Cpt. Stooby Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I need both right side pnuematic shocks for a 88 gl10 what will work and do I have the option of buying new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 doubt you'll want new, they were $250 a piece through the discounted Subaru vendors. why not get two used struts? they're relatively cheap ($50 each tops?) and if the rubber bags are good they should be fine as they really never fail. the rubber bags rub against rust at the bottom or dry rot and leak there. keep them clean, free from rust, and they should last the life of the car. honestly the air suspension is a nightmare in some respects. i like it, so i keep it, but unless you have a compelling reason converting to coil overs is the simplest, cheapest, and best fit for most people. but otherwise the air suspension causes a lot of headaches and has a lot of failure points at this age. there's so many small points of failure they need a lot of maintenance that most folks don't want to do. fixing one thing is often just a band aid until something else breaks, so in this case a 2 strut band aid ($$$) gets particularly annoying. for the system to be reliable, all air struts should be conditioned to avoid their failure points (i have a thread about this on subaruxt.com..maybe here?), there are close to 2 dozen orings that should be replaced, and the solenoids have a spring that gets weak and can cause a loss of pressure as they bleed. those can be streteched if diassembled or replaced. if you do all of that the system is really reliable and cheap to maintain as the struts never need replacing like the coil over struts. my XT6's have been cheap to maintain as far as suspension goes compared to EJ's which often need struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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