Lifetime of stock shocks?

RysRed96GT

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i was driving over a few bumps yesterday and i was hearing sorta a hiss, almost like a shock was leaking or something. how long do these things last? i have 100K miles. thanx

 

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yeah u may need some new ones...esp if u live in a city enviornment

 

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Time to buy some new shocks. While your at it... finish that ****ing headswap

 

RysRed96GT

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alright, i'm just gonna bid on some new oem shocks, i dont need anything special.

 

99SilverGT

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I don't think they're good much past 50k miles IMO. Back when mine had that many miles it road ROUGH, its got 64k now and I still have the same shocks. I road in my brother in laws 03 GT with like 5k miles on it and it road like a cadillac compared to mine.

I'm working on springs/shocks/struts soon though so I'm not worried.

 

RysRed96GT

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dumb question but will oem 03 gt shocks work on mine? or better yet, will mach 1 shocks work?

 

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well on my 98 i replaced mine at 75,000 mi cause they had gone to crap. but i replaced mine with strange adjustable drag shocks

btw-i'm nearly positive that the newer gt & mach shocks will work

 

99SilverGT

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c2see21 said:

btw-i'm nearly positive that the newer gt & mach shocks will work

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Well, you might want to check on the Mach1 shocks, they might have slightly less travel since the Mach is lower from the factory... not sure.

As for 03 GT shocks, should work fine. They're probably the same as whats on your car and mine.

 

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Why not go with the Mach 1 Suspension?

 

stangman

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99SilverGT said:

Well, you might want to check on the Mach1 shocks, they might have slightly less travel since the Mach is lower from the factory... not sure.

As for 03 GT shocks, should work fine. They're probably the same as whats on your car and mine.

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well when i put my drag shocks on they had considerabley less travel than my stock ones did, & they worked great. so i think that they should work aight, with no problems

 

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RysRed96GT said:

alright, i'm just gonna bid on some new oem shocks, i dont need anything special.

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Might as well get tokico premiums (same as bullitt strut/shock) package. You can try www.gefracing.com or www.stangstore.com or www.fordpartsnetwork.com . they are super cheap and will be a little bit noticably better than stock.

-wade