20Mustang00

Ok... well we had new tires up on my car and the guy said it needed new shocks. Well we took to toa different shop to have breaksput on it... we ask him if he thought it needed new shocks and he said no. The car isa 2000 and has 70,000 miles on it. The tire man said he thought it needed new ones because it sets low and he could "hear" them thumping...?We bought the car salvaged , hit in the rear, and we fixed it. We bondoed the rearcorner panels after straightening them out... Who is tellin the truth..Does it just set low because it was hit or could it have damaged teh shocks????

GreyStang

Shocks have nothing to do with how "low" the car sits...

If they're originals though, they're probably due for replacement with 70K on them

8barrell460

The old trick that I was always told about was to push on the hood, and if it bounces more than twice they are bad. I don't think thats very accurate because sometimes the car will be pretty shaky over some ruts, and not bounce when you put pressure onto it. 70k sometimes you will need them, and sometimes not. It really depends on the conditions of the roads you have driven on. In my 90 5.0 lx I replaced the original ones at I think 120 something thousand. The ones in the back were making a bunk noise over bumps, and it kept bottoming out. Shocks are something I never did routinely just when they got really bad for it to become a problem!

LilRoush

What year car? Are we talking shocks (rear) or struts (front) here?
Yes your car will sag if they are old and worn out....but they shouldn't be at 70K. I'm guessing the sag is from the hit.

8barrell460

When the ones in my old 90 5.0 were bad in the back it sagged in the back, and sometimes the back tires would rub when it bottomed out over a slight bump. The struts in the front were still good at 120 something thousand, and they were the original, but i've always believed in if you change the back shocks, change out the struts in the front too. It will only be a matter of time before they take a crap.

xz06

70,000miles is about the right time to be considering new shocks.If they are worn out and you do not replace them then other components(ie)springs,will be affected.

8barrell460

Haha I had that happen to me in my 76 Chevy one ton. I let the shocks go for like 4 years at least[roughly 25-30k miles] and I messed up the coil springs pretty bad. Had to replace em all.

Fobra

you need to replace shocks about every 35k miles, you will notice a word of difference with even cheapo replacements... i think the kyb-gr2 are the best bang for the buck