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Old Nov 22, 2007 | 04:17 AM
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How come im starting to feel my stock suspension to be wobbly?
I have 20k mi on mine and i feel like im driving a boat during a storm.
Should i upgrade the suspension and which one?
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 04:25 AM
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is your suspension stock right now?
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 04:28 AM
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You should upgrade the suspension anyway. I cannot diagnose your problem, but I upgraded my own suspension almost immediately after getting the car. I went with TRD shocks and struts, TRD springs, TRD front strut bar and TRD rear sway bar.
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 05:48 AM
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its stock but feels softer than when i purchased it.
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 05:49 AM
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i got a greddy front strut bar. it helped it a bit. i wanna get a rear sway bar and a rear strut bar
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 06:17 AM
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If it feels significantly softer than before then you might have a leaking shock absorber. Does it feel softer all around, or at one particular corner? My old Echo blew a shock at 30,000 miles and it felt much softer at the right-front when taking left corners. The dealership replaced it under warranty.
Old Nov 22, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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deffinetaly a blown shock if it feels softer, and i would definetaly aggree w/ goin w/ a trd suspension all around.
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