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Nov 2, 2009 | 10:15 AM

tribaltalon

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Summit adjustable shock question

I want to run the summit adjustables front and t
rear. Are the front and rear shocks the same? Hoping to order 4 and throw away my decarbons. Let me know.

Nov 2, 2009 | 10:33 AM

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if your talkiking about your 98 camaro then NO. you have struts on the front and cannot use those on the front

Nov 2, 2009 | 10:58 AM

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Man I'm retarded today. I meant to ask if there was a summit adjustable that would work on the front? Or comp engineering adj. For front?

Nov 2, 2009 | 05:03 PM

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if your talkiking about your 98 camaro then NO. you have struts on the front and cannot use those on the front

4th gens have coil over shocks in the front. If they were struts then we wouldn't have an upper control arm.
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Ours (notice the upper control arm and spindle)

Nov 2, 2009 | 05:06 PM

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Man I'm retarded today. I meant to ask if there was a summit adjustable that would work on the front? Or comp engineering adj. For front?

What do you want to change about the car?

Nov 2, 2009 | 07:35 PM

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I need new shocks and wanted adjustables without paying a retarded amount of money. If comp engineering makes adjustable front shocks, then I'd still only be paying around 150 bucks for adjustables all around, which would be awesome.

Nov 2, 2009 | 10:34 PM

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I was asking more like what do you want the car to do? Handle better? Ride better? Strictly drag racing?
Not all shocks are the same, a drag shock will be horrible for handling and very poor for ride quality but allow good weight transfer, while a handling shock won't launch as well but provide a better ride, and dramatically increase handling, balance and feel.

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Nov 3, 2009 | 05:50 AM

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4th gens have coil over shocks in the front. If they were struts then we wouldn't have an upper control arm.
Strut:

Ours (notice the upper control arm and spindle)

yeah, i guess it is a coil over shock. not the facy adj type you posted but still. all this time ive been calling them struts and fail to realize they have no structual bearing to the front suspension...

i think kyb are probably the cheapest adj for the front as far as i know