Finaly installed my shocks today! Install wasn't too bad except that I had to finish in the dark since I started working on it after 4:30.... Thanks to my dad for extra set of hands!!!

Well, my stock shocks were more than dead! I could compress them very easily and they were coming back in a very weird manner... Now my car is sitting a little higher I believe and rides a little smoother. Also, takes corners a lot better than it did before.

I might end up keeping my intrax spring because car seems to be a little higher now and hopefully I won't be rubbing with 17s.

 

pics and hows the ride? also how much you pay?

 

I'll take pictures on Thursday since it was already dark when I was done today and I have school until 6:30pm tomorrow.

Ride is a whole lot better than what it was! I'm very pleased!

I got them off ebay, I think I paid $181 or something. Search for my thread that I made a little while ago about part numbers. People listed couple links there.

 

awesome. i just installed a set of Monroe sensi trac struts and shocks. Very good ride compared to how it was. A little spendy since i bought them at my local part shop for about 180$ for the set after rebate. Cant believe the difference tho, now my alignment is messed up and i currently do not have any sway bar connectors to the struts on,considering we had to saw them off and order new.

 

No sway bar???? WOW! I wouldn't drive the car if I was you!

 

will be fixed tomorrow.....

 

did you just have oem shocks b4?

 

if your asking me, then yes. Someone had replaced the front ones with GR-2 or w/e. It was a very uncomfortable ride in the rear. Car has 133k miles on it, so i guess it was about time to get them replaced.

 

I had stock shocks for about 10K mi and car had only 35k mi when I put springs on. If I didn't change my shocks any time soon, they would have blown out!

 

what is the diference between the normal ones ( gas ) with the GR-2??

my car had the GR-2 and i had to replace with the normal ones, and i feel like are softer, is this the diference? Now i have to keep it,