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Suspension refresh, H&R coilovers, rebuild or replace?
I will be refreshing all suspensions bushings soon and my shop is convinced that my H&R coilovers belong in the trash. They claim that they're just not that good performance and durability wise and to go with something else like PSS9's and up. I don't want to drop another $2k-3k on coilovers if I don't have to but with all the clunking and squeaking going on under my car I can't tell if my coilovers are bad. My questions are:
1. Are H&R's that horrible? I've heard stories of them not lasting very long, like 20k miles or so. Digging through the PO's threads in here my coilovers are around 11 years and 30k miles old. They've only been tracked once and autoX three times. Time to replace them?
2. Are they worth rebuilding? Seems like not many people do it, and the only place I've found that does it actually discourages you from having them rebuilt. My shop says they're hard to disassemble and rebuild and that's why the service is more rare and expensive.
3. While at it, can anyone recommend a good, affordable, basic suspension refresh package? Which are the most essentials parts? I'm thinking Elephant's basic refresh package (minus struts) at $1,584. Anything else out there? I just want to restore ride quality and eliminate noises and sloppiness on the street - not looking for performance upgrades or anything. TIA
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