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Hi benm, down the old Northern Road, past Oran Park (no time to stop for few laps though) and up Rabey Road (watch the off camber round about) to Minto. Nice drive on a Saturday morning. With 203 rwkw and good suspension, should do it in under 30 minutes. Have Wedge take a look at it, even adjustable suspension shouldn't rattle and knock.

I had it at Wholesale Suspension today (Whiteline and King Springs Specialists in Penrith) and it appears that my rear shocks are kaput.

They are adjustable but coz they are some japanese aftermarket brand they can't be pulled apart and small parts replaced.

I have it booked in next week to get new replacement adjustable shocks put in (gonna take 2 days). Costing me $750 (Ouch!) which is about $100-150 more than I was expecting for the original problem but he said i should deffinetly expect better 'squat' a better smooth ride and no axle tramp

Coulda been a lightened flywheel or new momo steering wheel etc but oh well if thats what I gotta pay then i'll pay it (besides its only a 1km walk from work).

Man all of this stuff is WAY over my head anyway.

Edit: After looking at UAS from what I can work out this is what im getting. Koni

Adjustable Shocks. (for the same price as what UAS sell them for)

$450 pair + Labour

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Well they are going to charge me $50 for labour from friday (had my car there for 8hrs trying to find the problem). Then another $250 for labour to put the new shocks in and set it all up correctly.

He said its gonna cost abit more than normal coz they have to take the back seat out so im thinking if i can take the back seat out before i leave the car with them i could probably save $50+ in labour.

I also got recomended to them by my brake specialist and he warned me that i'd get charged alittle higher than normal but its the best place in town to get it done.

Maybe someone at the TNS cruise tonight can show me how to remove the back seat and save me some $$ on labour.

We'll see !

You will find that quality work does tend to cost a bit more - but more than compensated for by the peace of mind. It is easy to take the back seat out.

Two bolts front bottom where the seat meets the floor. take these out and the bottom will come out pretty easy.

There are another two bolts at the bottom of the backrest, behind the seat part that is removed first, remove them. The back rest is taken off by sliding it up a bit (you may need to use a bit of force, eg strike the bottom of the backrest with the heel of your palm). Once it has move up about 1.5 inches on both sides it should come free and can then be removed.

You also need to remove the rear deck. I havent done this, but I think it slides into place. Before you can slide it out though, you have to remove the child restrain anchors, an it 'should' be ok. Be really careful as these arent very strong and crack pretty easy. If it does crack, it will still go back in, just may creak a bit.

Dont be too easily put off, it is a pretty easy job, just need a spanner or socket - 10mm if my memory serves correctly.

Steve

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