What brand of street shocks do you have?

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Hey, Dan. Another refugeee from c4ag. There must be more than just hardware problems for it to be offline for so long.

<<You CAN'T buy oem anymore>> I noticed.<G>

<<Do you know how many of my clients would LOVE that kind of choice for their 20+ year old car???? >> Dunno, what kinds of cars do they have? Detroit usually is better at supporting parts for longer, but of course the market for them is bigger. Monroe has a big market share but they never impressed me, they're TOO OEM. In the sense that stock GM OEM shocks always were junk. But having been on the other side of the desk--it cost the dealers $25 to upgrade to heavy duty or sport shocks circa 1980 (for a $6000 car which was pretty high then) and if they stocked cars with that equipment--you'd lose the sale to someone else who could sell the car without them for $25 less. The rare exception was the buyer coming in for a sport model, like the rare buyer looking for a GTS.

<<replaced all the lower control arms/trailing arms?>> Nope. I've made certain compromises that I can live with, versus putting more money in the car. Redoing all the bushings would just be more than I need right now.

<<you didn't think ahead when you bought your new car... you should have bought two... stripped the second for a parts mule........ >>
Hey, I *did* think about that. Just never planned to keep it for so long, and had no place to keep a second car. For some of us, renting the ground under the 2nd car for 20 years would cost more than having custom parts made up as needed. I enjoy the car--but I don't worship it. When all is said and done, it's fun, but it still is a riceburner. Now, find me a GT44, and I might lay in a better set of spares.<G>

You think the Tokicos would be firmer than the KYBs? Neither will really say much, I figured to let the shop pick the ones they were happier with rather than make more work for them, unless I could get a real good reason for some other choice.

Wanna buy a little red riceburner? Nine alloy wheels, all with Michelins?Might even make it over the Rockies this time of year, got the snows and chains.<G>