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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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hi i have just lowered the back end ofmy neon on h and r springsgoing to do the frount end next weekend ran out of time to day but the rids great and the car lookseven betterbutnow i have striped them down i can see i am going to need some new rearshock real soon what shocks are best??? i am lt to what i can get hold of in the uk so any ideas would be great

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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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our cars don't have shocks if i remmember correctly they have struts instead....but thats just a vague remmemberance if it's right or not im not sure
 
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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Neons have struts. And go with Tokico for that.
 
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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The Neon's "shocks" are integrated into the strut, so you cant repalce one without replacing the other, and that is why we call them "struts" not "shocks".
 
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Old Nov 5, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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yea go wit tokico blues and which H&R springs u got?, mine are red
 
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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thanks every one i will look in to them what you think to KYB struts??? and thanks for pointing out the diff from sturts and shocks lol i always fort they were the same. my H and R springs are silver really good springs sits nice and low and grips so much better bit of a bumpy ride tho
 
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 06:54 PM
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i got da extreme ones, i like mine and i have da tokico blues but yet to install, ima install in my suspension class so ima save me some money and i heard dat KYB's arent good for our cars
 
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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thanks man went sore about them KYBs but they were the only ones i could fined. i think i will be going with the tokico onces
 
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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The Tokico HP Blues will hold up much better with lowering springs compared to the KYB GR-2's.
 
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