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Originally Posted by Lurch629
Assuming they're real Ohlins and most basic internal parts match up with other Ohlins, I don't see why any Ohlin builder couldn't rebuild them.
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That exactly is the problem. JDM coilovers have the bad habit to use seals and various other hardware that can't be found out of Japan, or cannot be found now. Because they have been discontinued 10 years ago mostly.
By all means, it won't hurt him to ask. I am just saying this has been discussed over and over on zilvia, and every time the answer is "cant rebuild it, parts cannot be found", "you need to send them to Japan" or "yes we can, but it will cost more than getting new coilovers".
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Originally Posted by shaggy0778
Oh, right. You know me so well 
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I have a set of stance coilovers on one of my cars which are only 2 years old and are in far worse physical condition than these, yet they still function fine. |
I know they are blown because they were discontined at least 10 years ago. They were quite high end at that time, and that means their are equipped with low drag seals, meaning they need to be changed on a regular basis. From your picture, they look like they have spent at least a couple of years collecting dirt and dust, so yes, there is no possible way they don't need a rebuild.
Considering stance coilovers...my money was on BC racing / godspeed/ isi /any other crappy coilover system that allows a car to ruin its handling by lowering it so the frame rails scatch the road. My bad.
Now ... if you were running stance comp (and higher) coilovers, you should know these ohlins are not superior to what you already have; for that reason, you would not have been eyeballing 10+ year old CHEAP ohlins.
Meaning you are running the cheaper, crappier SS or SS+ . Yes, they are a bit better than the other ones i named, but frankly these coilovers never functionned fine, even new. Yes they move but that is not "working fine". They don't damp correctly and their springs are crap.
The worse thing here is that you know it, but you still decided to buy some crappy pile of dirt. Wasn't the lesson painful enough on your first coilover set ? I know i only needed it once ( i bought some BC racing, whatever i tried i could never set them up correctly, damping/rebound ratio was utter crap... and springs were not better)
Yes koni inserts would cost more, but they would also perform tremendously better than these ohlins. Except if you only keep the shafts in these ohlins... even then, i am not sure they could outperform the konis. There is a reason racers on a budget use konis : they are cheap compared to the "bit better" stuff, and way better than anything that cost less. You can try to outsmart them, but i think there is a reason why guys on NRR keep using them.
Now some last words: you need to understand something: you are not a unique snowflake. Other people before thought and tried what you did. So next time you don't want to get flamed, use the damn search button before posting.