Reply to "Shockers and suspension setup."

Alden swapped my rear springs out about a year and a half ago at no charge. The previous owner of my car put 450/650 combo spring rates on my car and after talking to Dennis Quella, who suggested I go with a lighter rear spring, I called Alden and they were great and swapped the 650's out for 550's. I spoke to the owner who was great.

When I talked to Dennis Quella and Steve Wilkinson they're shock prices were very reasonable and no where near the $$$ you've mentioned. I kept my notes and Quella quoted me $1,150 for steel and $1,550 for Aluminum (a year or two ago). I personally didn't think that steel vs aluminum was worth the price difference at least for me. Now those prices were for a narrow body car so with the wider tires and wheels they may be selling you a larger shock body to control the larger mass. Also they may have been a shock with fewer adjustment positions? Maybe the prices you are talking about include some sort of import tax to get them into Australia?

Also I would definitely recommend (as others have) doing the modification for increasing the front end caster...you will think you are driving a different car.