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Mars2 07-31-2014 09:20 AM
Oem shock absorber lasting?
 
How long do your oem shock absorber last?

My rear one after 9000 miles are leaking a lot.
Time to go for coil's

bfrank1972 07-31-2014 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mars2 (Post 1874946)
How long do your oem shock absorber last?

My rear one after 9000 miles are leaking a lot.
Time to go for coil's
Depends on your roads

Ubersuber 07-31-2014 08:33 PM
Should last at least 60,000 miles unless it has been damaged by a sharp impact such as a pothole. Try a warranty claim.

Good quality monotube gas pressure shocks can last the life of the car if driven normally. Even average quality shocks should last more than 9000 miles unless abused.

wparsons 07-31-2014 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mars2 (Post 1874946)
How long do your oem shock absorber last?

My rear one after 9000 miles are leaking a lot.
Time to go for coil's
Did you (or anyone) install lowering springs, or have the upper mounts off the shocks for any reason? If the top nut was removed or re-installed with an impact gun it may have spun the inner nut loose inside the shock.

If not, definitely take it in for warranty.

DC2R 08-01-2014 02:27 AM
What coils you got?

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Mars2 08-01-2014 03:54 AM
Oem spring and nothing did hit them. Suspension is fully oem (no mode) never been touch since day 1. 4 Oem Michelin primacy and front brake pads are also shot.
Just 9000 miles of spirited drive on smooth canyon (mountain road) and lot of drift on those thousand's of roundabout we have here in France. Here in France 20 year's ago they cancel most of the red light and made roundabout instead. Sometime going to work in the morning or back at night I go to time around each one drifting.

bfrank1972 08-01-2014 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Mars2 (Post 1876779)
Oem spring and nothing did hit them. Suspension is fully oem (no mode) never been touch since day 1. 4 Oem Michelin primacy and front brake pads are also shot.

Just 9000 miles of spirited drive on smooth canyon (mountain road) and lot of drift on those thousand's of roundabout we have here in France. Here in France 20 year's ago they cancel most of the red light and made roundabout instead. Sometime going to work in the morning or back at night I go to time around each one drifting.

Wow, brakes and one damper shot, sounds like some hard miles!

Ubersuber 08-01-2014 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bfrank1972 (Post 1876915)
Wow, brakes and one damper shot, sounds like some hard miles!
Sounds like a lot of fun miles. Roundabouts make good skid pads early in the morning before the gendarmes are awake....

jvincent 08-01-2014 10:23 AM
Methinks that the drifting might have something to do with the early failures.

wparsons 08-01-2014 11:40 AM
Even with HARD miles, shocks should last a lot longer than 9000miles.

finch1750 08-01-2014 01:21 PM
Holy crap. Definitely give warranty a shot. 9k miles is crazy. Lol

Im at 53k miles over rough roads with probably 15k being hard miles and everything is holding up fine.

wparsons 08-01-2014 02:21 PM
I'm at 72k km's, stock shocks, no issues. I've been on Swift sport springs since easter, easily 10k km's lowered. Around 7 track days, 5+ autocrosses, two full winters, etc.

dem00n 08-01-2014 06:40 PM
No expert here, but drifting loves to kill shocks. Different angles, etc. Puts advanced wear on everything. Go aftermarket

Comparing track/autos wear to drifting wear is like comparing wear on summer to all seasons.

wparsons 08-01-2014 09:47 PM
Drifting doesn't put any extra load on the rear shocks (which aren't struts... and aren't locating the rear knuckle) than normal driving on a track would.

The rear suspension isn't working any differently if the rear tires are or aren't spinning.


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