# Transfer rear shocks to different car **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [March 8, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046 "2019-03-08T16:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leigh\_49014\_149193](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/leigh_49014_149193/32/15215_2.png) [@leigh\_49014\_149193](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leigh_49014_149193)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/1 "2019-03-08T16:41:48Z")
Ok Hello. My question can you use rear shocks on a different car? I bought rear shocks for a 2000 volvo s40 but its not running. Now i have a 2002 bmw 325i wonder if i can used the volvo rear shocks on the beemer? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/2 "2019-03-08T16:44:09Z")
Go to RockAuto, look up the part numbers for the rear shocks for both vehicles, and if the part numbers aren’t the same, then the answer is no. Tester ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/3 "2019-03-08T16:45:03Z")
Tester beat me to it! That being said, I tend to doubt if the OP will find that they are interchangeable from make to make. Many years ago, a local parts store was going out of business–with huge price cuts on their inventory–and somebody whom I knew decided to buy rear shocks for his old Pontiac. They didn’t have shocks for his Pontiac (possibly a '52?), but they did have shocks for (I think) a '54 Pontiac, so he bought them. Yes, those shocks did… fit… but the rear end of his car wound-up sitting several inches higher than it should have. So, even with the same make of vehicle, it is not necessarily possible to substitute parts from a different model year. And, from one make to another? Not likely at all. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/4 "2019-03-08T16:45:53Z")
Call the place you bought the shocks from . If they are still in the box just pay a restocking fee and get the right ones. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/5 "2019-03-08T17:21:19Z")
Parts stores don’t take used parts in return for new parts. Tester ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/6 "2019-03-08T17:23:30Z")
I’d put the odds at 100:1 or worse that they’d fit. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/7 "2019-03-08T17:25:37Z")
Mr. Tester , I wrote ( if they are still in the box ) . Yes, I know they will not take back used parts. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/8 "2019-03-08T17:26:19Z")
Looked on RockAuto, NO they will not fit. ---
**Author:** ![leigh\_49014\_149193](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/leigh_49014_149193/32/15215_2.png) [@leigh\_49014\_149193](https://community.cartalk.com/u/leigh_49014_149193)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/transfer-rear-shocks-to-different-car/136046/9 "2019-03-08T22:04:03Z")
Thanks guys will do.