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Jan 15, 2009 | 09:56 AM

mirage2991

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where to guy Bilstein shocks?

Who has the best deals on Bilstein shocks? I can find them on ebay but if a forum vendor has the same price or less I'd rather support "local business".

Jan 15, 2009 | 11:15 AM

miami08VETTE

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Who has the best deals on Bilstein shocks? I can find them on ebay but if a forum vendor has the same price or less I'd rather support "local business".

I asked the same thing about Koni FSD's and got no responses. Business must not really be that bad!

Good luck

Jan 15, 2009 | 11:22 AM

cclive

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I bought mine on Ebay, no one else came close to the $300 price for all four shipped. They were drop shipped from Bilstein too. Seller: " thepartsladi"

Jan 15, 2009 | 06:56 PM

mirage2991

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aaaalllllreaaaady then! E-bay it is!

Jan 15, 2009 | 08:44 PM

CMY SIX

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Jan 15, 2009 | 09:49 PM

mirage2991

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^ I'll check it out!

Jan 15, 2009 | 10:03 PM

MADinAK

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The last time I bought them was from Summit. Put them on a C4.

Mar 11, 2009 | 05:07 PM

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^ I'll check it out!

Thanks CMY.

Mirage,

Sorry we just started as a supporting vendor so I hope I'm not too late, but we do provide a 5% discount and free shipping for orders of $95 or more.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

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Mar 11, 2009 | 10:11 PM

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How hard is it to change out old shocks? I've got good tools and I'm anxious to NOT spend the $270.00 quoted to me by a local shop for shock installation ONLY (I'm supplying the new shocks)

Mar 11, 2009 | 10:23 PM

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How hard is it to change out old shocks? I've got good tools and I'm anxious to NOT spend the $270.00 quoted to me by a local shop for shock installation ONLY (I'm supplying the new shocks)

It's straight forward especially if you have done shocks before. But, due to the gas preload on the shocks you need to be careful and tie the shock in compression in order to get out and in. Here is a thread with a lot of good discussion and information and an install tip starting at post #8:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...post1562839194

Mar 11, 2009 | 10:26 PM

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How hard is it to change out old shocks? I've got good tools and I'm anxious to NOT spend the $270.00 quoted to me by a local shop for shock installation ONLY (I'm supplying the new shocks)

I took my time one afternoon and it was about 2 1/2 hours. One word of advice: don't unbolt the A-arm in the front to get the shock in there. This can mess up the alignment because the shims in there are used for aligning. Just compress the shock all the way and then tie a piece of string to hold it that way..it will drop right in, then cut the string. I saw a thread on this forum where the OP asked how the shims were supposed to go back when reassembling. He did not realize that the shims are different on each car because the number and placement of them determines alignment. A good mechanic with air tools should be able to do all four in one hour.