Replaced Quad shocks yesterday---they DO make a difference!

[Al J]

I did a little driveway work yesterday---replaced the long-ignored quad shocks w/some fresh Gabriels. The grody take-offs were dead and the bushings were cracked & petrified.
I wasn't expecting much---I already have fairly new Steeda upper & lower control arms and Tokico 5-ways, but the new Gabs even smoothed the ride out and they also stopped the rear end squirm on accelerating.
I'm glad I took the advice in earlier threads on the quads---they made a seat-of-the-pants difference to me.

 

[illwood]

That's good to know. When I was talking to a Steeda sales rep about my plans for my '94, I was told that I could get rid of the quad shocks when going to a upper/lower control arm setup.

I guess I was told wrong. However, I wonder if they hurt dragracing by absorbing too much energy. Anyone else have experience on this?

 

[95cobradude]

i dumped my quads last week, right now i have steeda sport springs, tokico 5 ways, ford racing uppers and bbk lowers,, but i will be putting in steeda aluminum lowers and steeda adjustable uppers so i can set the pinion angle so i definetly wont be needing them. after a certain amount of suspension mods they just slow the reaction time down of the rear suspension.

 

[R.J.]

How much were the new quads?

 

[95cobradude]

i have kyb quads 4 sale

 

[Al J]

How much were the new quads?

I don't remember, but there was some discussion about them being hard to find. I bought 'em in the spring & just got around to putting them on.
I got them at Carquest---they didn't have them on hand, but they showed in their computer inventory & came in the next day.