Shock And Strut Replacement at our Lake Wales shop

There isn't an honest universal number, and we're not going to invent one for you. Road quality, how much weight the vehicle carries and how it's driven all change the answer. We judge it on condition: leakage, mount damage, how the strut behaves through its travel and what the tires on that corner look like.

Physically yes, but we don't recommend it. The other side of that axle has the same miles and the same wear, so a new damper next to a tired one makes the car respond unevenly side to side. Doing the pair also means the labor gets done once.

It's a preassembled unit with the strut, spring and mount already together. It usually costs a bit more in parts and less in labor, and it replaces the mount and spring that have been aging right alongside the strut. On some vehicles it's clearly the better value, on others it isn't, and we'll tell you which one you're looking at.

If the roughness comes from the car never settling, yes, that's exactly what dampers do. If it comes from overinflated tires, a stiff tire choice or a bent wheel, new struts won't touch it. We check those first so you're not buying parts for the wrong problem.