well i got my rims changed today and the shop said my shocks and struts where just begging to be changed, all 4, whats the best brand to get bang for buck etc and how the hell do i change em

 

well I have the sense a track shocks and struts. The shocks are easy all you need to do is pull the carpet up in the back pull off the little foam things put a impact gun on the nut 9/16 I think and hit the trigger, good luck if you don`t have air tools. Go under the car and take the nut off the bottem of the shock and pull the shock out, make sure you put the spacer and washers and ruber on right and put the shock on the car.You will need a friend to hold the shock as you put the car down alittle aso the stud will go up into the hole and then put the rubbers on and washers and tighen them down. I`ll find out how hard the struts are on tues.

 

This is what I did

Put the car up on stands
Put jack under the axel tube on the side I was changing the shock
Remove foam piece (carpet already out)
Put wrench on the nut and grab the top with vice grips (i'm sure there is a better way to hold the top) and remove the nut
Go under the car and remove the bolt on the bottom which was rusted on good, I put another jack under the ratchet handle.
Now I forget how I got them back in, but its not hard. I think I removed the plastic holding it compressed, quickly got the bolt through the bottom then guided it in the top, they arn't hard to compress by hand so its not the end of the world if you mess up. Then tighten everything up, put some anti-seize on the bolts

 

the ride on our cars are so important........i'd save up until i could get something i really want. personally having kybs i would put $30 gabriels on the car or airshocks before that but it's just my opinion.

i'd go bilstein or koni. being bilstein if you can afford it as they worth every penny.