95 Q sittin way low in the front!!!!! HELP!!!

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gmp1986
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I've owned my Q for a lil over two years now. She's been a joy to own and drive for the most part only problem is the few times when things have gone wrong with her, making them right CO$T. Now she needs struts. Her nose is sittin way low, the front is bottoming out over bumps, n she's in dire need of an alignment. I've been searching online for struts for the past few days. The cheapest I found the factory replacement for was in the upper $300 range per shock. I just don't have the funds to spend almost $800 on new struts on top of the rest of the maintenance she needs. Does anyone know of somewhere I can get them for cheaper??? Or possibly is there another option like maybe another Shock with the same specs or close that'll properly fit?


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I'm not sure, but I'd be interested to know if riding low would be more of a symptom of defective springs vs. bad shocks... not saying you don't need shocks, but you might need both :(

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yes i sell aftermarket suspension of all Q45's, better quality and cheaper than OEM, pm me once you get 10 posts and send me pics of the front and rear shock assembly

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Yeah I was hopeing I wouldn't have to get both seeing as how expensive and hard to find this stuff is but I do think that'll be what I'll end up doing

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I'm definitely interested. Is what u sell performance oriented or more of a upgraded replacement?

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I have a variety, you can either get upgraded replacement or performance oriented, performance oriented has its own variety

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Q451990 wrote:I'm not sure, but I'd be interested to know if riding low would be more of a symptom of defective springs vs. bad shocks... not saying you don't need shocks, but you might need both :(
Exactly. Springs determine ride height.

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...or is that '95 an active (flat accumulator version)?

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3Q Jay wrote:...or is that '95 an active (flat accumulator version)?
Oh yes, good point.

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Sorry it's take. Me so long to get back. No it's a 95 base. I've been driving it minimally to keep from hurting it but I think I need springs n shocks at all four corners now. 94q45beast. I'm definitely about to get serious n contact u. It's killin me to see her like this. I just wanna make sure money is right before I go wasting ur time.


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