2000 Honda Accord 4 door V6 shocks
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2000 Honda Accord 4 door V6 shocks
I have been trying to decide where to buy shocks for my 2000 accord. The OEM ones are spendy, and the cheaper ones I see on Autozone and O'Reily have mixed reviews. I see some mid priced ones on Amazon that have good reviews. Does anybody have any real-life experience with shocks off amazon or can point me in a direction towards good ones that are not as expensive as OEM.
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Re: 2000 Honda Accord 4 door V6 shocks
Depends on what you want, your budget, and if you want to deal with disassembling the spring/shock assembly.
Biggest killer is if you do rebuild shock assemblies, only sometimes you can tell if a bushing or bumpstop is toast until you have the assembly dis'd.
Look to Rockauto for a price point comparison.
Sachs, KYB, and Bilstein are my three recommendations.
Sachs is a huge OEM supplier, if they offer an aftermarket damper for your car, they are probably an OE for your car.
KYB(Kill Your Back) tend to be a bit stiffer dampening than factory. With worn out suspension bushings these are pretty good at bringing that factory ride back. If your bushings are still good, it firms up the ride, but nothing dramatic.
KYBs usually have a 'quick strut' assembly option. These are great for avoiding down time and additional costs when having to purchase additional parts when rebuilding.
Bilstein, pricier than most but highly unlikely you will ever need to buy another shock ever again. Only other hangup, besides price, is availability. They may make your models damper, but they will not always have it available. Damper itself is excellent, monotube dampers are the best.
Price, availability are the only downsides.
Quick strut, availability, and price. KYBs are king in cost, availability, and quick strut availability.
An outlier that I have used in quick-strut fashion would be FCS.
They were stupid cheap and used on a beater Corolla that got wrecked less than 20K miles later. I was mad that I didnt get to see how long they would have lasted. Otherwise they fit a pricepoint, and functioned fine.
Not a fan of Tenneco(Monroe, Rancho, etc) they have a plethora of damper flavors that all seem to do a good job of failing. Have had sensa tracks seize up, blow out, and be just crappy in general. Very easy to overheat and handling gets sloppy.
Biggest killer is if you do rebuild shock assemblies, only sometimes you can tell if a bushing or bumpstop is toast until you have the assembly dis'd.
Look to Rockauto for a price point comparison.
Sachs, KYB, and Bilstein are my three recommendations.
Sachs is a huge OEM supplier, if they offer an aftermarket damper for your car, they are probably an OE for your car.
KYB(Kill Your Back) tend to be a bit stiffer dampening than factory. With worn out suspension bushings these are pretty good at bringing that factory ride back. If your bushings are still good, it firms up the ride, but nothing dramatic.
KYBs usually have a 'quick strut' assembly option. These are great for avoiding down time and additional costs when having to purchase additional parts when rebuilding.
Bilstein, pricier than most but highly unlikely you will ever need to buy another shock ever again. Only other hangup, besides price, is availability. They may make your models damper, but they will not always have it available. Damper itself is excellent, monotube dampers are the best.
Price, availability are the only downsides.
Quick strut, availability, and price. KYBs are king in cost, availability, and quick strut availability.
An outlier that I have used in quick-strut fashion would be FCS.
They were stupid cheap and used on a beater Corolla that got wrecked less than 20K miles later. I was mad that I didnt get to see how long they would have lasted. Otherwise they fit a pricepoint, and functioned fine.
Not a fan of Tenneco(Monroe, Rancho, etc) they have a plethora of damper flavors that all seem to do a good job of failing. Have had sensa tracks seize up, blow out, and be just crappy in general. Very easy to overheat and handling gets sloppy.
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