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Old 06-08-16, 10:52 AM
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Ground Control Advanced Design Shocks

Long shot but here goes..

Ground Control no longer has the AD shock rebuild instructions that were on their web site for years.
They say that they cannot find a file with this info..

If anyone bothered to download this info, have saved it for several years and can now share it... Thanks

I have the AD "instructions" but would like to get the rebuild info.
Old 06-09-16, 08:25 AM
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Might want to see if archive.org (the Internet archive) has a snapshot of it from back in time. It's probably alive somewhere on the internet.

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when I ordered a rebuild kit (seals) from them a year or 2 ago it came with more instructions than I was able to find anywhere else. I gave the documents to the buyer of my suspension. So they at least had it a couple of years ago. Honestly it's pretty simple, but it was nice to have a guide for the little stuff like which way the nitrogen cup went in and how much nitrogen pressure to run.

I was able to find some stuff on the archive.org/wayback machine too when I was looking.
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I was the one who purchased the coilovers. I photocopied the assembly instructions for you.
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Thanks for putting that up, I'm sure it'll be helpful to many others. Did you get a chance to run the suspension? I still have my fastest times at my home track on that suspension with a tri-point front bar and stock '93 rear.
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Thanks, I have lots of pictures and a narrative from a BMW site.
With this and the other stuff I think I can tackle this as long as I decide to spring for the tool used to pressurize the shocks.

BTW... the shop that GC recommends to do this wants $200 a corner to rebuild...
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Originally Posted by Smokey The Talon
Thanks for putting that up, I'm sure it'll be helpful to many others. Did you get a chance to run the suspension? I still have my fastest times at my home track on that suspension with a tri-point front bar and stock '93 rear.
I haven't had a chance to run it. Just a couple of drives. The car is on jack stands at the moment.
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