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Shock absorbers GABRIEL or OEM Volkswagen
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I put Gabriel shocks and struts on mine.
Shocks provide a firm, stable ride
Easy to install and adapt to vehicle
Significantly improves ride quality
Pros: firm, stable ride
Cons: extremely stiff ride
Part number: 49228
If you decide to go this route, Gabriel Ultra shocks and struts from Rockauto.com are good. Avoid Monroe and the cheaper brands. KYB are OEM, but the aftermarket ones are stiffer than the OEM, but are excellent quality.
Pros: Gabriel Ultra shocks good
Cons: Monroe, cheaper brands avoid
I used a set of Gabriel Shocks for the front and back of my 98 LX, they are spring assisted load shocks. Super cheap, but it's been 5 years and they are still going strong.
Pros: still going strong
Cons: super cheap
I put some Gabriels on my beater 2004 and really like them. Got 30k on them and still ride nice.
Pros: ride nice
Mileage: 30000 km
For years I used Gabriel brand shocks on my pickup trucks. Couldn’t tell the difference between them and Monroe shocks.
Pros: similar to Monroe shocks
Cons: none apparent
The only part to go bad was the rear shocks at 56K.
Pros: rear shocks lasted
Cons: rear shocks bad
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 90123 km
I have a Ford transit connect and after 3 mos my gabriel shocks bottomed out absolute CRAP!!!
Cons: bottomed out after 3 months
Vehicle:
Ford Transit Connect I
Gabriel shock absorbers are absolute shit.
Cons: absolute shit
Took our new 2024 North American model Tiguan in for maintenance as there is a clear hard clunk from front suspension going over bumps. I know from experience this is the rebound setting failing and the shocks hitting the lowers hard enough to shudder the steering.
Cons: hard clunk over bumps
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
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