I went to a garage and they told me my shocks are done however I did not feel any disscomfort in ride quality
everything seems to be normal i dunno what the hell he was talking about but he said that if I take my hand and rub the tire you can feel wavyness in the tire tread said that the tire bounced more than it should and gives me unever tire tread which tells him my shocks are no good
is this true ?
he told me that I can get shock assembly for cheaper online myself to make this all cheaper for me
so now leaves me with another question should I get aftermarket shocks or oem
The front and rear shocks are combination assemblies (I think the term is coilover). As such, they need to be handled with care so you don't end up with injuries like Rusty's avatar shows.
Maybe you have experience changing them. I do not. Thus I personally would be a bit leery of changing my own struts out as I do not have the spring compressor needed to change out the damper in the struts.
Assuming of course you were going to DIY the shocks/struts. If they were shocks only... that would be a piece of cake. I'm sure someone on here has changed them out. Hopefully they'll chime in with some pertinent info for you.
Strut exploded view:
Strut disassembly:
It's my understanding that worn shocks can be one cause of cupping tires.
If you check the schematic, you'll see #2 and #4 assigned to the assembly. One for the left and one for the right. For less than half the price, you can just get the shock (#3).. but you'll need to disassemble and reassemble for the savings.
#3 is just the shock/strut nothing else but the shock so you saying I can buy 4 of them and just reuse the spring and all the other pieces from my current struts?
is this ok reusing an old spring with 210.000kms
yes I want savings lol but I wont be assembling or installing these myself lol I have a garage that will do this for me I just want to get the parts myself so its a little cheaper and ill just pay the labour
Looking at the FSM procedure for the rear damper assembly, it calls for the lower arm B to be removed in order to change out the rear damper assembly. The process calls for a new locknut and 2 new flange bolts. Then, the 3 flange bolts that attach the upper portion of the assembly are spec'd for replacement too.
Looking at the reassembly portion of the damper assembly, the only component that I see that is spec'd for replacement is the self locking nut on top of the damper after it's all put back together. Of course any worn parts of the assembly should be considered for replacement too.
I expect the front would be similar. I can post screen shots of the process if needed. It's a bit more complex than just replacing a shock.
CAPS for what ? aftermarket struts like KYB ? is that a good aftermarket brand id like to get as close as I can to OEM quality with half the price tag as possible lol
Supply and demand. Between front and back, more fronts will probably be purchased at auto parts stores.
Honda dealerships push hard for deals that include replacing all 4.
So buy OEM fronts, and KYB rears!