Need shocks for '86 4kq

[Roa, Greg]

I have to respectfully disagree with you.  High pressure gas shocks will
affect ride height.
If you put on a new set, it will lift up the front end as compared to an old
set.  Not saying that this is the problem on the car in question, but it
will happen.  Put a set of Konis on a car, and put a set of Bilsteins on an
identical car, and the Bilstein equipped car will set higher...
Don't forget though, that after a while, they will work their way back down,
which is why I have been told to not get you car aligned for about 1k miles
after getting new struts.

By the way, if you have lowering springs, I would definitely stay away from
the AutoZone/pep boys struts.  Go rent the spring compressor (for free) at
one of those places regardless, but with lowering springs, the cheapo
Gabriel Springfield shocks don't have enough damping.  They aren't made to
sit at a lower ride height.

When I went to Pep Boys and AutoZone, neither had the struts in stock.  I
had to have them ordered.  They were still rather pricey considering.  I
think they cost as much as the set of KYB's or possibly more.  I'd check out
www.shox.com they seem to have pretty good pricing, and a good selection.

Greg Roa
86' 4kcsq
93' 90 CS
83' 944

>shocks will not affect ride height !!!! unless one of
>them is broken. you may want to look into this a
>little more if you really think the ride height
>changed !!!! broken spring ???? broken sway bar mount
>???? broken sway bar link ????? if you want cheap
>shocks, go to pep boys, advanced auto, auto zone. also
>get new upper strut mounts , usually about 10-20 bucks
>each, get good ones, if you get them from pep boys
>they will last about 6 months and they will collapse.
>you need a spring compressor to change them and the
>special socket to loosen the nut on the top of the
>shocks makes it easy too. you can do without, but it
>is so much nicer !!!!
>                                        brian o'
>93 90 cs
>90 80
>89 80
>88 944 turbo s-for sale
>
--- Matt Daniels <mdaniels at ivy-rose.com> wrote:
> I took my 4000 on a spirited drive in the mountains
> the other day, and I
> think I killed something in the front suspension.
> Hopefully it's just a
> old shock that gave out. 
> 
> Basically, the next day I noticed a harsher than
> normal ride, and the
> front end was extremely bouncy. Once I got to my
> destination, I noticed
> that the front right of the car was very, very low.
> And upon pushing
> down on the fender, there was almost no spring back.
> Coming out of the
> store 20 minute later and it looked like the car had
> raised up a bit and
> the ride wasn't as bad as before. 
> 
> So I'm thinking I need new shocks, which probably
> isn't a bad idea
> anyway. Any recommendations on brand? I just need
> some simple
> replacement shocks to get me buy, nothing fancy.
> Blau has a set of 4 KYB
> GR-2 shocks for $209 - are these decent? Can I get
> others for cheaper?
> What else to I need to purchase when replacing the
> shocks? And how
> involved is replacing the shocks myself? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt Daniels
> '864kq
> '00 A4 1.8T Avant (sold)- now somewhere in Lincoln,
> NE. Look for the
> orange one.
> '93 90S (sold)