1994 Q45 strut replacement

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artandscience
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Ok, the Tokico Blues appear completely unavailable these days.

It's been a good 100k since I last replaced my struts so I want to do it again.

Given they are not available (to my knowledge) has anyone fitted 1990-1993 struts to the 1994? I believe that one could drill out the lower mounts to make them fit (though, yes, that might be crazy).

Any solutions or ideas or have I finally gotten to EOL with my baby?

330k miles and still running strong.

I just found some rebuilt front struts on EBay but have no idea of where they are quality or not.
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There has to be some way that classic car guys deal with this. Maybe someone who custom rebuilds shocks? I haven't found that yet, but I haven't had to... let me toss this question out to some other people who deal with classic Nissans.

abematthew
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The lower mounts are different but you could replace the third(?) link and then use 90-93 shocks.

artandscience
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THX. Seems reasonable. Conjecture or do you know someone who has succeeded doing this?

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The lower mounts just have a slightly different hole size, that's the only reason the front 90-93 shocks wont work. You can drill them out slightly as it's a pretty insignificant difference. You should be able to search for more info, if you get caught follow up and I'll help find it.

artandscience
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Thanks.. I thought that might be the best option.

dnudelman
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I can't seem to find a source. Suggestions?

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found them, fronts on Amazon and rears on Ebay.


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