Aftermarket? or Stock?

Mine are done at 60k miles....Iam simply looking for something for a smooth ride....Factory replacements are $100 each!!!! wtf?

 

im running single adj. QA1'swith ground control coilovers! i love the setup, and the car feels right on!

Call Luke at lindsay cadillac to see what his price on OEM's are.

 

nice...those are the purdy silver ones right? I'll call Luke but dont think he can beat ebay.

 

^^ no pretty blue!

 

FG2 on Eibach's

 

Bone stock. But getting springs in a few months.

 

$100 each for dampers is surprising to you, particularly for factory parts? If your username means what I think it means, then decent shocks and struts for that car would've been just as expensive.

 

a nice set goes for $160 shipped


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-...Q5fAccessories

 

^^ you forgot about the cadillac tax

 

Same here. Purdy Blue.

OP - If you think $400 for a set of stock ones is expensive, then you don't want to look at the aftermarket ones for the V.

 

I paid $450 for Bilsteins for my GMC HD.

 

FG2's.

LAW

 

I JUST sold a full set of FE4's with less than 30k on them for $150. Keep checking ebay. They are out there.

 

I wouldn't call KYB GR2s decent; they're bargain basement dampers. In my eyes, "decent" means Koni Sports or Bilsteins, neither of which you're going to get new for $160.

 

k-sport complete coilovers

 

Not meaning to hi-jack your thread but I do have a strut/shock related question.....I have a floppy driver's front wheel, it's only noticeable on a very few roads and only below around 50mph or so, I was wondering if this sounds like just a shock issue or a more serious suspension problem? I've had it up on a lift and it seems to be pretty solid and done the bounce up and down shock test with pretty good return. It is an 04 with 79k so I figured they were about gone anyway.....

 

whats higher end? stock dampers or KYB's?

 

I would go with new stock dampers over KYB and I'm a KYB dealer.

 

I enjoyed Bilsteins on my Caprice but a stock set of FE4s for $400 or less if they are low mile takeoffs is probably what you want. They do ride nice, but I like my FG2s. I also shy away from KYB brand anything (experience on someone else's car) and, sadly, QA1, also due to an experience on other cars.

 

Ok so the FG2 are a factory upgrade, right? Whats the big plus about them?? Stiffer??