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Reply to "Installing shocks - anything to look out for?"

As Julian says, corner-weighting your sports-GT is very worthwhile to improve handling, and its not just for racers. And watch closely the lower rear shock bushings for collapse with time. Those pieces are the most heavily loaded on the whole car, and it doesn't take much to allow the shock's lower steel bushing ring to sag & touch the steel bolt support brackets. Then you get a mysterious squeek that's very hard to trace.

Soft stock rubber bushings are probably most prone to do this (depending on how you drive) so firmer poly bushings may be less apt to develop squeeks. Check for missing paint, worn chrome or bare metal in that area. Undersized SAE shock bolts in factory metric holes might cut that clearance, too.

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