what I need, even though I am running coil-overs (or, is 
there some special fitment for these things)?

Any help or BTDT's appreciated...

Later,
Dan
'86 5000CSTQ ~180K mi



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