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Offline wally426ci

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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #15 on: August 29, 2008 - 09:01:58 PM »
Go ahead and get them Squeaky.  Your sig says wally  (426 :money:)   :roflsmiley:   I know it bites. As little as I use my car and really dont travel far with it, monroe gasmatics for 16 a piece was a good choice for me :2thumbs:

 :roflsmiley: I know Ive become so cheap..  :misbehaving: I found a set of Eddies for $300 @ the Paddock. Man, its $500 for a fender, 300 for shocks, dash is gonna be pricey. Im gonna wind up doubling what i have in the car one of these days  :money:
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #16 on: August 29, 2008 - 09:10:07 PM »
The IAS shocks are $86.99 each at Jeg's, front or rear  :2thumbs:
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #17 on: August 29, 2008 - 09:41:53 PM »
Mine are about 6 years old and they were the $10 deals... I want to get some better ones, any recomendations??  :working:

 

How do you drive and what are you expecting them to do?

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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2008 - 07:10:00 AM »
I just figure i owe the car a good set of shocks, I  :burnout: put the hammer down sometimes and I mostly LOVE taking turns at speed.....  :ylsuper:
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2008 - 08:31:35 AM »
I'm running the KYB's on mine.  Many people don't like them but at 25-30 bucks a piece they do the job for me.

Tom

They can get harsh on rough city streets but evrywhere else they seem to work nice, corners don't seem to bother them.

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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2008 - 10:57:07 AM »
i spent the dollars cause i want some adjustment, so i bought the qa1,s they are sweet i dont need more than 5 clicks,on the front and maybe 2 clicks on the back,they have a total of 12 clicks of adjustment, i used to have kyb,s as they are a good shock for the money, depends on your budget!and how much adjustment you want :bigsmile:

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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2008 - 12:33:43 PM »
no one mentions koni ..?
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2008 - 12:39:46 PM »
i spent the dollars cause i want some adjustment, so i bought the qa1,s they are sweet i dont need more than 5 clicks,on the front and maybe 2 clicks on the back,they have a total of 12 clicks of adjustment, i used to have kyb,s as they are a good shock for the money, depends on your budget!and how much adjustment you want :bigsmile:

I concur, the SRT/10 runs QA1s and Madeline will as well. Great shock with easy adjustment, and, well, the simple fact that they adjust at all! I run 10 up front on the Night Runner and 6 out back. A good option when you need that kind of flexibility in selection of setting.  :2cents:
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2008 - 04:32:11 PM »
no one mentions koni ..? dont they cost even more? like 180$ a shock, the qa1,s work the same, and a little easy on the pocket book, hey dutch i did find out from someone that services them said anything over 6 is really hard on them , but they can be rebuilt so run em hard , you must like to stick it the corners like me :scared: :smilielol:

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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2008 - 05:27:22 PM »
sorry, I thought this was about good shocks...not cheap ones  :biggrin:
I`ve used koni`s on several different cars and always liked them. They make cars corner lovely :cooldancing:   I must say I was pretty impressed by Bilstein shocks too, but I don`t know if they are available for e- bodies.
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2008 - 05:50:22 PM »
I cant see blowing a ton of money on shocks. I do want good shocks, but affordable. I have Poly suspension bushings, so maybe thats where my harder bumps come from.....
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #26 on: August 30, 2008 - 05:52:40 PM »
I'm running the KYB's on mine.  Many people don't like them but at 25-30 bucks a piece they do the job for me.

Tom

They can get harsh on rough city streets but evrywhere else they seem to work nice, corners don't seem to bother them.


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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #27 on: August 30, 2008 - 06:00:39 PM »
Hey Jackie, is that what you're running on yours? I live IN the city, but i try to avoid the worst streets, so i need to keep that in mind.....   :burnout:
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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #28 on: August 30, 2008 - 06:07:45 PM »
Hey Jackie, is that what you're running on yours? I live IN the city, but i try to avoid the worst streets, so i need to keep that in mind.....   :burnout:
Wally, Just took the original shocks off the front.  :scared:  I'm happy with the KYB's. For the money they are a decent shock. I had the front-end rebuilt with poly too. It rides and handles a lot better then it did. :burnout:  :2thumbs: I live in PA . And you know how the roads are here.  :eek4:

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Re: what shocks should i go for?
« Reply #29 on: August 30, 2008 - 06:15:49 PM »
It is funny how the pavement changes as soon as you cross the Line from good ole Maryland....  :icon16:
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