walshy

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I was talking to a mechanic the other day and I was telling him that I wanted to drop my car next week. I was all about getting new shocks and springs, until he told me that enless my shocks are blown there is no use in getting new ones. I am going to drop the car 1.5 all the way around. Do you guys think that keeping the stock shocks will make them blow with new 1.5 drop springs?

Let me know what you guys think!
Thanks
WALSHY

smokeyone

Yes. You're better off getting new shocks now too.

walshy

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yea thats what I was thinking, anybody running stock shocks here with aftermarket springs?

99SEL4ME

Not a good idea. How many miles are on your car? If you have over 100k, chances are that they are on their way out anyway. And lowering your car with stock struts will only make them go that much quicker. Do it all at once and do it right and be done with it. Just my .02

99Automagic

Fark it. Drop it now and get new shocks later. Your stock ones are pretty old anyways. Deal with them when they blow.

walshy

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yea, i just hit 100,000 the other day.

smokeyone

Mine were blown at around 105,000. If it were me, I'd get new shocks with the springs too. BTW, what springs are you planning on using?

DragonMaxima

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What kind of ignorant advice is that. Your better off doing everything now and pay for a 1 time install. It would not cost anymore if you are doing both the struts and springs at the same time. It's actually easier cause it's a direct swap out.

99Automagic

Don't make a big deal out of it. It's just shocks and springs. Either do it now or do it later is all I'm saying. Maybe he don't have the money to do both, but wants some sort of drop now?

maxgtr2000

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I still have stocks after 2 years on Intrax but I can tell that my rears are blown now. The SE struts held up pretty well. If you don't care to do everything twice then ride on the stocks til you get your aftermarkets.

walshy

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ill prob just change them both

diy_dreamer

get everything done together, the labor is the same if you just to your shocks or decide to do shocks and springs. if you just do one now and then the other later you will be paying for labor twice. Money out the window.

d00df00d

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Your mechanic is dead freakin' wrong. To be fair, he's really just doing what 99% of all mechanics do: taking everyday just-make-it-work-well-enough-for-the-daily-commute sensibilities and using them to make one-size-fits-all advice.

But anyone who knows about how suspension works (and has their head on straight) will tell you that you need new shocks with lowering springs. And it's not only that stock shocks will blow out faster. They won't be able to properly control a lower, stiffer spring, which means your ride quality and handling will definitely suffer.

Plus, if you get new springs now and then get new shocks later, you're quite literally paying for the SAME PROCEDURE twice. In both cases, you need to take out the spring/shock assembly, disassemble it, reassemble it with the new part(s), and then reinstall it. If you get springs and shocks together, all you do is remove the old stuff, put the new stuff together, and put the new stuff in. Less than half the labor of doing shocks now and springs later.