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Vaneat-91RS Member
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 87 Location: Kirkland, WA
1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:24 pm Post subject: shock questions |
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Hi guys. I know its been forever since I last posted. But this seemed like the best place to ask a camaro technical question. So, I have a 91 RS that has just the basic eibach lowering springs on it. I installed Bilstein shocks and struts. This is now 5 or 6 years ago. They already seem to be shot. Now, I admit, I use this car as a daily driver, and the struts likely have 60k on them (where does the time go?). My question is, should they already be toast? I'm not hard on the car driving wise. It just seems like they wore out fast. Are they inherently going to wear out sooner due to the car being lowered? I know I'm going to be replacing them, question is, is there anything I should be aware of that maybe I missed the first time? _________________ Vaneat-91RS
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Dewey316 The Lama
Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 7295 Location: Bringing the tech
1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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They do wear out, the seals will eventually on any shock wear.
You might talk to bilstein if you still have the original purchase info, they might replace them for free. |
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aaron_sK Member
Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 8834 Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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60K strut replacement interval on a lowered daily driver seems pretty dang good to me. |
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Vaneat-91RS Member
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 87 Location: Kirkland, WA
1991 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, that is sorta what I was thinking, but thought some extra input couldn't hurt. I think its just because time seems to be flying by these days that it seems so short... a sure sign I'm getting old.
_________________ Vaneat-91RS
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