shocks/springs questions

[rev616]

so my car looks like its lowered..i was told the shocks and springs were bad when i bought it.i just need to make sure its both or just one,or see what i should replace first.

here is the deal.i go over speed bumps and bottom out in the front.after the rear gets over it just bounces like crazy.on the road i dont feel many bumps,they pretty much get bounced out i would guess.

now in sept my dad is going to come out to phoenix and drive the wagon back to michigan.and i want to stiffen it up a bit.would beable to get away with just shocks?im not worried too much about ride height.

what shoould i do?

[raven]

New gas filled shocks.
r

[rev616]

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New gas filled shocks.
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some guy on ebay is selling gabriel classic gas shocks for really cheap.like $20 a pair and has them for my wagon.i was hoping that would solve the problem,thats why i asked.i was for sure going to get them,but i just wanted to make sure it would at least fix it a little bit.thanks

[Deyomatic]

Go to any of the BAP dealers in town and pick up a set of KYBs for it. I'm not sure which ones you want, but they should be around $25. That way, if you don't need the new springs, you would have had to buy new shocks, anyway.

If you need new springs, go to Valley Spring. I went through this shit a few months ago and called all over the country, Valley had the most reasonable price, plus no shipping, AND he said that if it didn't sit right when I put them in, he'd lower/raise as needed one time.

[Baron Von Mike]

Gas shocks will surely stiffen things up.

Never use air or gas shocks as a way to adjust ride height though. Dampening members are not meant to be supporting members. I know. I tried. You will snap shock bolts soon enough. For a ride height adjustment you gotta mess with the springs.

Sounds like you just want to stop the bouncing though. Non gas charged shocks will do just fine too.

Mike

[Mr 42]

The spring takes care of the ride height and the preload of the spring prevents the bottoming out.

And the shocks takes care of the bouncing, so if you have a bounce problem get new shocks, try some from a car with the same weight and mounting. Or heavier if you have short suspension travel.

Found this links on Google
http://members.fortunecity.com/suspdesign/index2.html
http://e30m3performance.com/myths/travel/travel.htm
http://autorepair.about.com/od/steeringandsuspension/