help i need shock absorbers.

[fightstar]

been told i need shock absorbers for the rear of my 1997 corsa vegas (4 door) could someone point me in the the direction of some cheap, yet very high standard ones? possible need springs too?

[dking1983]

i would look at your nearest scrap yard they will have a few corsas in

[fightstar]

Well seeing as i doing car up, thought might aswell, get someslighlty etter than the standard ones , any ideas?

[redbarina]

I am in Australia and drive a Holden Barina Swing which is the Aussie market version of the Vauxhall Corsa Swing. I'm not sure if KYB shockers from Japan are available in UK, but I fitted them to mine and they are Fantastic. I had taken the car to several suspension places asking them to check over the suspension as it seemed to me it no longer handled as well as it used to. They all said it was fine, "within specs." Finally I found a place with a drive-on shock absorber tester - the car is attached to a platform which jiggles the whole car at various frequencies, and graphs the movement of the car. The result was - not stuffed, but not great either.
I had new KYBs fitted front and rear, the car handles like new again. I live in an area with very twisty country roads, motorcyclists drive from miles away to wipe themselves out on our corners! The little Barina sticks to the road like glue now.

Chris.

[Uncle Penny]

hello there mate. know that my post here is too late. Four years had already passed since the topic was posted here and I do apologize for that. Any updates for this? Did you already find a shock absorbers for your car? I'm also looking for it a couple of weeks ago. I looked at different auto shops and online stores. I saw best products Fabtech Performance, eBay and amazon. It is up to you where to choose and buy. thanks