The Sign When You Need to Change Shock Absorber

Besides to uphold the car, Shock Absorber also has the function to dampen the spring bouncing. A lot of people have wrong perception that shock absorber is for absorbing the road shocks. It is not. The spring does it and shock absorber is the one which dampen the spring bouncing. Shock absorber also becomes aid to your ride control. So if the road condition and your driving style are somehow extreme, the spring will work harder than usual which make the shock absorber need to work hard also. This will shorten the life-time of the shock absorber. You have no option but to change your shock absorber with the new one otherwise it will make you have somehow decreasing in comfortable when driving your car.
Here is some common signs when it comes the time to have a new shock absorber for your car:
- See abnormal wear on tires. Shock absorber which has broken is one of the reasons.
- Pays attention to the car when passing small pile or hole on the road. If you feel that the car ran aground. It means you need to change the shock absorber.
- Or do you have ever felt the steer often thrown away and difficult to be controlled? If yes, This is one of the effect that your shock absorber has ”death”.
- See the physical condition of shock absorber. If you find it has oil on it, it means leaks on the housing and you need to change it.
- press downwards the car body near the suspension several times. If the sway doesn’t stop immediately, then prepare to buy new shock absorber.
You have various choices to substitute your old shock absorber. You can choose original component from factory standard, aftermarket product precisely with standard, shock absorber having special specification such as for racing or comfort, or rebuilt shock absorber. Of course the price differs from one to another. Usually from my experience, shock absorber aftermarket which is precisely with standard can be cheaper than original component from factory standard. But this doesn’t mean decreasing in quality. In fact, some of them have higher quality. This because of the parts price of car manufacturer tends to be higher. They get benefit from people perception that their parts are design specially for the car and the aftermarket quality is somehow questionable and not really compatible with the car. Some people do not want to get confuse in searching for aftermarket product. Just compare when we do treatment for our car in manufacturer workshop with when we do it at external workshop. The price is different and manufacturer workshop will be costly. Besides, shock absorber having special specification have various prices depends on the brand. But usually they are more expensive compared to standard shock absorber. The cheapest one is shock absorber rebuilt. This is shock absorber which had broken down and modified in such a method so that it can be use again. Of course the price is very cheap however I don't recommend it because its questionable quality and it is impossible to have quality like before.
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