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Old 03-18-2009, 08:20 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by 23109VC
... I would assume that since my stock shocks have almsot 75k miles o them, it would make sense to replace them at the same time...
MAJOR MISCONCEPTION!

Springs fatigue... in other words, wear out.

But shocks DO NOT! Only if they're leaking are they performing out-of-spec. If they're not leaking, they're fine

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