bilsteins are not exactly cheap, but they are really well made and usually last
150k miles or more we moved
up to A z71 from a standard chevy 4x4 one of the changes was the shocks and the
ride was much better
and they came standard on the new YUKON we bought,
I drove a "new" Z71 and the shocks are not as good
as the bilsteins..
a little pricy but worth it
Jeff Lloyd
On Wed, 23 August 2000, Jeffrey Blankenship wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matthew Carson [mailto:mcars@vt.edu]
> > Subject: Shock question
> >
> >
> > OK, this is not exactly autox related but it is close....
> >
> > I need to replace the shocks on my 1990 Crown Vic wagon. I
> > know what good performance shocks are out there, but I don't
> > know what good CHEAP shocks are out there. Any suggestions?
> > I would prefer a little better handling
> > (who wouldn't on this list?), but that may be asking too
> > much... Cheap is still the operative word here.
> >
> > -Matt
>
>
> Ahhh, Matt, any advice you happen to receive might be applicable to
> my Windstar. The stock stuff seems to go limp at about 45-50k.
> Guess what? Yup. Well, I still want a cloud-soft ride, minus
> the oscillation. And I remember in my youth (late '70s) getting
> Monroes and wondering afterwards if the shocks really had been
> changed, maybe they're better now, but I dunno. Plus, I did just buy
> Tokicos for the MR2, tires are next, so every penny has to pull its
> weight...
> ---
> Jeffrey D. Blankenship Senior Technical Consultant
> jblanken@amdocs.com Amdocs - ITDS - TRIS+
> '91 MR2 Turbo, neon enthusiast #478 Champaign, IL, USA
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