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 working conditions. Nevertheless, it’s not easy to know when to replace the shock absorbers of your Subaru Impreza? That’s exactly why our team has created this article 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 Subaru Impreza, and finally, what is the price to replace them.
Why replace shock absorbers Subaru Impreza?
Before describing to you when changing the dampers of your Subaru Impreza , we will see why it can be important to replace them. It is not easy to examine the condition of your shock absorbers, nevertheless, it is important to know the function they play to understand the interest of keeping them in good condition. The shock absorbers on your Subaru Impreza are component of the safety features. In fact, they are the ones that will assure that your vehicle has good road handling, keeping wheel contact with the ground and balancing the weight of the vehicle evenly. Moreover the shock absorbers ensure the driving comfort of your Subaru Impreza , if they are used up you will get tired faster and consequently driving your vehicle will be more risky. Finally, 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 Subaru Impreza?
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We will now see the component that will obviously bring you to this article, when to replace the shock absorbers of his Subaru Impreza? After having seen the benefit 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 a lot of possibilities, on the other hand we will list the different ways to know when to replace the shock absorbers of a Subaru Impreza, 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 Subaru Impreza, 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 way to know when to change the shock absorbers of your Subaru Impreza. Indeed, this thorough control of your car (especially since its evolution in 2019) allows to produce a good check-up of the condition of a vehicle. Indeed, 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 alerts you of a possible leak.
- If you perceive that your Subaru Impreza squeaks or has an abnormal behavior in turns or when passing on speed bumps for example, do not be reluctant to examine our article focused on to this issue. One of these signs can notify you to a pronounced wear of your shock absorbers and consequently the relevance to replace them.
- Place your Subaru Impreza 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 notify you to a deterioration of a shock absorber mounting.
- Check the wear of the tread of the tires of your Subaru Impreza, obviously if you detect abnormal on the “sidewalls” of your tires it can be a sign of tired shocks.
Now you know the list of control points that exist to know when to replace the dampers of your Subaru Impreza .
Price to replace shock absorbers Subaru Impreza
And to finish this content page we will now see what is the price of replacing shock absorbers on a Subaru Impreza . 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, find below the two simulations:
- Price of the shock absorbers replace on Subaru Impreza 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 propose you prices much less expensive than the garage of your Subaru Impreza dealership. Nevertheless, if you have a Subaru Impreza 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 Subaru Impreza 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.
If you wish more guides on the Subaru Impreza, go to our Subaru Impreza category.
