Buying Used Suspension..

YouGotSpooled

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Aug 3, 2006
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Alright, I was out at a local autowrecker today and I decided Id look for a car that has been lowered. I found a gay blue supra and started looking at the shocks. The front ones are silver, and I found the letters KYB engraved them. So im thinking, alright, this car must have been lowered.

The back shocks look like a darker blue, could these be tokico blues? I was just wondering if I should go ahead and buy them or not. They want to charge me $35 for each shock/spring. How the hell can I tell if the springs are stock or not? They have a bit of dirt and maybe a bit of corrosion on them.. But I believe there black. The car only has one wheel on it, the front wheels are taken off along with the back drivers side wheel. The rear passenger side seems to sit about an inch or so lower than the stock ride height.. But Im not sure if I can really go by this because its missing the other 3 wheels. Or would a car leaning like that make the it higher?

Whats your thoughts? Id like to buy them, since it would be cheap and I could finally lower my monster truck.

Help/opinions appreciated. :icon_bigg
 

supraman7mgte

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Apr 1, 2005
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buying a used suspension?
i would'nt.you have no idea how the previous owner treated it,whether the shocks have blown seal or what.
i'd look at struts from places like Summit (KYB GR2's for around 40-45 bucks brand new.Springs are a different matter
 

JesseH

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Nov 12, 2005
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dont do it....theres a good chance you'll get screwed. I would know.....I tried getting stuff used and turned out it was crap even though it "looked" fairly new. So I ended up having to spend even more money to get new and do it right.
 

balong

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Mar 17, 2007
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i wouldnt do it either
id shell out the extra bucks for piece of mind
oh and +1 for ckanderson
i woulda bought from him if i already didnt buy locally
 

balong

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Mar 17, 2007
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i know! i shoulda checked the vendors section before local shops!
no worries. plenty more stuff to buy.. lol
 

Tun_x

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Apr 1, 2005
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you get what you pay for.. I'm expecting my car to fall apart at any given moment in time:biglaugh: