| Well I thought it was just going to be bushings, but my tech now says the shock is not traveling the way it should. They twisted my arm and yep, it's 2 new shocks up front at a berzerk cost of $842 bilstein parts and labor. Oh well, I'm trying to keep this car long term, unless gas goes to $10/gallon, so I want to make it perfect and enjoy it.
They said the noise you're hearing is probably the rubber mounts at the top or bottom of the shock (rubber biscuits I've heard them called), and you can't buy them seperately from the actual shock, or so they said. So I'm doing the whole strut assembly, shocks, biscuits, whatever, it better ride and sound perfect. 8 years old and 55k miles. So far I've dropped $2000 on balljoints, tires, and now shocks. Now my killer deal of $14k for this car doesn't seem that killer. |