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Was I sold damaged shocks?
I bought four used Bilstein B6 HD shocsk with a H & R springs. The shocks were described as lightly used only for weekend track events.
I had only enough time to install the front shocks today. When I removed the car from the jack stands to my surprise I noticed the driver side sitting low. When viewed head-on the car was not even. I peered into the driver side fender-wheel gap and to my surprise I saw the spring was totally compressed. If you look closely you'll see where the springs have rubbed away the paint in between the coils from contact.  The next picture is the right side shock. Not compressed all the way but obviously there is evidence of full coil compression.  Are these shocks totally gone?
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03-10-2013, 04:09 PM
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not the shocks. the perches are set too high on the struts.
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03-10-2013, 04:23 PM
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shocks don't support weight of the car, springs do. shocks dampen how much and how quickly the spring compresses and rebounds. even totally dead shocks wouldn't cause springs to collapse. this is the forum for the older cars BTW which don't have springs (use torsion bars instead).
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