For the 96 accords are the front struts the same as the shocks on it, or is it a whole seperate thing?

 

basically the same thing

 

shocks go in front and struts go in rear.....and its also how the housing is constructed too.....but I have been wrong in the past

 

yea the mechanic said the front struts were bad

 

shocks/struts are interchangeable words now-a-days...

 

Struts are the ones that are just cylinders on its lower part. Shocks have some type of bracket, like those two brackets with a hole in each so a bolt could be inserted through. On Hondas, the strut is up front and the shock is in the back. Some cars, like Subarus, only have shocks for the front and back.