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Old 05-09-2020, 09:09 PM   #9
thstone
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Originally Posted by jcp View Post
I’ll throw in this. I thought my original struts were just fine also.......until I pulled them out to change the bumpers. Two of them had lost their gas pressure and one of the fronts had lost much of its damping. I could feel a large difference between the weak one and it’s mate by putting them in a vise and pulling /pushing them through their travel. Replaced them with Koni Active struts front and rear. There is a very noticeable difference when driving. The car is much ‘tighter’’ feeling.
I'll second this ^^^.

With 100K miles, I guarantee that your shocks are ready for replacement. When you take them off, you'll be able to compress them by hand.

The car will drive noticeably better with new shocks.
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