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Old 07-30-2006, 11:59 PM
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Default F-body front end - shocks or struts?

Which is it? Need a definitive answer...
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um.....struts! ...?
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3rd Gen F-body front: macpherson struts
4th Gen F-body front: shocks with a Short-Long arm suspension.
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Thanks! So can the front shocks be replaced without removing the springs? It doesn't look like it...
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You will have to remove the springs from perches of the body of the shocks. How the springs are mounted is a seperate matter from whether there are shocks vs. struts for the fronts.

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Originally Posted by jmilz28
Thanks! So can the front shocks be replaced without removing the springs? It doesn't look like it...
That's NOT what makes a shock and a strut a strut. We have shocks at both ends... the front is a different type of shock setup, and you do have to remove the spring there.
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