Shock absorbers are one of the most essential elements of a car’s overall performance, so it’s important to ensure they’re always in good functioning order. However, it’s not easy to know when to replace the shock absorbers of your Alfa Romeo 156? That’s precisely why our team has created this content page to help you find an answer to this question. First, we will see why it is important to replace the shock absorbers of your car, then, when to replace the shock absorbers of your Alfa Romeo 156, and at last, what is the price to change them.

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Why replace shock absorbers Alfa Romeo 156?

Before describing to you when changing the dampers of your Alfa Romeo 156 , we will see why it can be important to replace them. It is not easy to measure the condition of your shock absorbers, nevertheless, it is important to know the purpose they play to figure out the benefit of keeping them in good condition. The shock absorbers on your Alfa Romeo 156 are component of the security features. In fact, they are the ones that will make sure that your car has good road handling, keeping wheel contact with the ground and balancing the weight of the vehicle evenly. Also the shock absorbers assure the driving comfort of your Alfa Romeo 156 , if they are used up you will get tired faster and therefore driving your vehicle will be more dangerous. Finally, having shock absorbers in bad condition will accelerate the wear of other components such as the silent blocks or the tires.

When to replace shock absorbers Alfa Romeo 156?

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We will now see the component that will certainly bring you to this content page, when to replace the shock absorbers of his Alfa Romeo 156? After having seen the importance of having shock absorbers in good condition, we will show you how to know if they need to be replaced and when you should think about making this replace.
To do this, there are not quite a lot of possibilities, nevertheless we will list the different ways to know when to replace the shock absorbers of a Alfa Romeo 156, here they are:

  • We determine that the shock absorbers of a car have about 80 000 km of lifetime, so try to know the previous date of shock absorber change if you have a used Alfa Romeo 156, or to verify the kilometers if it’s a first hand.
  • We don’t actually think about it but the technical control is an efficient method to know when to change the shock absorbers of your Alfa Romeo 156. Indeed, this thorough control of your car (especially since its evolution in 2019) enables to make a good check-up of the condition of an automobile. Indeed, it will verify on your shock absorbers the presence of leakage, the deformation of the rod, the presence of corrosion, and the fixing of these . If you have some expertise in mechanics you can already look yourself for the presence of oil on the shock absorbers which warns you of a possible leak.
  • If you find out that your Alfa Romeo 156 squeaks or has an abnormal performance in turns or when passing on speed bumps for example, do not think twice to have a look at our content page focused on to this trouble. One of these indications can inform you to a pronounced wear of your shock absorbers and therefore the relevance to replace them.
  • Place your Alfa Romeo 156 on a flat surface and struggling with the bonnet, verify if one of the corners of the car is lower than the others. Do not think twice to use a tape measure to get precise measurements. This can inform you to a deterioration of a shock absorber mounting.
  • Verify the wear of the tread of the tires of your Alfa Romeo 156, obviously if you identify abnormal on the “sidewalls” of your tires it can be a signal of tired shocks.

Now you know the list of control points that exist to know when to replace the dampers of your Alfa Romeo 156 .

Price to replace shock absorbers Alfa Romeo 156

And to finish this guideline we will now see what is the price of changing shock absorbers on a Alfa Romeo 156 . We’re going to separate in two parts, first the shock absorbers replacement at a specialist, and then the price of the shock absorbers alone if you want to have them mounted by a friend or yourself, discover below the two simulations:

  • Price of the shock absorbers replace on Alfa Romeo 156 by a specialist: If you replace the shock absorbers of your car at a specialist, we advise you if you have a small budget to go rather to a car center like Feu Vert which will offer you prices much less expensive than the garage of your Alfa Romeo 156 dealership. However, if you have a Alfa Romeo 156 with a classic finish you will have to count between 400 and 700 euros depending on the type of garage and rather between 700 and 1000 euros if it is a sports model.
  • Price of buying shock absorbers for Alfa Romeo 156 on a specialized site: Finally, if you want to do the replace yourself, buying “generic” shock absorbers on specialized sites like oscaro can allow you to make real savings, for a set of front shock absorbers you will need between 50 and 150 euros, do not think twice to take a look at the offer on Oscaro, and if you want to replace the rear shock absorbers it’s rather between 50 and 100 euros, idem, follow the link to get the prices and the different models available.

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