Whats the average lifespan of the stock rear shocks & springs on the 5th Gen Accords?

I have 270k miles now. My car passes the bounce test, but my rear tires had some cupping, which would either be from bad alignment or bad shocks.

You guys here who are running stock shocks, what mileage did they go bad? Or what mileage did you change them?

 

The "bounce test" isnt really valid anymore with todays spring rates. Typically, shocks last about 70-100k, depending on the roads....

 

I have been reading conflicting reports on the struts for Hondas. Some people say that most stock suspension last the lifetime on Hondas, however, chain retailers try to sell you a shock 'at a certain mileage'.

I have seen a lot of Toyotas with blown shocks, and I can clearly tell when they are blown, but I have never seen Hondas like that, other than with people who lower the car on ebay suspension setups.

How many people here have to actually replace their stock struts from them being blown?

 

My sig Accord is still on the original steering & suspension with no issues so far. Honda OEM struts/shocks are known for their longevity and quality. The chain shops still push 3000 mile oil changes so don't put too much stock in their "recommended" intervals. It's true that the bounce test isn't always accurate. My I35 has confirmed blown struts all the way around and still "passes" the bounce test.

 

How can you confirm blown struts, while passing the bounce test? Is it after removing the struts from the springs where you test them?

 

I sold my 93 accord with 364,000 miles on it and original shocks all around. NO weird tire wearing and it handled just fine.

 

I have never actually seen anyone come on here asking about blown struts. I know lots of people upgrade when they lower their car, but stock, the struts seem to last a long time, other than chain stores that 'sells shocks at a certain mileage'. I am trying to find other real world experiences from owners.

 

To be honest, here in jersey there was this excellent dealership called Willis Honda in Burlington, and there worked this amazing advisor named Ceilia. I took my 1993 Accord there with about 240,000 on the clock. Told her i was moving to California (fell through) but anyhow told her to replace anything that looked like it was needing replacing and asked for a price on new shocks. She called me back an hour later and said, "other than the oil change, we can't see any need for new shocks or anything else for that matter. I would replace them if you asked me to but why would you want to thrown away the money. Is there any reason you wanted them replaced?" From that day forward I would go to that dealership until it changed hands. Seems as soon as they get a fancy waiting room with flat screen TV's and whatnot, they need to pay for it and basically should tell people to lube up before they come in the door. Horrible how that changed. So even the dealership, BEFORE it became owned by a corporate rip off scam artist owner, never even mentioned a mileage that they should be changed.

 

Okay. Thanks.

Here is my alignment from last week. How does this look? In the front, I have Eibach sportline with KYB AGX shocks and Ingals camber kit. In the back, everything is stock.

Can the caster be corrected? I do not understand this whole caster thing.

I use firestone with my lifetime alignment plan. Its a hit or miss doing the alignment there, but the toe seems to be okay. Should get a better shop to adjust the camber kit in the front back to zero? The most important thing to me is tire longevity. I do not drive very fast, so I don't need awesome cornering ability.

Should I do the shim technique to fix the camber in the rear?