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Old Feb 26, 2002
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front left shock blown!!!!!

i just found out my front left shock is blown. should i replace all my shocks now or wait untill the others go too? also, i going to get a body kit soon and will be raising my car up a little. Will the blown shock be more of a problem with my car a little higher than it is now?
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That blown shock is always going to be a problem. It will constantly be bottoming out on you. What are you putting a skyjacker lift kit on or something? Why will you be raising it? Get it replaced and see if Honda will do them all for free.
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buy koni's [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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Id like to know what kind of body kit requires you to raise the car. This has got to be a first.
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two questions?

how does one know that their shocks are blown?

why are you RAISING your car?? everyone here will tell you that's a big no no, unless you're making it look like an R/C car or something.
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I jus up my car from the dealership 5 days ago, the reason for a clicking noise when I was turning was a blown shock absorber and a spring - both were stock -. So they replaced them under warranty [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] I ahve only 10,000 miles too[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG] looks like a plaque
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and if the warranty doesn't cover it, buy some koni yellows
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Our shocks suck!!
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you neglected to mention, why your rasing it? I wanna know.
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i'm raising my car because it is lowerd all the way with ground control coil-overs. if i don't raise it up alittle, then the kit will hit the floor. it already scrapes when i pull out of my drive way.
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maybe that is why you blew your strut the best thing to do is get the konis
our stock struts weren't desighned to be lowered too much
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