can u change fron struts to shocks?

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1stgenneon
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can u change fron struts to shocks?

Post by 1stgenneon » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:57 pm

i was wondering if u can swap out struts and put shocks in instead and if u can what do u have to do i have an idea but im not sher i will work

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Post by 08kgraves » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:18 pm

you cant run just shocks. you will have to put a coil spring somewhere to since the spring is what actually holds up the car. the shock just controls spring movement then. a strut is both of those combined in one unit.

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Post by 2drSRT4 » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:57 pm

You could do coilovers. But they are also an integrated unit. Honestly, you really can't just use shocks on our suspensions. They weren't designed for it, and really there isn't a reason you would want to swap over.
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