Cascade Crew

nonsensekid20 · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: Shocks/Struts

I've been looking around, but what are the best from experience shocks/struts for our cars? I'm really tired of the crappy ride. Hit one bump it feels like my damn fenders are gonna fall off. And this is more in my price range. Razz

Except the ultra expensive Koni's.. I was looking at...

Edit: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KYB-KG5562/ and the equivilent for the fronts.

or buck up the extra $130 to get these? http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KYB-743019/

DBL_TKE · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:07 pm Post subject:

Hmm, I've always thought of Koni's as the cheapest of the good stuff...

And I have KYB's on my car. They were "OK" at best at stock ride height, and now that I've lowered my camaro they're pretty much shot. I will be getting Koni yellow's next.

nonsensekid20 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:56 am Post subject:

Well I would love to know which koni's fit because i only saw 3 on summit with my parameters and they were way expensive. I don't really want to spend more than like 400. At max

91RSVert · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:48 am Post subject:

I have koni adjust on the front, with thouse kyb adjust on the rear. Both are doing just fine.

I had kyb non-adjust on the rear. While if you have never had adjustible shocks, they work just fine. But once you have adjust.... they just dont compare.

DBL_TKE · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:34 am Post subject:

nonsensekid20 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:50 am Post subject:

Alright, I have stock shocks that have never been changed since I've owned the car. But I also want to change all the bushings. What would be a good price for decent shocks? Because it's like $800 for set of Koni Yellow's. That's definitely out of my price range right now. The shocks aren't shot, but I wanted a nicer ride. I guess I should just save up for the Koni Yellows? Or is there an almost as good set for cheaper?

Edit: Who has used KYB AGX shocks/struts? and how did you like them?

jchaussee · Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 1318 Location: renton

Kyb are a good shock for the price. They will be a huge improvement over what you have

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject:

If you're poor just say you're poor and people can give you better advice.

I ran KYB GR2's on the IROC and on The Bananer. About $160 for the set of four off of Summit. They are better than the sh**ty Monroe or Gabriel or parts store brand.

Alphius · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject:

GR2s are good basic replacements. Comparable quality to OEM, maybe even a little better. Aaron's right, much better than the parts store stuff.

My budget vehicle, the Subaru, has GR2s. The Camaro has Konis. Smile

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:27 pm Post subject:

For what its worth, my camaro has kyb's. I'm pretty happy with them.

Keep in mind, this group is one of the biggest suspension minded guru's on the interwebs. So when asking for advise they all want to spend $10K so their cars will pull 5 G's on the skidpad. Laughing

If on a budget, get a set of KYB's, replace stock worn out bushings, find a set of iroc/ws6 sway bars and springs. It won't win you road races, but it makes carving corners way better that your average honda. The next big upgrade would be subframe connectors, and maybe bigger brakes.

Biggest thing, just have fun with it!
~JAKE

flea · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:30 pm Post subject:

nonsensekid20 · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:29 pm Post subject:

Lol. Yeah I'm pretty much poor. I have iroc sway bars. No idea what kind of springs. So i think for the time being, I'll get some gr2's and replace all my old bushings with poly's. I don't race the car. I just want it to look sweet and ride nice. Someday when I have nothing better to spend my money on I'll get koni's. Brakes are definitely on the list. Still rockin rear drums. Lol

1987_sportcoupe · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 6:26 pm Post subject:

I'm still rocking the drums too. Picking up a posi rear end with disks SOON!

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject:

1987_sportcoupe · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure whatyear. Still have to find one but chances are it will be pre 89. Are the brakes just a straight swap to upgrade?

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:30 pm Post subject:

As long as both disc setups came from either 10 bolt or both from 9 bolt rear end. 9 bolt axle flanges are different than 10 bolt flanges. You need to pull the axles to remove and install backing plates, which means opening the differential.

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:47 am Post subject:

What are people having against the cast iron Delco's?

One of the first things I did when I bought my IROC was replacing them, but after that they worked great the whole time I owned the car.

Al Hasse · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:14 am Post subject:

I didn't have so much trouble with the brakes themselves, they worked fine. The parking brake is what never worked for me.

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:34 am Post subject:

The parking brake on those is a screw-down style and has to be used religiously or it will not be able to compensate for pad wear. I used it all the time and it never gave me trouble.

blue89 · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject:

I have 9-bolt with iron and 10-bolt with aluminum. With an adjustable prop valve its no big deal. But the aluminums can be found on lots of junk yard 4th gens, plus the rotors are 1" bigger and the calipers dont rust. I dont have the park brake hooked up cause i swapped back to 3rd gen ebrake handle and didnt have the axle cables.