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Old 19-10-2006, 07:23 PM   #1
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hi all, i have a 1990 ea wagon with a bent strut on the right hand front.
Looking to replace the front shocks, what are the best suiting?

monroe or pedders?

want a smooth ride and good handling as the misses also drives it with the kids.

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Old 19-10-2006, 08:14 PM   #2
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go monroe shocks. Stay away from Gabriel hard as nails. Dont know about pedders
but before i got rid of my eb i put a set of sensatracs in the front. Very nice on any surface.
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Old 19-10-2006, 09:42 PM   #3
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Pedders Comfort Gas would be my choice.
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Old 20-10-2006, 04:10 PM   #4
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thnx, might go the comfort gas like what has been recommended to me.

Is it an easy do-it-yourself job?
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Old 20-10-2006, 04:31 PM   #5
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i have shortened pedders sports riders, not as hard as you would think, and handles unreal... was a completly different car
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Old 20-10-2006, 04:34 PM   #6
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It's not too difficult if you know what goes where.

Unbolt wheel, upper control arm from body, lower control arm from k-frame, stab bar from LCA, strut from LCA, then the 3 bolts in the engine bay holding the strut in. You don't need spring compressors while the strut is in the car. You'll need them when you fit the springs onto the new shockers though.
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Old 20-10-2006, 04:53 PM   #7
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thnx for the help, will need sum1 to do it 4 me as i have no spring compressers
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Old 20-10-2006, 05:07 PM   #8
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yeah, hate to sound like a mizer, but spring compressors and that are dangerous as. i have seen one shoot through a garage door once. funny, but bad at the same time...
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Old 20-10-2006, 05:13 PM   #9
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so, what ur saying is, i could take out my nextdoor neighbor with it?

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