Hey guys, as the title suggests i'm looking for new shocks/struts. 14 years on the stockers and the ride has deteriorated to worse than my jeep 4x4....does anyone have any recommendations on decent shocks/struts at an affordable price? I don't wanna cheap out, but i cant afford to drop $500 either. My quad shocks are kyb and only about 1.5 yrs old, so theyre usable. Car is mostly a weekend cruiser but the local track just reopened and i might do a few runs this spring. Stock ride height now, but an eibach pro kit is in my near future. Thanks for any suggestions.
Shocks on a budget.
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MotiV8ed_95GT
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Stock replacements work fine. You could also try and get your hands on a set of Mach 1 or Bullitt take offs. I have had the strange 10-ways and they were ok but the knobs got stuck on them and hard to turn.
Heading to 75/80? We should meet up.
Ross
Heading to 75/80? We should meet up.
Ross
Here's some good ones I've had experience with and some #s I found for ya...
KYB GR2s- arent bad, non adjustable...had em on my Camaro $233.14/set from Summit
KYB AGXs-better-adjustable-was gonna get these before I got a deal on my Tokicos $425.80 from Summit
Tokico Illuminas white- great- 5 way adjustable- got em on my stang and love em! $567.80 from Steeda $497.40 from Atomic Performance -these are the best shocks short of race Bilsteins/Konis that I've ever used
If you look around, maybe go to some swap meets (Fun Ford Weekend is a good one) you might get a deal. I "stole" my Tokicos for $275 for the set of 4!
I never realized how expensive they were till just now....
The biggest advice I can give you is WAIT TILL YOU DROP THE CAR!!! to buy shocks/struts. If you wait, you'll wanna get the shocks/struts made for a Fox-body (79-93). They are about 1" shorter than the ones for our cars and work great for a lowered car, but won't work for a non-lowered car.
KYB GR2s- arent bad, non adjustable...had em on my Camaro $233.14/set from Summit
KYB AGXs-better-adjustable-was gonna get these before I got a deal on my Tokicos $425.80 from Summit
Tokico Illuminas white- great- 5 way adjustable- got em on my stang and love em! $567.80 from Steeda $497.40 from Atomic Performance -these are the best shocks short of race Bilsteins/Konis that I've ever used
If you look around, maybe go to some swap meets (Fun Ford Weekend is a good one) you might get a deal. I "stole" my Tokicos for $275 for the set of 4!
I never realized how expensive they were till just now....The biggest advice I can give you is WAIT TILL YOU DROP THE CAR!!! to buy shocks/struts. If you wait, you'll wanna get the shocks/struts made for a Fox-body (79-93). They are about 1" shorter than the ones for our cars and work great for a lowered car, but won't work for a non-lowered car.
blksn955.o
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I got bullitt springs and just got some bullitt stock replacement shocks/struts. You can get all 4 from $160-210-ish. If you have the springs for a set of matched shocks/struts that is not bad...and why I went that route since they also lower the car around 3/4-1in.
deftsound
Please ask me how much my supercharger cost
I got my tikico blues off ebay for pretty cheap i remember, i think i got the shocks/struts with the springs as a package deal for under 400$
Bosko5.0
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Check out the corral classifieds,You can find a deal. 03-04 cobras had bilstiens and usually those guys replace them early with low miles.
Black Stampede
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I've got stock '96 cobra shocks and struts that had like 5K miles on em when they were taken off for a full griggs setup. They work great. 
rio95
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