So my uncle is painting my car and one of my shocks was leaking bad (KYB GR2) in the rear, so I bought 1 replacement shock. He thought you were supposed to replace them in pairs. But i don't see why that is necessary since they would be the same shocks. Why replace both when only one is bad.

Thanks in advance for anyone that can shed some light on this.

 

You are probably ok if the other shock is in good shape and you are sure that they are identical models.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nytmair &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So my uncle is painting my car and one of my shocks was leaking bad (KYB GR2) in the rear, so I bought 1 replacement shock. He thought you were supposed to replace them in pairs. But i don't see why that is necessary since they would be the same shocks. Why replace both when only one is bad.

Thanks in advance for anyone that can shed some light on this. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Depending on the miles that are on these, and the style of driving that is done with the car. Most of the time its best to do in pairs.

But if they have low miles and not hard pounding use, then just the one side or replacing the seal should be fine.

BTW if they are not that old they might still be under warranty. Might want to look into that also.

Good luck

 

ok, so it's not like completely necessary, just basically if the other one is old and a little beat up.

thanks folks, as far as I know the other one is good, but i'll check it out tomorrow to make sure.

 

At Koni we typically use five years of use as our line between replacing a single or a pair. Our parts wear slower than some brands so you might shorten that up a little bit based on the quality or use of the dampers.