I need new shocks in a bad way, but there are so many options. Can someone direct me to a post, and/or have any opinion on what shocks are good for the money?
Thanks!

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'70 Plymouth Duster 225
"A girl can fix stuff too! (sometimes.)"

Best bang for the buck are the KYB's (gas-a-just)

about $30 each. search internet for best price (don't forget shipping/handling)

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Yup kyb gas-a-just works well for a driver and them some, I got mine from summmitracing.com. Few others on here use them as well.

Edelbrock IAS are supposed to be one notch up from the kyb's. I haven't used the myself yet but I think others on here/moparts have. Those are in the $60/each neighborhood.

I got my KYBs from Summitracing. $29 each with a $10 "handling" fee (not each, for the whole order). They say they don't charge for shipping, but they do charge for handling? (no tax). Anyway, the local Kragen Auto parts wants about $70 apiece for them. It comes to about $32 each.

thanks!

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'70 Plymouth Duster 225
"A girl can fix stuff too! (sometimes.)"

I love the Edelbrock IAS's, but I am running fairly high spring rates front and back: 6 leaf rear springs and .920" torsion bars. These shocks couldn't hurt with other setups, but are probably overkill.

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'68 Dodge Dart 4dr Sedan

The Edelbrock shocks are a big step up both in money and performance from the KYBs. I would really like to know more about your car and what you expect from it before making recommendations. I doubt you'd want the $140 a piece aluminum bodied adjustable QA1 shocks I used on my race car, but I could be wrong.

Did you know a '87-'95 Nissan Pathfinder front shock will bolt right into an A-body? And the rear shocks are the same as a W series Dodge 4x4 front shock? Back in the early '90s I put Monroe Gas Magnum shocks for a Nissan on the front of my '66 Dart. Good ride and great control. Too bad they don't make Gas Magnums for those Nissans any more. The Nissan '87-'97 2WD pickup front shock is also a good choice for those with lowered front ends as it's a full inch shorter compressed. You can even get Rancho 9000 series adjustables for $90 each for the Nissan and Dodge applications for adjustable shocks on both ends of the car. It saves $200 over a set of QA1s.

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Joshua

Thanks for posting that, Josh. I had heard that there were some truck shocks that fit A-bodies but couldn't remember the year.

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"Mad Scientist" Matt Cramer
'66 Dart - turbocharged 225
My blog - Mad Scientist Matt's Lair

No problem. I'm hoping to get some huge torsion bars for my Valiant and will need very good shocks to control the suspension. I know someone that adapted some Bilsteins meant for a Caprice to his '68 Valiant. He says with the huge torsion bars he has it still rides better than his Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's difficult to overestimate the importance of good dampers.

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Joshua