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Re: Shock replacements
Posted by harvest [Email] (more from harvest) on Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:03:04
In Reply to: Shock replacements, John G, Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:38:00
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I did the koni fsd's, with new stock springs. Straightforward install, and ride is just slightly firmer on my 2004 Arc wagon, with 16" rims, perfect by my needs. You may want to get some new strut bearings, andvsome of thd other rubber bushings rather reuse old items of the old struts, i pretty much renewed everything, used eeuroparts for supply. I have similar km on my car, and the rear trailing arm bushings were shot. Replaced rear front subframe bushings, and drop links front and rear. Car rides as tight as new, worth doing for sure. Only koni issue is the rear ride height, there are two settings by a circlip that the rear spring rests on for the rear, i went low and probably should have gone high as the rear springs will sag, but high seemed a bit too high. Talafierro has spacers for the konis so you can tailor the ride height between the low and high setting if necessary. I will probably redo the rears with the 10mm spacer, but not a big deal for now. The rears are pretty easy to do. Watch the bolts on the front strut mounts, they strip easily, so torque very slowly and carefully.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Shock replacements, John G, Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:38:00
- FSD & Shock replacements, Paul'sAero, Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:46:41
- Re: Shock replacements, harvest, Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:03:04 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Shock replacements, Slug
, Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:14:16 - What tire pressure are you running? Start with basics, Acubra, Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:41:40
- Re: Shock replacements, jeff02
, Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:55:31
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