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Good evening, can anybody say if the shock absorber KONI 86-2002 - originally made for 210 Sedan & Wagon 1979-1982 510 Sedan & Wagon 1978-1981 will suit in the original strut of my Datsun 510 from 1971? Thank you!!

Hi King Rat, thank you. Sorry for my "german-english". Yes, I mean lowering the front. No, it does mean the following. Basically the springs do suit. If the 510 is sitting, there is no problem. A problem will arise, when the wheels looses the ground. In this case, the spring will jump out of the plates, because there is no basic tension, even because the spring is too short for this. The solution: Shorter shocks. This could be for ex a Koni with a rebound, or a Datsun 280ZX shock with a shorter stroke. Now I hope, there is a shock in the market, which is around 4 centimetres shorter when it will max. drawn out. As I now so far, there is a Gabriel shock, that has a stroke which is arround 2,5 centimetres shorter than the standard shock of my Datsun 510. Yes, it will be possible to make a rebound in the koni shocks, and I can use these really short and hard Nismo competition shocks in my standard 510 struts. But it costs much money. Better would be: Sport shocks for Datsun 280ZX which I could use without manipulating them. Greetings from Germany (near Stuttgart, or simply "Mercedes City")

Hi, i am new in this community. I have a problem to solve: I drive a Datsun 510 from before 7/71. Because i want to lower this car I have bought the Nismo competition springs for PL510 after 7/71. The spring does suit, but it is too short for the long standard shock. The spring is jumping up and down when I have installed it. Now I have heard about the Tokico Blue series shocks with a shorter stroke. I need a pair of front shocks, where the stroke is round about 4 cm shorter than with the standard shock. Can you recommend me a shock, which will work? Is there a shock, which suits AND has a shorter stroke? Thanks to the community. CafeZX