Shock absorbers are one of the most important components of a car’s performance, so it’s important to make certain they’re always in good working conditions. Nevertheless, it’s not easy to know when to replace the shock absorbers of your Opel Antara? That’s exactly why our team has posted this article to help you find an answer to this question. First, we will discover why it is important to replace the shock absorbers of your motor vehicle, then, when to replace the shock absorbers of your Opel Antara, and finally, what is the price to replace them.

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Why replace shock absorbers Opel Antara?

Before detailing to you when changing the dampers of your Opel Antara , we will discover why it can be important to replace them. It is not easy to evaluate the state of your shock absorbers, however, it is important to know the purpose they play to figure out the interest of keeping them in good state. The shock absorbers on your Opel Antara are component of the safety features. In reality, they are the ones that will make sure that your car has good road handling, maintaining wheel contact with the ground and balancing the weight of the car evenly. Also the shock absorbers guarantee the driving comfort of your Opel Antara , if they are worn out you will get tired faster and consequently driving your car will be more dangerous. At last, having shock absorbers in bad state will accelerate the wear of other components such as the silent blocks or the tires.

When to replace shock absorbers Opel Antara?

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We will now discover the component that will most definitely bring you to this article, when to replace the shock absorbers of his Opel Antara? After having seen the importance of having shock absorbers in good state, 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 a lot of possibilities, on the other hand we will list the different ways to know when to replace the shock absorbers of a Opel Antara, here they are:

  • We determine that the shock absorbers of a motor vehicle have about 80 000 km of autonomy, so try to know the previous date of shock absorber change if you have a used Opel Antara, or to check the kilometers if it’s a first hand.
  • We don’t actually think about it but the technical control is a good way to know when to change the shock absorbers of your Opel Antara. Obviously, this thorough control of your motor vehicle (specifically since its evolution in 2019) allows to produce a good check-up of the state 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 know-how 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 perceive that your Opel Antara squeaks or has an abnormal behavior in turns or when passing on speed bumps for example, do not think twice to take a look at our article focused on to this trouble. One of these symptoms can alert you to a pronounced wear of your shock absorbers and consequently the relevance to replace them.
  • Place your Opel Antara on a flat surface and struggling with the bonnet, check 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 alert you to a deterioration of a shock absorber mounting.
  • Check the wear of the tread of the tires of your Opel Antara, in actual fact if you detect 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 Opel Antara .

Price to replace shock absorbers Opel Antara

And to finish this content we will now see what is the price of changing shock absorbers on a Opel Antara . 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 Opel Antara by a specialist: If you replace the shock absorbers of your motor vehicle at a specialist, we advise you if you have a small budget to go rather to a motor vehicle center like Feu Vert which will propose you prices much less expensive than the garage of your Opel Antara dealership. Nevertheless, if you have a Opel Antara with a classic finish you will have to count between 400 and 700 euros depending on the kind of garage and rather between 700 and 1000 euros if it is a sports model.
  • Price of buying shock absorbers for Opel Antara 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 think twice to check out 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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