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YOUR RESEARCHReplacing sway bars?
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I admit it, Much to my regret, I installed a new set of (stock clone) shocks that are abysmal leaving me with an exaggerated body roll that didn't exist before.
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Please share what shocks you had installed so that we may avoid them.
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Sway bars are not supposed to be used for roll control.
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With the replies and input, I am simply going to replace the cheap Chinese shocks I purchased.
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replacing the shocks seems to suggest that the proper, corrective action requires replacing the shocks again.
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I admit it, Much to my regret, I installed a new set of (stock clone) shocks that are abysmal leaving me with an exaggerated body roll that didn't exist before.
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I admit it, Much to my regret, I installed a new set of (stock clone) shocks that are abysmal leaving me with an exaggerated body roll that didn't exist before. It's not anything else causing the problem. I had replaced them since I was having the suspension replaced to 'save' on the labor and my better half balked (loudly if you know what I mean) after she saw the price on the OEM shocks.
If you have done this before, or know authoritatively this would will mitigate the issue. No speculation please. I've already done the speculation for you
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With the replies and input, I am simply going to replace the cheap Chinese shocks I purchased. So please do not make any further posts/replies to this thread. I consider the speculative question I ask has been fully resolved.
I know you wrote "no speculation", but the fact that you developed this exaggerated body roll
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replacing the shocks seems to suggest that the proper, corrective action requires replacing the shocks again.
I am wondering what you consider "stock clone" shocks. Do you know their model name, have a photograph or a part number?
Not true...."sway" bars do exactly that, they help control the sway of the chassis. I would agree, if he's getting that much roll, the springs are to soft and allowing the car to be to unsettled and maxing out the sway bars ability to stabilize the chassis.
What others have said. It ain't the sway bars. Please share what shocks you had installed so that we may avoid them. If they introduced additional body roll they must be truly horrid, because the springs and sway bars are the major players in that realm.
It seems strange that I�ve been on this forum (as well as others) for roughly 12 yrs, and I�ve never heard of any shocks/struts referred to as �stock clones� or even Bilstein clones� It seems like someone did some fast talking and pulled one over on you. Seeing as you�ve already acknowledged your mistake, the question becomes, how to fix it. Sway bars are clearly not the answer. Did you speak to the shop that sold you the parts? They are either 1 - substandard parts, or more likely -2- the wrong parts for your particular car. There are at least 3 different shocks/struts spec�d depending on which chassis you have. If you really want help/suggestions here you�ll have to specify; Year, body/chassis style, and what type/model shocks/struts were on it before you changed them. Wishing you luck
I appreciate everyone's input on the matter. I was speculating myself if this would fix the issue.
To answer the question regarding the 'clone' shock remark, it was a set of cheap Chinese shocks off ebay. My has been aghast at my restoration efforts after I apparently misunderstood her $20K spending remark, I'd already exceeded that with the initial purchase and subsequent bare metal up repainting.
I guess I'm simply going to go ahead and take the shellacking ahead and purchase a set that works. I don't particularly want to go with the Bilsteen set because I'm not interested in any 'performance' upgrades so I will be limiting my search to OEM replacements.
BTW, I have unsubscribed to this thread having come to a decision on my recourse. Thank you to all that have responded.
ActuaLOL at the final remark on the decision having been made.
� doesn�t want �upgrades� from Bilstein, who make all performance grades of the OE shocks (from base through the sport packages), but rolled the dice on some mystery meat eBay shocks.
Theres never time to do it right, but there�s always time to do it twice.
It�s okay OP, we�ll be here for you once you�ve implemented this decision and can�t fathom how it possibly went wrong.
To clarify, these were Chinese made and sold on Ebay. Hence "no name/clone".
I believe it's the springs since they were part and parcel of the shocks.
instead, now I have a set of Bilstien shocks arriving tomorrow. I'll have the local shop install them in the next couple of weeks.
