Long time Spyder people. 
We were about to take the Spyder out for its monthly drive when Darcie noticed some rubber pieces under the car. After further investigating it I discovered that some bushings in the rear shocks have disintegrated.
Would you happen to know where I could get some of these rear shocks spacers/bushings?
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It's a Stuttgart Spyder. The shocks appear to be a Aldan American universal coilover shocks.
https://aldanamerican.com/prod...d-single-adjustable/
Now to find the proper bushing.
Have you tried contacting Aldan American?
Aldan American sells bushings on their website (product category Accessories). Perhaps their customer rep could help you determine which size you need?
Here's Aldan's catalog (you may have to download it yourself) and they offer two sizes of bushings on page 17. Call them and tell them your story - They may comp you a new set.
In the unlikely case that the manufacturer isn't helpful, remove one of the remaining bushings and take measurements of inner and outer diameters as well as depth and see if you can specify them that way.
@ALB posted:Have you tried contacting Aldan American?
They're closed on the weekends. I'll try Monday.
For future reference for other Stuttgart Spyder owners in the future; I ordered a set of bushings from Aldan American part number ALD-4. Direct swap. Would have been done in about 30 minutes but 1 of the shocks didn't want to go in properly so I had to massage it. 
I love a happy ending!
The Aldan shocks that came with my first Spyder are absolute JUNK. Basically drag race shocks, useless. Zero rebound, and not much compression valving. The car was quite bouncy in the back no matter what position the knob was in.
I replaced them with adjustable QA1 coilovers and have never looked back. They work REALLY well, and are adjustable. There are Delrin bushing on the top and heims on the bottom. No rubber to deteriorate.
Greg includes custom-valved Bilsteins on his Spyders now and has for years.
Yeah @DannyP they are absolute junk. I will look into replacing them with something more appropriate for the car. I changed the bushing just because they crumbled. I have never seen anything like that. What QA1's did you buy?
I bought Proma Star single adjustable. The one knob does both compression and rebound at the same time, so the relationship between the two is fixed. I have them at 7 clicks from full soft.
I believe they are 10" compressed and 14" fully extended. Ride height is somewhere around 12.5". I used 275 pound springs, Greg uses 250 I believe on his Bilsteins.
@DannyP posted:The Aldan shocks that came with my first Spyder are absolute JUNK. Basically drag race shocks, useless. Zero rebound, and not much compression valving. The car was quite bouncy in the back no matter what position the knob was in.
I replaced them with adjustable QA1 coilovers and have never looked back. They work REALLY well, and are adjustable. There are Delrin bushing on the top and heims on the bottom. No rubber to deteriorate.
Greg includes custom-valved Bilsteins on his Spyders now and has for years.
I had Aldan shocks on my street rod years back. On a cross country trip the shock rod had pulled completely out of the aluminum hat striping the treads with it. I was in a town but it was on a Sunday so no Rod Shops open.I thought about getting it welded but nothing close by. So, I took a 3 sided file from my tool roll and cut a groove in the shaft all the way around. There was a Home Depot near so I bought a drill, bits, tap and set screws. I used the power form a business where I was parked and drilled 3 holes in the hat to line up with the groove, then tapped them for the set screws. It was solid when I was finished. I made it to my hotel at the end of the day. The next morning I ordered a new set of QA1's and had them shipped to my next hotel. I have had the QA1's on my car for over 10 years and they are still great! I travel with a spare shock just in case I need it.
@Butcher Boy posted:...So, I took a 3 sided file from my tool roll and cut a groove in the shaft all the way around. There was a Home Depot near so I bought a drill, bits, tap and set screws. I used the power form a business where I was parked and drilled 3 holes in the hat to line up with the groove, then tapped them for the set screws. It was solid when I was finished.
Dude.
@edsnova posted:Dude.
LOL Sometimes you just have to make it happen ...........
Thanks for understanding
