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#21 ·
Following this thread as I intend to go the Chinese route should mine pack up. I ocassionally get the hard thump from front end which running in sport mode helps. Given the problem with top caps is there any other alternative than OEM? I'd be tempted to fab something myself if cap broken. Others have done and shouldn't be a moon mission to accomplish.
 
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Nothing changed and no errors. I have an OBDEleven and didn’t see anything. I’m going to get the front struts soon. I’m kinda surprised that the OEM shocks are blown at 70k miles.
 
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Can you feel a notable difference between Magride modes when switched on / off or just a difference between having new functional shocks vs blown / worn-out shocks?
 
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I can feel something change, but hard to say it helps because it showed me how bad the front struts are. I’ll report back after I change out the struts. Stay tuned.
 
#28 ·
Yes, I did install the fronts. They're still performing very well. It's my wife's play car and it doesn't get a lot of miles, but she is very rough on cars and truck. She is constantly running off the road and just short of going into a ditch. I purchased mine through Ebay. There are many sellers of these, but I suspect they're all coming from the same place.
 
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TiTillator said:
Yes, I did install the fronts. They're still performing very well. It's my wife's play car and it doesn't get a lot of miles, but she is very rough on cars and truck. She is constantly running off the road and just short of going into a ditch. I purchased mine through Ebay. There are many sellers of these, but I suspect they're all coming from the same place.
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I have to ask, how does she keep managing to do that? Maybe buy her a tractor instead? :ROFLMAO:
 
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TiTillator said:
Yes, I did install the fronts. They're still performing very well. It's my wife's play car and it doesn't get a lot of miles, but she is very rough on cars and truck. She is constantly running off the road and just short of going into a ditch. I purchased mine through Ebay. There are many sellers of these, but I suspect they're all coming from the same place.
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I may need to source through ebay as the full set Ali ones are not there anymore and for buying pairs there are no sales or reviews listed.
 
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TiTillator said:
Yes, I did install the fronts. They're still performing very well. It's my wife's play car and it doesn't get a lot of miles, but she is very rough on cars and truck. She is constantly running off the road and just short of going into a ditch. I purchased mine through Ebay. There are many sellers of these, but I suspect they're all coming from the same place.
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Good to hear the aftermarkets are performing ok so far. With the money saved, perhaps sign your wife up for a defensive driving course? That bolded part sounds a bit conerning! 😳
 
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benckj said:
For reference this is the set of 4, I found from your links. Works out at $450USD or approx $1250 NZD delivered (inc tax). Not bad for the set although I would need to factor in replacement of the electrical caps which can be very expensive. There are some great guides on how to remove caps although only around 50% sucess rate.

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I wish I had taken pictures of how I removed the caps without breaking them. I just happened to have some dental tools/picks. They’re very strong and thin where you need it. Don’t try to pull them off. Lubricate the connector where it attaches to the top of the shock. Insert the tip of the dental tool of your choice underneath where plugs into the connector. Slowly, and I mean sloooowly work the tool around and it will pop off intact. How are the cables leading up to the connector cap?
 
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I bought a set of 'dental tools' or more precisely oil seal picks which I think will work. Studied the How to Do thread and I'm fairly confidednt I can proceed. The caps & cables are all in great condition with my car as we don't have any rust and car only has 80k km's (48k miles) on the clock. I am not in a rush to replace just yet as car drives fine. The TT just passed our WOF compliance so legally I have another year to sort out. Plans at this stage are to complete reseach and order these replacements from ebay and install rears before winter (May) and then fronts in Oct.
 
#39 ·
I just pulled the trigger on ordering rear shocks after comparing the differences & prices between the Magride shock available on ebay vs Aliexpress. Was going to order a full set but decided to break into pairs as my fronts are still decent enough. Price for buying seperately was near enough the same.

Plan to install when they arrive along with rear brake pads. This is what I went for in the end which looks identical to what TiTillator used.

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