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Old 11-14-2018, 06:54 PM
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I no longer have a dependable mechanic to ask these questions to so throwing it out there, car is 98 a4q, 2.8 and MT, I replaced the suspension in 2005 at 129220 with eibach sport suspension kit which was the shocks and springs. Car seems fine but it's getting older and now has 210k. Suspensions last 100k? 10 years? or does it vary significantly? I've not done that old trick of leaning on a corner and then removing myself to see if it bounces a whole lot, but the car seems to be driving fine except that I seem to be bottoming out more often over speed bumps (some of that is me just getting fatter over time though...)

Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated, I thought about reaching out to the tire rack but figured it was in their best interest to sell me something and I wanted a more unbiased opinion
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Yep, 80,000 miles is definitely in the worn out range. Not a guarantee but a probable.
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thanks Clancy, used to live in Raleigh, really miss the outer banks
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