2nd hand shocks?

mr_lovebug, Apr 9, 8:37pm
Is it worth the risk!

How hard to fit them!
Daihatsu applause,is the car that will need replacement shocks.
mugenb20b, Apr 9, 8:42pm
1. Yes, if you can do the work yourself and get them at a good price.
2. Front or rear! If you change them as complete strut assemblies (springs and shocks together), easy. If you are changing the shocks only, then much harder and will take longer.
morrisman1, Apr 9, 8:43pm
chances are a daihatsu applause isn't going to be doing too much open road higher speed work so perhaps some second hand shocks will be fine. Just check them before you put them in to make sure they still do their job.

Apparently stuffed shocks deteriorate your braking performance which is all I would be concerned about for around town driving. On the open road would be where I'd want my shocks to be in good condition as they can really stuff your cornering big time. The last car I drove with stuffed shocks was a mazda capella on the port hills in christchurch. It felt like when you turned into a corner you had a 1000L tank, half full in the boot and the water was sloshing around.
sw20, Apr 9, 8:43pm
Chances are genuine items will be line priced, meaning they are all the same price no matter what the model. Toyota and Daihatsu are under the same umbrella so if they are, you could probably get them for $150 a piece.

I got my oem Bilstein shocks for $150 each from Toyota.
mr_lovebug, Apr 9, 8:53pm
I do ALOT of distance running,I often do 600kms in a 30hr,in Dec/Jan I did 5,ooo kms in 3 weeks.

The car has 181,ooo kms on it & is in rather good nick (apart from the shocks).

I will drop by Toyota tomorrow,repco want 300 per shock.
I need one rear (but will both rears),not happy with the body roll that I have going on,like driving the old mk1 escort that had 300,ooo kms on it I 1st strated driving.
r15, Apr 9, 9:10pm
that and some 205/50/15's or similar. :)
richardmayes, Apr 9, 9:13pm
If they are second hand and flogged out, then they will be a complete waste of time and money.

If they are second hand and still good, then if you can get them for the right price you might get thousands of kms of good running out of them for little more cost than a morning's physical labour.

Of course, it's pretty hard to tell whether a 2nd hand shock is good or not just by looking at it. they had better be MUCH cheaper than brand new ones!

[And your shocks are as vital to keeping your car under control and on the road as the brakes and tyres are. It is essential that they are good, no matter what "sort of driving" you do.
I discovered that I had a flogged out front shock on the Umph a couple of years ago; above a certain speed speed going through a corner the wheel would suddenly start to bounce violently like a basketball being dribbled. Once this started it would keep going no matter what, until I braked hard down to a low speed. Not good - no matter what sort of car you have, or what sort of trip you are on.So if you can potentially replace existing shocks that you know are flogged out, for only a few dollars, then don't hesitate to do it!]
tshop, Apr 9, 9:35pm
gut, dump & LVV certify,,
bill-robinson, Apr 10, 7:13am
would seem to me that you want to replace your worn out bits with bits that some one else wore out
intrade, Apr 10, 7:17am
first off all if it is the strut that is the shock then you usually get secoundhand units whole. if you do keep this car for more then just another wof then it be advised to fit new shocks and not secoundhand as secoundhand are worn also and could fail in 2 month 6 month 12 month any time also.
richardmayes, Apr 10, 7:22am
^^^Yes they might.

But on the other hand it's also possible that secondhand ones could last for years and years; if that's the case it might be well worth doing!
beast9, Apr 10, 1:17pm
go to your nearest SHOCK SHOP and ask them for a cash price repco are just money hungry thieves
kazbanz, Apr 10, 2:32pm
Are you keeping the car a while longer! If so dont do it --its false economy.