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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:06 PM
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Are the front and rear shocks mechanically interchangable between all years? If not, which years are?
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I'm pretty sure they are specifically made for the front and rear. I've lookked online and all the shocks for all years of corvettes have different part numbers for front and rear shocks.
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F & R are different. A few yrs may change between their fronts OR their rears but not f to back on any. Different mounts.

I think 84 thru 87 were same then 88 thru 96..but I could be wrong...the later gen C4 had some suspension geometry changes. I know after 87 but not sure about the next one..
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Thanks, what I meant to say was " are the front shocks mechanically interchangable between all years" and "are the rear shocks mechanically interchangable between all years"
So the 84-87's are interchangable as are the 88-96's. Correct.
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I think the '88 used a unique shock. I think it was a different height or something. Other than that '84-'87 are different and '89-'96 are different.
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