Times have changed since I bought new front strut shock-cartridges direct from Nissan in 2006. Today, local Nissan dealers outside of Japan or South Africa do not sell them.




Today, shocks are generally available from:
* Monroe Australia, part number 25-3418 Gas shock inserts.
* USA from Classic Garage Monroe
* Bprojects: Nissan 56105-H5025 CARTRIDGE-ABSORBER,SHOCK, FRONT

For maximum comfort - smooth and well-controlled ride - the Nissan ones are recommended. However if you have heavy suspension, including large rims, large vented disk brakes, etc. the gas charged might be better. And of course gas-charged shocks are recommended for off-road (bouncy) use.

These front inserts fit all 1200 & 120Y struts
* 1970-1973 B110
* 1974-1979 120Y
* 1971-1994 B120 ute/truck

Of course all the usual one-off sellers still apply: eBay, Web search, etc. You might find a set there at a discount price.


Some news is alternative inserts:
* 1981-1983 Mazda 626 part is very close to 1200
* 1979-1987 Corolla is fairly close
* 1981-1983 Pulsar N10 is short, can be used with lowered 1200s
All three are available in Australia from Monroe, but unfortunately not from Monroe USA. In USA, Pulsar units are available from RockAuto.com. They are about 3" shorter than stock but with full travel. Can be used in a stock 1200 struts with a spacer.

In the past, many with lowered 1200s have chosen 1974-1984 VW Golf/Jetta inserts. There are many brands and valvings available (street, race, etc). The downside is that they use an extra-large diameter strut rod and so are reportedly difficult to fit. The Pulsar unit solves that problem.

There have been reports that 1978-1993 GM Commodore inserts will fit the 1200, and it may be true depending on the brand. However the Monroe inserts for Commodore are much too big in diameter to even fit in the 1200's 45mm strut housing.

Rock auto have Pulsar N10's on file but no stock ( US or Europe ) when I tried earlier this year.
Managed to get some in Aus.
dp

There seems to be so many parts in south africa. But the shops I have contacted there will not ship to the USA. Bummer.

what about these ones?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DATSUN-120 ... 903531:g:ZLAAAMXQlgtRu0gN

There's a few types that suit lowered 45mm strut body
Pedders part no. 8771 n10 pulsar and I have a few other part numbers if anyone keen but the need the thread machined to suit m12x1.25 as they are different if you want to run the stock shock/Spring tops or if wanting to run camber tops there are a few other options in m14x1.5 pitch

Yes, please, share your part numbers. Alternatives are getting hard to find here in USA, other than finding on eBay occasionally we have to import them.

The factory N10 inserts use M12 nut on 18mm rod. Are the Pedders version larger diameter? The Nissan Competition N10 inserts had 20mm rod but I would guess use the same stepped-down shaft size at the top so they'd fit the standard strut top.

the other pedders shock i use are 8783 and machine the shocks down to m12 x 1.25
the shock shaft is 20.15mm thick if that helps dd

Yes thanks. I wonder if using a different strut top would let you use them unmodified. Most Datsun-Nissan use same 123mm PCD pattern.

You could drill and modify the stock tops to take them and run the shock nylock nut to suit

GM commodore shocks will fit into the 51mm struts, 910 bluebird crowd like them (or more precisely the bilstien) as a cheap shock. I have a set of kyb ones I can take son pics of and upload on the weekend if you like dd