Shock absorbers are one of the most important elements of a car’s general performance, so it’s important to make sure they’re always in good working order. However, it’s not easy to know when to replace the shock absorbers of your Nissan Pulsar? That’s precisely why our team has posted this content to help you find an answer to this question. First, we will find out why it is important to replace the shock absorbers of your car, then, when to replace the shock absorbers of your Nissan Pulsar, and at last, what is the price to replace them.

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Why replace shock absorbers Nissan Pulsar?

Before detailing to you when changing the dampers of your Nissan Pulsar , we will find out why it can be important to replace them. It is not easy to analyze the condition of your shock absorbers, nevertheless, it is important to know the role they play to understand the interest of keeping them in good condition. The shock absorbers on your Nissan Pulsar are component of the security features. In fact, they are the ones that will assure that your vehicle has good road handling, maintaining wheel contact with the ground and balancing the weight of the car evenly. Additionally the shock absorbers ensure the driving comfort of your Nissan Pulsar , if they are used up you will get tired faster and consequently driving your car will be more dangerous. At last, having shock absorbers in bad condition will accelerate the wear of other parts such as the silent blocks or the tires.

When to replace shock absorbers Nissan Pulsar?

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We will now find out the component that will most definitely bring you to this content, when to replace the shock absorbers of his Nissan Pulsar? After having seen the importance of having shock absorbers in good condition, we will describe how to know if they need to be replaced and when you should think about making this replace.
To do this, there are not a lot of possibilities, on the other hand we will list the different ways to know when to replace the shock absorbers of a Nissan Pulsar, here they are:

  • We estimate 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 Nissan Pulsar, or to check the kilometers if it’s a first hand.
  • We don’t actually think about it but the technical control is an efficient technique to know when to change the shock absorbers of your Nissan Pulsar. Obviously, this thorough control of your car (specifically since its evolution in 2019) enables to make a good check-up of the condition of a car. Obviously, it will check 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 knowledge in mechanics you can already look yourself for the presence of oil on the shock absorbers which alerts you of a possible leak.
  • If you find out that your Nissan Pulsar squeaks or has an abnormal behavior in turns or when passing on speed bumps for example, do not think twice to look at our content dedicated to this issue. One of these indicators can alert you to a pronounced wear of your shock absorbers and consequently the relevance to replace them.
  • Place your Nissan Pulsar on a flat surface and facing the bonnet, check if one of the corners of the car is lower than the others. Do not hesitate to use a tape measure to get precise measurements. This can alert you to a deterioration of a shock absorber mounting.
  • Verify the wear of the tread of the tires of your Nissan Pulsar, in truth if you detect abnormal on the “sidewalls” of your tires it can be a indicator of tired shocks.

Now you know the list of control points that exist to know when to replace the dampers of your Nissan Pulsar .

Price to replace shock absorbers Nissan Pulsar

And to conclude this article we will now see what is the price of changing shock absorbers on a Nissan Pulsar . We’re going to separate in two auto parts, first the shock absorbers replacement at a specialist, and then the price of the shock absorbers alone if you want to have them installed by a friend or yourself, find below the two simulations:

  • Price of the shock absorbers replace on Nissan Pulsar by a specialist: If you replace the shock absorbers of your car at a specialist, we recommend you if you have a small budget to go rather to a car center like Feu Vert which will propose you prices much less expensive than the mechanic of your Nissan Pulsar dealership. However, if you have a Nissan Pulsar with a classic finish you will have to count between 400 and 700 euros depending on the sort of mechanic and rather between 700 and 1000 euros if it is a sports model.
  • Price of buying shock absorbers for Nissan Pulsar 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 decent savings, for a set of front shock absorbers you will need between 50 and 150 euros, do not hesitate 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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