I read on here a bit back that the price of shockers wasnt too bad, I just got quoted £750 for the rear ones. After the guy scraped me off the floor, I told him to stick his shockers where the sun dont shine. I have tried a few other places and the lowest I can find is £500. Maybe someone could point me in the direction of somewhere that will do my shockers without sucking air in through there teeth?

 

Cheers

 

 

Rod

I live in Bolton by the way

£750!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: Jeez, are they Ohlins or sommat? Stock ones are about £30 each from the Z Centre!:)

Originally posted by Rod dude

I read on here a bit back that the price of shockers wasnt too bad, I just got quoted £750 for the rear ones. After the guy scraped me off the floor, I told him to stick his shockers where the sun dont shine. I have tried a few other places and the lowest I can find is £500. Maybe someone could point me in the direction of somewhere that will do my shockers without sucking air in through there teeth?

 

Cheers

 

 

Rod

 

 

PMSL:rofl: That's SHOCKING mate;)

 

I have the full Koni kit ajustable set up.

 

Was just over £300 for all 4.

Rear UK stock Tokico type 2 position actuator type cost about £135 from Nissan and Import can be got for £35 each.

 

Can prolly change em in 2 hours labour each max.

They were adjustable - but they would need to rub my knob for me to pay that much for them. £35 sounds much more on the mark! where can I get them from?

Locally I mean...

http://www.zcenter.co.uk and have them delivered ;)

UK spec rear suspention is higher spec than the Jap and thus cost more.

Your quote might also have included the actuators which you just remove from the old ones so you dont need replacements for them.

 

I dont know if the spring rate on UK / Import is different but it might affect the handling if the cheaper import (softer?) shocker is used with the stiffer UK springs. Not sure on all the facts here but there are differences in stiffness. UK normal is stiff and near rigid when on the stiff setting.

 

Changing them isnt that hard. I was able to get a 35% discount on Nissan prices at the time so £100 each and the dealer got them in a couple of days.

Hi,

Can you fit UK spec shocks to a Jap spec car?

 

Leonard

Originally posted by x-biker

£750!!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: Jeez, are they Ohlins or sommat? Stock ones are about £30 each from the Z Centre!:)

 

 

I wouldn't mind an Ohlins fork and rear damper for my bike :D

AFAIK, the jap ones are the same as the UK ones on the hardest setting.

Originally posted by XTT

I wouldn't mind an Ohlins fork and rear damper for my bike :D

 

Very nice setup but they do break very easily............

Can you fit UK spec shocks to a Jap spec car?

By guinnal

 

Dont see why not but you'd need the actuators to fit to the top of each shocker and you'd need to wire in some kind of control switching because the wiring loom might not be there in imports.

 

US ones have them all round with a switch to turn them all hard.

 

Nobody in their right mind would have them on the hard setting for everyday driving, its too uncomfortable. So I would find it very hard to believe that stock import type is = UK type when on the hard setting. More likely the import type is a good compromise for most types of driving and road conditions.

Hi-

Thanks for this, I wasn't sure if the UK shockers are adjustable from the drivers seat (Like the N.American spec ones). My jap tt has what appears to be std shocks with severely lowered springs.

 

I have just bought a new set of springs (only slightly lowered) and want to fit some adjustable shocks though I'm unsure what a good all round shock would be without going to £500+/ set.

 

What should I expect to pay for a set?

 

Leonard