I have to get new suspension (180,000 is a good innings). I've already sorted out springs, but I am undecided on Shocks. I'm leaning towards Monroe GT-Gas, but I do a lot of dirt driving.

Recomendations?

for a coupla hundred more you can get koni adjustables... u can change the stiffness setting pretty easy (on the fronts atleast, by just lifting hte bonnet and twisting a knob - the rears are a bit different).. the hard setting is good for the drags & smooth tarmac etc, or u can set it to soft for the dirt...

i think they're approx 380 for a pair

for a coupla hundred more you can get koni adjustables... u can change the stiffness setting pretty easy (on the fronts atleast, by just lifting hte bonnet and twisting a knob - the rears are a bit different).. the hard setting is good for the drags & smooth tarmac etc, or u can set it to soft for the dirt...

i think they're approx 380 for a pair
Koni's would be nice, but I'd prefer not to exceed the value of the car...

I agree with SG, Koni Adjustables are the way to go!

And Gav, i doubt you can get shocks for free ;)

so wot is a ste ov frunt shoks werth :)

so wot is a ste ov frunt shoks werth :)

eh? for GT gas they're about 200 odd for fronts (is it fronts that come in the pair or rears? i forget, i just know one end is twice as expensive as the other but which end is past me right now), for koni i'd add another hundred and then probably another hundred just for safe keeping and even then you might not be in the right sort of field. Really guys i don't think its worth throwing expensive shocks (and money) at your car unless you'd got the rest of the suspension mods to make them worth while, i didn't plan on getting anything else done to my car so i just got whatever was standard replaced when i got the springs put in. If you have the urathane bushes, sway bars, camber kits and top brand rubber all done i'd go some koni's and it'd work great, but really if you've gone that far on the old beast i'd just go coil overs for the ultimate flexibilty and make your car handle the way you drive rather than drive your car to the limit it handles with odds and mismatched suspension components (soft springs, fast rebounding shocks etc)

Dude if you do a lot of dirt driving as in, 90% of the time it wouldnt be worth getting adjustables because really as soon as you hit the tarmac are you gonna be stopping and jumping under your tail and bonnet to change your settings? no.. it'd be a pain in the arse, i'd just investigate what rebounds they're are for what shocks and find out what other people have and what they think and buy a shock thats intermediate for what you need, the way i see it, rather then paying 700$ for a whole car worth of adjustables where really your just gonna leave it on say setting 3 from 5 why dont you just get some $600 konis that are the same as the setting 3 but just arnt adjustable but will be better quality..

how bout this? you want a knife, you have $100, you can either buy a swiss army knife that has scissors, tweezers, umbrella.. hell it can even pick your butt for you OR you can spend that $100 on just a plain old folding pocket knife, which one will be the better knife? the one that you pay for all these bells and whistles that really you wont ever end up using or the knife that you pay for being better built because all they have to worry about is not building 500 mediochre components but one good solid knife.. yeah i've umm had a few beers but this makes sense to me right now lol :dancin:

ok, ive got a 89 TP sedan (done 179,800k's) and the front springhs are sagged, struts bottom out! lol, and im doing lowered springs and shocks soon

i got prcing from Repco at trade price (being a apprentice mechanic helps) for 2"-2 1/2" lowered King Springs Fronts+Rears: $119 a pair


as for shocks, im going Monroe Gt Gas all round, (being a sedan i have struts all round)
Fronts: $107 each
Rears: $151 each

thats my 2c

$119 a pair

Haha, your getting ripped, Autobahn down here sells em for the same price, and if i buy them at trade price i get them for like 90 bucks...

Off topic slightly, hows your turbo coming along?

if your going konis try more like $500 a pair

why not try KYB, it is way more durable and better quality than Monroe and Pedders, yet not as expensive as Koni. around $470 ($664rrp) to do whole car.