Oem shock absorber lasting? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Mars2 · 07-31-2014, 08:20 AM

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, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mars2

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, 07:33 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, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mars2

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, 01:27 AM

What coils you got?

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Mars2 · 08-01-2014, 02:54 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, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Mars2

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, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by bfrank1972

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, 09:23 AM

Methinks that the drifting might have something to do with the early failures.

wparsons · 08-01-2014, 10:40 AM

Even with HARD miles, shocks should last a lot longer than 9000miles.

finch1750 · 08-01-2014, 12:21 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, 01:21 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, 05:40 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, 08:47 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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