Rear Koni shocks, rubber cap, is this supposed to be installed (see pic)...

[jntmjt1]

Hi,

I'm trying to determine if the black rubber cap on the end of the shock is supposed to be installed or not. I've seen some pictures of very nice cars, some with and some without the caps. What is correct?

Also, if it's supposed to be installed, does anyone have an idea where to come up with something like this?

Thanks,
John Thomas

[eljimb0]

John,
If either of those is your car, wow it is beautiful underneath there.
good job, (somebody)
jimbo

[jntmjt1]

Originally Posted by eljimb0

John,
If either of those is your car, wow it is beautiful underneath there.
good job, (somebody)
jimbo

No, neither of those cars is mine... I'm still trying to get there.

John Thomas

[Texas Swede]

Original Konis had the more rounded cap tip
and later had a more flat cap tip.
Texas Swede

[Snakepit]

Yes originally they were installed. Currently (as mentioned) there are no reproductions of the original.

Had to make a set for the last early car I did. Fashioned a pattern out of bondo, made a plaster mold, then pour the two part rubber mixture into the mold. Should have made a handful of them while I was at it.

[rr64]

f.y.i....Low volume reproduction of rubber parts is not cheap but you can get it done by Steele Rubber Products. I did my own reverse engineering to save some expense and Steele produced a mold for me to produce a small rubber part for Cobras. I just wanted eight little rubber bumpers. To make just eight would have been very expensive. I sent e-mails to all the owners I could and combined we made up an order that got finished parts down to a few dollars each. We got fanatastic just right OEM quality parts at a price that was not too bad, and the mold is still available should we want more.

Sharing tool and machine time costs with larger runs for multiple car owners is not a bad way to go.