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david handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 1094
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 9:46 pm: | |
Don't forget you need the new shock bushings too. They are not included. |
david handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 1093
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 9:45 pm: | |
Yeah, rebuild versus new. It is so close, and the new get the lifetime warranty, that you should just get new. Tirerack.com sells them for around $115 or so. Rebuilds by Koni are around $90, I think. |
Mark Eberhardt (Me_k)
Member
Username: Me_k
Post Number: 594
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 6:18 pm: | |
I think true choice gets $80 each.
If you drive the car hard, you may want to consider upgrading to a modern shock. There are several threads if you do a search. |
V.Z. (Ama328)
Junior Member
Username: Ama328
Post Number: 165
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 - 5:39 pm: | |
ballpark price on Koni to do the rebuild ? |
david handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 1088
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 5:20 pm: | |
Mike,
The "lifetime" warranty is only for aftermarket purchased shocks, not the eom ones supplied to manufacturers...or so I have been told.
Crawford, I am certain that you would notice a difference with new shocks, regardless of mileage. Though my 87 328 has only 37k miles, it is on my "to do" list for my 15k minor service this winter, when I hit 45k miles...new shocks and shock bushings. |
mike 308 (Concorde)
Junior Member
Username: Concorde
Post Number: 242
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 5:02 pm: | |
Doesn't Koni have a lifetime guarantee on their shocks? Or is that only for the original owner? |
Mark Manzonelli (Manzonelli)
New member
Username: Manzonelli
Post Number: 5
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 4:57 pm: | |
Definately makes a difference. My 1986 328's shocks were shot. It is hard to notice because there is so much preload on the springs. I took my shocks off and sent them to Koni North America. They "dynoed" them and found they were shot. They then rebuilt them. The difference is night and day. |
Lawrence D. Macedo (Macedoms)
New member
Username: Macedoms
Post Number: 30
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 1:49 pm: | |
Hello,
A dead shock absorder can definitely cause a clunk or rattle noise and I would say if they have never been serviced/replaced, now is a good time. You'll find it's a whole new car once this has been done. |
Richard Ham (Hampappy)
New member
Username: Hampappy
Post Number: 21
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 27, 2003 - 7:30 am: | |
Can't help you with the answer here, but I think its a good question!
My 308 rattles a bit over the bumps and I can't tell whether it's coming from the shock absorbers or the various bushings, (or the steering rack)
From anybodies experience, is it likely to be the shock absorbers ??? |
Crawford White (Crawford)
Junior Member
Username: Crawford
Post Number: 98
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2003 - 9:30 am: | |
I very seldom hear of shocks/springs being replaced on 328's. Shouldn't that be a priority on a 14 to 17 year old car? Especially one that's driven hard.
If I rebuilt/replaced the shocks on my 86 328, would I notice a difference? Would it make the car safer; more comfortable on rough roads? |