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"Shocked" and Appaled
Cost of rebuild? Who knows, but it gets higher everytime somone wastes valuable resorces.Originally Posted by mrlegoman
I mean it's Your junk, but I'll bet there's ten dollars of aliminum alone in there ( ok mabe three to five) but thats BEER money man!
There are hungry kids in Indiana fer cryin' out loud!
Last edited by SpaceTruck'n : 02/28/2005 at 09:09 PM
Super VXer
Cost to rebuild is ~ $120 per shock, assuming nothing is seriously wrong with the shaft, etc. Thats for the rechage, seal replacement, and new fluid!
Mike Skurich
1969 C3 Corvette Coupe
1988 C4 Corvette Coupe
1992 Misubishi 3000GT VR4
1997 BMW F650ST
2001 VehiCROSS
2002 BMW R1100S
2005 C6 Corvette Coupe
Super VXer
Awesome News!!!
Thanks for doing the legwork on this. It might be worth a roadtrip for me.
Super VXer
Updates on this? I have 8 shocks lying around that need some TLC.
Super VXer
Had the fronts done. Basically one was bad, somehow all the nitro charge leaked out (and it was only a year old), had the other one done just so they would be the same. The valves were replaced, seals, and the shock fluid and nitro charge. I asked them to use the heaviest shock fluid they could to stiffen them a little more than stock, and it seems like they might be a little. All in all, they turned out great! They even did a nice job of cleaning the shock. The one thing is the original top cap gets damaged when removed, since the add a schrader valve to recharge. all parts are returned, so I simply put it back on, although it sits a little higher up, and resealed it with silicone. Its awesome if you like the feel of the OE shocks. He can also retune them if you wish. I plan on doing the rears just to make them a little stiffer and cause they are the orignals (although not blown yet).
Cost was about $300 for both plus shipping.
I highly recommend Bruce's Suspensions, tell him I sent you (Mike Skurich).
He will know exactly what to do.
VXer in the Sky
Pictures? Sealed what with silicone?
Super VXer
You know how our shocks have a dissimilar metal (and color) cap on the top of the resevoir, well this is removed to insert a shrader valve to recharge them, so you need to press the cap back on and seal it with silicone (or clamp on a protective rubber end cap (pipe end cap from Lowes, Home Depot).
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