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Replacing shocks on 20 year old car

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Old 03-08-2016, 12:57 PM
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Default Replacing shocks on 20 year old car
Bought my daughter a 1995 GT convertible which she loves. Car now has 50,000 and drives great. One rear shock is leaking which does not surprise me on a 20 year old car, but is it worth replacing all 4 corners.
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Shocks and struts should be replaced every 50k miles.
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I'd just replace both rears if it were me.
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You can replace the rear shocks by yourself easily. Bit sure about the fronts
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Ended up getting a set of KYB front struts and shocks for a great price at RockAuto with a $40 rebate so that is my project for the day. Guess it can't hurt to replace these on a 20 year old car.

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