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Old 02-02-2010, 08:02 PM   #1
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Default Shocks and struts.

So pardon my french, but FUCK MY LIFE.

So my 02 Ford Taurus for sure just blew a left strut, and possibly a shock in the front after hitting a very massive pothole in my friend's neighborhood today. My question is.... How hard would it be to replace both if, me and a friend just did it in my driveway with all the parts and tools???

A mom and pop shop I usually go to quoted me at $220 if both shock and strut end up being fucked. I beleve if I go to a Midas/Goodyear type place it would damn near be double that.
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:08 PM   #2
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You may need an air gun and some special tools for compressing and decompressing the springs.
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:22 PM   #3
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I've done it myself, just rent a spring compressor from AutoZone. You don't need an air gun, just a very long wrench with a pipe on it to break the hub bolts loose.

And each corner of your car has a strut or a shock, but not both. A Taurus is going to have struts in the front. Not sure what it has in the back.

Get OEM replacements, or maybe Tokico......don't mess around with Monroe or Gabriel junk.
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:27 PM   #4
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I've done it myself, just rent a spring compressor from AutoZone. You don't need an air gun, just a very long wrench with a pipe on it to break the hub bolts loose.

And each corner of your car has a strut or a shock, but not both. A Taurus is going to have struts in the front. Not sure what it has in the back.

Get OEM replacements, or maybe Tokico......don't mess around with Monroe or Gabriel junk.
Yeh its not hard, just annoying to do at best. Buy yourself a haynes or clymer manual for $20, it will give you a step by step, with pictures
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For $220 from the mom and pop joint, I'm not going to curse and throw wrenches for four hours in my driveway. Forget the fact their quote sounds insanely cheap to me. Pony up the $220 and forget about it.

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Yeh its not hard, just annoying to do at best. Buy yourself a haynes or clymer manual for $20, it will give you a step by step, with pictures
$20 for the manual, $40 for the spring compressor tool, and how much for the parts? Fuck it, take it to the ma and pa place.
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:50 PM   #6
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For $220 from the mom and pop joint, I'm not going to curse and throw wrenches for four hours in my driveway. Forget the fact their quote sounds insanely cheap to me. Pony up the $220 and forget about it.
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That's probably because they plan on installing a Monroe garbage $30 strut.

Also I doubt they included alignment in that quote.
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:55 PM   #7
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That's probably because they plan on installing a Monroe garbage $30 strut.

Also I doubt they included alignment in that quote.
Dude, it's an '02 Taurus... it came stock with Monroe Garbage POS911 struts... And either way he'd have to get an alignment. I'd tell 'em "$250, including alignment, and you'll like it."
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Old 02-02-2010, 09:09 PM   #8
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And each corner of your car has a strut or a shock, but not both. A Taurus is going to have struts in the front. Not sure what it has in the back.
Crap, your right. Strut in the front, shock in the back......

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For $220 from the mom and pop joint, I'm not going to curse and throw wrenches for four hours in my driveway. Forget the fact their quote sounds insanely cheap to me. Pony up the $220 and forget about it.
Thats what I'm figuring. I don't have much money, but that was a maximun quote too! This company has saved me a ton of money in the past 2 years. They were the ones that fixed my car for $85 when a Goodyear told me that I had blown my head gasket and would require a $1900 fix.
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Dude, it's an '02 Taurus... it came stock with Monroe Garbage POS911 struts... And either way he'd have to get an alignment. I'd tell 'em "$250, including alignment, and you'll like it."
Who knows who made its OEM struts.........All I'm saying is that Monroe's retail struts are garbage....they're way too soft
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Old 02-02-2010, 09:32 PM   #10
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Either way, even if it is the same garbage it will be an improvement with fresh struts
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