Dan G37

I recently bought a G37x and the previous owner had the car lowered 9 months ago from today. He gave me the stock springs with the car and am now deciding to raise the car back up. The car is at 73k miles and was wondering if I should change out the shock absorbers and if so which do I get? Thanks in advance!

blnewt

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There's not many choices for OEM type shocks, KYB should have them. If the G wasn't dropped for long on those springs you should still have life left on the originals.

Dan G37

Awesome thanks! Is there a good way to check if they need to be changed? Just hope raising my car back up will go smoothly. Also after I put the stock springs back on when should I get an alignment done?

blnewt

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Only if there are visible fluid leaks around the shocks. And yes, an alignment would be advised, was there any aftermarket camber kits installed?

Crazyirish

Even if it wasnt dropped long, at 70k+ the shocks are probably close to needing replacement anyway. I think 60k is a pretty commonly recommended replacement interval. Of course it depends on usage.

Lego_Maniac

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+1

If you're going through the effort of swapping springs, I'd replace the shocks too. They're at the end of their useful life.

Randy Johnson

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Negative. These shocks should go 100k easily. This is not some cheap @ss civic.

Lego_Maniac

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What does the type of car have to do with anything?

Shock absorbers are shock absorbers. Do you think the tokico shocks Infiniti specs are magical?

xmajd92

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Just put the oem shocks back on after replacing the lowering springs. If the ride is rough and bumpy then swap the shocks out. Otherwise, run then until they give out. Save you some money.

Lego_Maniac

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Depends. If he's DIY'ing it, yeah.

If he's paying a shop it would probably be cheaper in the long run to do new shocks while paying to have the springs swapped. Otherwise you'll essentially pay to have the same thing done twice.

xmajd92

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You're right I forgot to mention that. Save money on labor and just DIY and gain experience from getting to know your car better. Win-win

Dan G37

I plan on doing the work myself, I don't have an aftermarket camber kit installed. I'll check the shocks and see if their are any leaks. I looked on rockauto and saw shocks go for 80$, is that for a pair or just one piece? Also I don't see any shock absorbers for the front side of the car only rear. Do I only have to change out the rear? Thanks for all the help guys!

blnewt

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If you were to get new parts, you might want to get new fronts, that's where the bulk of the weight is so they would tend to be under more duress. The fronts would take much longer if you had to do them all over again, you would have to compress & remove the springs and swap them back over to the new ones. On the rear it's just a simple R&R since the springs are separate from the shock.

Dan G37

I checked rockauto and they don't seem to have front shocks on sale... Do you know any other shops that would carry shock absorbers for the g37? Thanks again for all the help, I really appreciate it. Also would I need to replace the struts as well if im changing the shock absorbers?

Crazyirish

Rockauto has the fronts under the "Strut" subsection. Technically these cars have shocks and not struts. It is fairly common for cars to have struts in front and shocks out back which is why Rockauto is organized this way.