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I think I blew a shock
the looked a little off last week but it wasn't bad
i thought it was just the angle i was looking at it as i had parked w/ the wheels turned etc and then i was wondering why i felt every nook & cranny on 287 the past 2 days Normal [driver's] http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3286/img0110gv2.jpg Bad [pass.] http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6387/img0109oi1.jpg Rear view http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/553/img0108mw1.jpg Suggestions for new ones? how much is replacement [of both] going to cost me? |
Unless it is physically broken, a shock should not normally impact ride height. There might be something else up.
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you have another problem shocks will not impact ride height espically at rest
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it depends, if it is a gas charged shock the ride height will show a little bit at rest. not usually as much as shows in the picture, but 1/2" isn't unusual to see it go down when running good off the shelf shocks.
the biggest thing you can tell when riding is that the car won't get over hitting a bump fora while. just push down on the corner in question, if it keeps bouncing up and down after you let go, it is likely a bad shock. while riding if you take a corner hard and lean the car onto a bad shock it will sort of dump down fast adn stop abruptly on that corner and then stand up really fast on the spring again when you straighten out. i used to bust up shocks on my 91 RS when i autocrossed it a lot. it is really obvious in the handling if the shock is totally gone. |
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i felt every single bump on 287 going to and from my brother's place |
Are they still the stock shocks? If so, you are probably due anyway.
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could be springs or you cous have bent or broken something in the suspension, it really needs to be checked out thoroughly to be sure
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i was going to jack it up today to just take a general survey but got busy and sidetracked |
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yeah I didnt put many miles on them at all after i installed them.
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thats weird. did you go underneath and check if anything is amiss?
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