98 civic - shocks?
As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag
problem. 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the ditch. Car is mostly OK, as am I. Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose control, it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The shocks on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. Can anyone lend any credence to this? Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! $149.99 each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to carry anything else. Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? t -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
monroes are good. shop ebay and save $
"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in message news:777a4218e6d00@uwe... > As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag > problem. > > 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. > > I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the > ditch. > Car is mostly OK, as am I. > > Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose > control, > it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my > inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The > shocks > on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure > that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. > > Can anyone lend any credence to this? > > Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! > $149.99 > each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to > carry anything else. > > Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. > > Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? > > t > > -- > Message posted via CarKB.com > http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 > |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
monroes are good. shop ebay and save $
"loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in message news:777a4218e6d00@uwe... > As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag > problem. > > 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. > > I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the > ditch. > Car is mostly OK, as am I. > > Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose > control, > it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my > inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The > shocks > on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure > that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. > > Can anyone lend any credence to this? > > Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! > $149.99 > each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to > carry anything else. > > Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. > > Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? > > t > > -- > Message posted via CarKB.com > http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 > |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
also kyb struts are very good so if you can get those they're high quality
to. "loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in message news:777a4218e6d00@uwe... > As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag > problem. > > 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. > > I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the > ditch. > Car is mostly OK, as am I. > > Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose > control, > it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my > inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The > shocks > on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure > that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. > > Can anyone lend any credence to this? > > Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! > $149.99 > each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to > carry anything else. > > Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. > > Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? > > t > > -- > Message posted via CarKB.com > http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 > |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
also kyb struts are very good so if you can get those they're high quality
to. "loewent via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote in message news:777a4218e6d00@uwe... > As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag > problem. > > 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. > > I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the > ditch. > Car is mostly OK, as am I. > > Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose > control, > it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my > inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The > shocks > on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure > that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. > > Can anyone lend any credence to this? > > Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! > $149.99 > each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to > carry anything else. > > Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. > > Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? > > t > > -- > Message posted via CarKB.com > http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 > |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
I got the monroes... they seem to be about the only thing available here.
how hard is it to screw up reassembly of the strut in the rear? For some reason, I couldn't get the top mounting collar to seat where I thought it should. The strut went back on no problem and everything seems ok, but if its twisted or something, it would be a problem with alignment, right? t Jeff wrote: >also kyb struts are very good so if you can get those they're high quality >to. > >> As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag >> problem. >[quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> t -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
I got the monroes... they seem to be about the only thing available here.
how hard is it to screw up reassembly of the strut in the rear? For some reason, I couldn't get the top mounting collar to seat where I thought it should. The strut went back on no problem and everything seems ok, but if its twisted or something, it would be a problem with alignment, right? t Jeff wrote: >also kyb struts are very good so if you can get those they're high quality >to. > >> As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag >> problem. >[quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> t -- Message posted via CarKB.com http://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...-cars/200708/1 |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
loewent via CarKB.com wrote:
> As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag > problem. > > 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. > > I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the ditch. > Car is mostly OK, as am I. > > Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose control, > it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my > inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The shocks > on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure > that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. > > Can anyone lend any credence to this? > > Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! $149.99 > each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to > carry anything else. > > Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. > > Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? > > t > monroe quality is poor. get kyb gr2's if you don't want to pay for oem. buy online for the best prices. |
Re: 98 civic - shocks?
loewent via CarKB.com wrote:
> As some of you may have read in other posts, I was having a brake drag > problem. > > 98 civic lx 5 spd. 282000kms. > > I hit the brakes at highway speed, lost control, and ended up in the ditch. > Car is mostly OK, as am I. > > Upon thinking about the performance of the car once I started to lose control, > it occured to me that perhaps the weak shocks I have contributed to my > inability to regain control of the vehicle once the skid started. The shocks > on this car have never been replaced, and I live in Winnipeg, so I'm sure > that even though they pass the bounce test, they are probably done. > > Can anyone lend any credence to this? > > Anyways, I have called around, and geez are these things expensive! $149.99 > each x 4. Thats for Monroe Sensatracs. It seems that nobody bothers to > carry anything else. > > Fortunately, I called around and found the same Monroes for $101.24 each. > > Are Monroes OK? Or should I be heading to the dealer for these? > > t > monroe quality is poor. get kyb gr2's if you don't want to pay for oem. buy online for the best prices. |
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