Author Topic: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like  (Read 984 times)

Offline JeffAARy

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What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« on: January 15, 2009 - 01:42:59 PM »
My car is leaning.  Time for new shocks.  What shocks do you all like?




Offline Carlwalski

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Re: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009 - 06:47:24 PM »


First hand experience: Bilsteins are OK, I've had a couple of Jeeps with them and they can make a noise here and there. Edelbrock IAS Performer shocks are what I run in Lucy and I love them myself. Really stiff but very comfy. I can push the rear down but 2" at the most with a real good two hand "heart pump" push on the rear 1/4-trunk. I swear by them. Not sure how good they are for "track" but my car, nor are a big % of E-Bodies are set up for racing. For the street and general "enthusiastic" driving they are a very nice piece. QA1 adjustables are also good but I haven't tried them on an E-Body. I have them on the Ram and being able to pull over and adjust them is a cool thing to have. The rear is easy to get to, the front, not so much lol.


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Re: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009 - 07:06:14 PM »
I'm one of those guys that can't afford the best of everything, I run $15 Monroe's.
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Re: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009 - 07:15:02 PM »
Unless you have air shocks that have separate airlines and one is leaking, the shocks won't have any effect on how the car sits at rest. If you mean it's leaning in the curves then shocks do have an effect. If the car is leaning when parked then you've got a problem with the springs or torsion bars.
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Offline DoNotChallengeHer

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Re: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009 - 07:23:07 PM »
KYB's not a bad shock for the money.

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Re: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009 - 07:30:00 PM »
  I agree with Carl. I have the Edelbrock IAS shocks all the way around on my cuda and I really like them.

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Re: What Shock Absorbers Do You Guys Like
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2009 - 01:03:27 AM »
I have run the $15 Monroes as well  :2thumbs:
 I do agree though if the car is not sitting level you have a spring problem , often a torsion bar setting on the front will affect the back on the opposite corner so try that first , you could have a bent or broken leaf also
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