Bad news from the mechanic - any insight greatly appreciated!

[Brian in Tucson]

It's just as likely your front end judder is a bent or out of balance wheel. Let's put this in perspective: replace the tie rods after 85k miles? Would you do that on a Toyota, or even a Chrysler product? Shucks, the car should be basically barely broke in.

Contrary to Porsche mechanics dreams, a leaky shock is not grounds for immediate replacement of said shock, much less all four. If the car isn't bouncing around, it's not an immediate problem. If you want to replace the leaky shock, do the pair on the same axle set. Then do the others at a later date.

This car has to get up on an alignment rack and see what's going on, check both the front and rear alignment.

The "very best" Porsche often seems like the one who can pad the bill the most.:dance:

[speedyspaghetti]

Originally Posted by Brian in Tucson

It's just as likely your front end judder is a bent or out of balance wheel. Let's put this in perspective: replace the tie rods after 85k miles? Would you do that on a Toyota, or even a Chrysler product? Shucks, the car should be basically barely broke in.

Contrary to Porsche mechanics dreams, a leaky shock is not grounds for immediate replacement of said shock, much less all four. If the car isn't bouncing around, it's not an immediate problem. If you want to replace the leaky shock, do the pair on the same axle set. Then do the others at a later date.

This car has to get up on an alignment rack and see what's going on, check both the front and rear alignment.

The "very best" Porsche often seems like the one who can pad the bill the most.:dance:

Thanks for the insight - really appreciate it. I brought the car to a different shop in the area - specializes in Porsche racing - they said it was my tires, replaced them and road force balanced the wheels, but that did not solve the vibration / judder.

Yeah I'll probably just do the rear shocks for now... I think I can do the front shocks by myself, and I kinda want to. Seems a little daunting since the most I've done on my cars is mounts and brakes, but I would like to learn more.

Admittedly, I should have brought it to an alignment first. I had my usual Porsche guy look at it, he didn't charge me anything, but he said he couldn't feel anything. 2nd place said the same thing, but I still feel it.