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Old May 10, 2020 | 06:27 AM
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ANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN REPLACING MAGNETIC SELECTIVE RIDE SHOCKS?? CAN YOU REPLACE THESE WITH REGULAR SHOCKS? hOW DO YOU DEAL WITH COMPUTER NOT RECEIVING INFO OR BYPASS THE COMPUTER? ANY HELP APPRECIATED.
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Old May 10, 2020 | 07:18 AM
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I replaced my magnetic ride shocks with Z06 shocks...with a Tech 2 or any bi directional scan tool you can easily “turn off” the computers info..below is a YouTube video I had done using the Tech 2 !!


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Best way to go.
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i think they at least used to make a set of plug-in simulators or something like that if you ain't got access to a Tech II
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Thank you very much,this answered my question.
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