1999 Camaro SS
what brand / type?

Dealer is telling me it's $700 to replace it...ugh

What kinda aftermarket ones good for drag racing are there??
-Steve

 

Bilstein HD are fine for rear. Good up front to unless you want
to upgrade to Konis. You have decarbons stock. I just replaced
the ones in my 99 too. Front seem ok for a little while longer.

 

$700 to replace stock rear shocks?!??

How much crack is the dealer smoking?
You could get a set of 4 Koni SA shocks for something like $700, the last time I checked.

As for drag racing - It's not my thing but I've heard good comments about QA1 hal shocks.

 

Which dealer?? That is impossibly high price. Stock decarbons are dirt cheap.

Do you have a written estimate? They should be put in jail for that kinda estimate.

Brian

 

oh yeah, the $700 is /shock part cost, + labor of 1.5 hrs, I told him to shove it. What do you guys think about Tokico's?

 

Look at the prices of bilsteins at bimmerparts.com
before you buy-you might be surprised.

 

If your SS has the Bilstein suspension on it, then you have stock HD Bilsteins in the rear, and revalved (lower rate) Bilsteins up front. I'm not sure at all if you'd have the Decarbons on an SS, seems unlikely they'd put that junk on it but you never know.
Rear shocks/springs are one of the easy to do. fwiw, I think if you want primarily drag race, then the HALs are a good choice.

 

My SS and any other SS not ordered with Bilstein would ahve decarbons. They actually aren't the "junk" everyone makes them out to be. The design was sold to them by Bilstein, they are less expensive for mass production.

Anyway, I would agree with the adjustables for serious drag racing. Otherwise just get a good shock, Bilstein HD for example. The rears could not be much easier to install BTW.

Brian

 

I got my Bilstein HDs from ProAm in Texas, I'm at work, but I'll post the link. Under 450 for the set.