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Old 11-12-2018, 06:42 AM
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Default Fair price for these shocks?
Saves some time having as assemblies, they look pretty damn good but mileage is unknown. I THINK these are FE4 equivalent. Thoughts?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153245345833?ul_noapp=true
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What it doesn’t say is how many miles are on them. Have him take a picture of the upper shock mount bushings and if they aren’t chewed up or cracked, I’d buy them because I don’t think those mounts are offered aftermarket.
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Yeah, seller doesn't know mileage - he confirmed it as unknown. There are good close ups of the bushings, they look pretty good, only the slightest surface cracks and not chewed up or distorted at all. Thoughts on price?
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You can buy the shocks, rebranded to AC Delco, for $86 each brand new at rock auto.
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You can buy the shocks, rebranded to AC Delco, for $86 each brand new at rock auto.
That's what I'm looking at also, just like these since I wouldn't have to dick with springs on the R&R.
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For $160, I'd swap the springs myself, then not have extra parts cluttering my garage until I make the effort to sell them.
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The springs are super easy to swap over with a tool rental of a spring compressor. They're not even that compressed.
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You need an alignment after replacing front shocks, right?
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Originally Posted by jmilz28
You need an alignment after replacing front shocks, right?
You certainly should but probably would be ok if you marked everything and put it back the same way.
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Originally Posted by isis

You certainly should but probably would be ok if you marked everything and put it back the same way.
That's what my memory was telling me, thanks for confirming!
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No, normally no need for aligning, if there are no long holes for camber and u didn't touched the lower control arms?!

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No special need for alignment, I agree.
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