The shocks on the H2 I'm fixing up looked pretty rusty and grungy. I didn't want to take the time to take them apart and send them to the chromer so I took the easy way out and bought the H2 replacement shocks that a number of vendors have. I was not happy when I got them and actually thought they were for an H1 or maybe even an S2 but I went out in the shed and even the S2 shocks are bigger around. They are way too skinny to be used as a restoration piece, period. I wonder why if someone is going to go through the effort to reproduce an item they don't try to get a little closer to the proper dimensions, or God forbid even the correct dimensions. I am one of these weird people that expects things to be done correctly so I would be happy to pay what it's worth to have a part that is right. Anyway with the advice of a couple of the members here I made a compressor and took mine apart. As I found when I restored the B8, you would be surprised how much rust is actually on the surface of some parts that has not eaten into anything yet. They shined right up with 0000 steel wool and I painted the plastic inserts with a light coat of adhesion promoter and then a couple of coats of gloss grey. The color isn't perfect but it's better than having the wrong shocks on.
Here is the repop shock beside an H2 shock.
Here is the dirty parts.
Here is the reproduction beside my spruced up H2 shock.
And the finished pair.
For the price of a piece of steel wool and a nickels worth of paint they are presentable.
Very nicely done, Mr. Too Many Triples owned! In fact, you may have found a little side resto service to offer to others here on this board... 