When do the stock sport shocks go out?
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it's not really possible to judge a struts condition by hand
the sport shocks compress fairly easily brand new. That's just how they are, soft. try pulling out quickly, that's a good bit harder. About the only thing you can really check by hand is for signs of fluid loss or totally blown shocks. Otherwise your just fishing in the dark
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yea the factory sports are pretty soft and the Bilstein sports are obviously much stiffer
but that doesn't change tha fact that you can't tell a shocks wear condition by hand. If you think you can you are wrong. obviously if it doesn't return at all or is bent or something like that you can tell. but just for wear forget it. there is no way that your arm pressing down on the shock is going to simulate the pressures on the shock when they are in the car. I've compared many shocks over the years and you can never tell for sure how a shock is going to respond in a car just by pushing down on it.
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