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changing rear shocks

  • 27-02-2010 01:55PM
    #1
    blacksmith105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭


    anyone ever tried to change the rear shocks themselves wondering how you got on , there are loads of DIY videos on YOUTUBE on how to change the shocks
    I have no problems with car service ie oil and filter , air, plugs etc but wanted to find out if changing the shocks would be difficult

    Trying to save a few bob as not working at the moment and most garages cant keep a straight face when they are quoting for work at the moment , they know people are trying to hang onto to their cars as long as they can


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  • #2
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,421 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    blacksmith105 wrote: »
    anyone ever tried to change the rear shocks themselves wondering how you got on , there are loads of DIY videos on YOUTUBE on how to change the shocks
    I have no problems with car service ie oil and filter , air, plugs etc but wanted to find out if changing the shocks would be difficult

    Trying to save a few bob as not working at the moment and most garages cant keep a straight face when they are quoting for work at the moment , they know people are trying to hang onto to their cars as long as they can

    Eah it would help if you told us what sort of car it is. :rolleyes:

    Do the rear shocks form part of a strut (with a coil spring around them) or are they separate??

    If they are separate it should be fairly easy, for example on the E36/46 the hardest part of changing the rear shocks is getting the carpet out of the boot!


  • #3
    blacksmith105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭blacksmith105


    its a 1998 toyota glanza standard shocks ,


  • #4
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,421 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    blacksmith105 wrote: »
    its a 1998 toyota glanza standard shocks ,

    What do you mean by standard shocks?


  • #5
    blacksmith105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭blacksmith105


    think they are separate , sound like a complete spa here i know but have never touched under the car , under the bonnet no problem
    should be the same as standard starlet shocks


  • #6
    blacksmith105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭blacksmith105


    yeah they are separate


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  • #7
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,666 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    blacksmith105 wrote: »
    I have no problems with car service ie oil and filter , air, plugs etc but wanted to find out if changing the shocks would be difficult

    Yes same boat myself, never tackled shocks, I'd say post over on the this owners forum and they might know...

    http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showforum=47


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