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Old 01-18-2023, 10:52 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by cmiovino View Post
Holy shit. 200k on the same dampers/shocks?! I find most lost their performance around the 60-80k mark. By about 100k when you actually remove them, they barely travel upwards or do anything, even if there's no signs of leakage.

Looks like yours also have the Eibach lowering springs on it too - which actually lower a good bit over stock.
Yeah I have the Eibach Pro-Kit. Made changing the shock a lot easier because the spring doesn't need to be compressed. The job was easy but it could have been easier if I had half a brain and degreased the strut first. But if I had half a brain I wouldn't have blown the shock in the first place.
I just removed the two nuts inside the car, then removed these two bolts and the other one to the left that holds the suspension arm to the car. I also removed the bolt holding the shock to the arm but you don't need to. Then remove the whole assembly.
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