Maybe someone on here can help me out. Don't know if any of you have run into this problem before. The car is a 1995 GSR stock. Last Saturday I noticed that my car bounces a lot, and I noticed the driver side front was sitting lower than the passenger side. If you measure the gap in front wheel between the wheel well and top of the tire there is about an inch difference. Do I need a new shock? Is this an expensive fix? Any help or sugggestion would be MUCH appriciated. Thanks

 

Most likely its your shocks that are blown. Not a killer and fairly easy to install..

 

Is this an expensive part? I look at the online acura part store under shock absorber and it cost $200+, am I looking at the right part? Which part do I need here... http://www.hondapartsunlimited...dIrno=

 

GO to ebay and buy a whole new set of Tokico HP struts, I bough a set(4) for under $240.00.

If the car is bouncing up and down , that means your shocks, are done for. It is really easy to replace. You'll only need to go to a shop, to get them off the spring. Just take the strut and tell them you want the spring off and they'll take it off for you and install the new shock, The shop i went two charged me $40.00 for all four.

 

You can also rent a spring compressor to remove the spring from the strut. But then again if you find a shop to swap them out for $40 that is not bad as I bet the rental is 20 or more.

You should be able to swap all the shocks out in just a few hours, I did all of mine this weekend and it did not take long at all.

 

autozone rents tools for free....a new strut is around 50$ from them too very easy install

 

yeap, discount auto only requires a deposit to rent tools.

 

DO you have to buy the struts from VATO zone in oder for those bastards to rent you out the tool???

Get in the zone, vato zone. Hora le Homes!

 

I dont understand why that side of the car has dropped one inch lower just because the shock is blown. The shock does not exert as much force as a spring, it might be more serious than just a shock.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sweetsystem &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I dont understand why that side of the car has dropped one inch lower just because the shock is blown. The shock does not exert as much force as a spring, it might be more serious than just a shock.</TD></TR></TABLE>

What do you think the problem?

 

The bouncing is the shock.
The stance of the car is the springs or bent components. Sounds like one of your stock springs is sagging.

You could take this opportunity to lower the car from the stock height with some aftermarket springs and upgrade the shocks to some Koni yellows.

If you want a mild drop, consider some Sport springs from Nuespeed or Eibach or H&R and they will only run around $150. The shocks are the more important item and Koni yellows are very nice but will run you around $450 on ebay. You might also need a camber kit and wheel alignment.

If you like to be able to adjust your ride height -- if you live where the seasonal conditions require a taller ride height, or you track your car-- Ground Control as well as other vendors offer adjustable springs that can be dialed in.

Research for yourself what you would like, I am just trying to give you some ideas.

 

if your just looking for everyday driving, go with kyb gr2. theyre pretty good. no customers have complained about them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sam92Teg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The bouncing is the shock.
The stance of the car is the springs or bent components. Sounds like one of your stock springs is sagging.

You could take this opportunity to lower the car from the stock height with some aftermarket springs and upgrade the shocks to some Koni yellows.

If you want a mild drop, consider some Sport springs from Nuespeed or Eibach or H&R and they will only run around $150. The shocks are the more important item and Koni yellows are very nice but will run you around $450 on ebay. You might also need a camber kit and wheel alignment.

If you like to be able to adjust your ride height -- if you live where the seasonal conditions require a taller ride height, or you track your car-- Ground Control as well as other vendors offer adjustable springs that can be dialed in.

Research for yourself what you would like, I am just trying to give you some ideas.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I can't lower my car from stock because of my driveway. I'm already scraping the bottom of the car (stock height) most of the time when I back up my driveway. All I need now is a good replacement of the stuff that you all guys mention.

 

Do you hear any metal clanking around when you pull into your driveway? Have you even taken off your wheel to take a look? Its odd for a Spring to all of a Sudden start Sagging, I was thinking maybe the Seat your spring sits on might have bent when you are pulling into your driveway to fast. Whatever the problem is im sure you will see it when you take the wheel off.

 

I love kyb gr2s, i use to have them on my EG with RSR springs, like aaa Glove!

Beautiful ride, fun and kick ***

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sweetsystem &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you hear any metal clanking around when you pull into your driveway? Have you even taken off your wheel to take a look? Its odd for a Spring to all of a Sudden start Sagging, I was thinking maybe the Seat your spring sits on might have bent when you are pulling into your driveway to fast. Whatever the problem is im sure you will see it when you take the wheel off. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I heard metal clunk when I hit a bump on the road, sounds like when you have a flat tire and hit a bump on the road, and the car bounces uneven. To answer your question, no I haven't taken the wheel to look. I'm will take the car to the shop either today or tomorrow but I'm suffering from a terrible migraine right now, I can't think right now.

The car is for daily driving.


Modified by civic91 at 10:43 AM 8/30/2006

 

I want a shop by me that will replace 4 shocks for $40! That's cheap!

 

Well I had a 96 Camaro once and I ran over a Pot Hole with my front right tire. The car seemed OK, but I noticed whenever I went over a speed bump I could hear this metal scraping and clanking from the front right side of my car. I later discovered my Pillow Ball Mount rubber had broken and nothing was holding onto the shock piston cylinder. The shock rod had bent and extended thru my strut spring and was pokin around in my Fender well causing the noise. So open your hood and see if your shock piston cylinder is bolted down to your pillow ball mount.

I dont know what the technical term is for the Chrome part of a shock that moves in and out so I call it the Shock piston cylinder

 

So what happened to your car?

 

I needed two front struts. Solved the bouncing problem.

 

oh well .. my car started to be really bouncy also .. about 3 months ago, when ever i go more than 60mph, it would shake and bounce as if im driving on top of a bunch of rocks, but yeah, a few days later, i got new set of rims and tires, evo 5's with the khumo's, and everything was fine after that, so yeah .. maybe its your tires ?? ... might not be, but for me, it was ..

 

The previous poster, sounds like your wheels were not balanced very well. To the original poster, I'm glad you got your problem fixed and it wasn't as bad as you thought .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsr42069 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u all r idiots.tires dont make ur car bounce n shocks don't make ur car bounce .its the springs.espically if one side of th car is lower than the other side.u have a weak spring on the car that needs to be replaced.n don't do it ur slef unless u know what ur doin n have the right tools unless u don't liek ur head that much.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ok, the springs actually cause the bounce, which is their normal function to bring the car back to the stationary ride height, but the shocks CONTROL the bounce or REBOUND of the springs, so when someone says the bouncing is caused by blown shocks, they are usually correct, even if it is the actual spring that initiates the bounce. So, looks like you should revisit the first four words of your post.

 

well .. i thought it wasnt my tires at first also, but when i got new tires, everything was fine after that .. so can u explain that ?? .. i didnt change springs or shocks also ..

and btw .. i needed new tires also .. so i kinda fixed the bouncy-ness by accident .. LOL

 

probably ur shock