# Upgradingoemrearshocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 10, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955 "2008-08-10T19:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shortcircut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@shortcircut](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shortcircut)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/1 "2008-08-10T19:52:11Z")
I HAVE A 06MERCURYMARINER FOR A BETTER RIDE,WOULD I BE AHEAD UPGRADING TO A PREIUM SHOCK? the suv has21ooo miles. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/2 "2008-08-10T21:10:01Z")
youmightbenefitfromupgradingtoairridesuspensionforyourcar.thoughidunnoiftheyselltheairrideforyouvehicle,youmightwanttoaskaroundabouthtat. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/3 "2008-08-11T00:25:32Z")
Somewhere your English teacher is crying ---
**Author:** ![lprocter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lprocter/32/40_2.png) [@lprocter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lprocter)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/4 "2008-08-11T00:48:40Z")
Itdependsonwhatyouconsiderabetterride.doyouwantastiffer,moresportyride,orasofter,gentlerride?apremiumshockwilllikelygiveastiffer,notnecessarilymorecomfortable,ride.personally,i’dleaveitasisuntiltheshockswearoutin80ooomilesthendecide.noreasontogetridofperfectlygoodsuspensioncomponents. By the way, spaces, punctuation, proper capitalization and the like make it a lot easier to read your question, and you’ll get better answers to boot. ---
**Author:** ![lenjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lenjack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lenjack)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/5 "2008-08-11T01:26:05Z")
Space bar broken? ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_G](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dave_g/32/768_2.png) [@Dave\_G](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dave_G)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/6 "2008-08-11T03:58:19Z")
I envision Tarzan sitting at the keyboard…I’d save the money and leave the factory shocks alone. Instead I would take the $500 you just saved by skipping the shocks and take some courses on typing and English. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/7 "2008-08-11T04:04:55Z")
No. All you can do is buy any shock and it may be an improvement. The ride won’t get better. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/8 "2008-08-11T17:43:48Z")
Define “BETTER RIDE.” ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/9 "2008-08-11T21:49:51Z")
OOPSWEFORGOTTHECAPSLOCKKBUTTON.MYBAD. 😛 ---
**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:** [August 11, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/10 "2008-08-11T23:49:32Z")
Also, please define “PREIUM”. ---
**Author:** ![BigDaveSned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BigDaveSned](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BigDaveSned)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/11 "2016-12-05T22:12:50Z")
I’ve got a 94 Q 45 and do some of my own work. I came onto the forum and found some of your replies which had me laughing out loud. I had to join and tell you this. Thanks for the laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/12 "2016-12-06T00:00:54Z")
Going back 8 years for chuckles, you ROCK ✌ ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/13 "2016-12-06T01:37:37Z")
I hope all of you who are mocking the OP find yourselves in a foreign country someday begging for help and instead being mocked by the indigenous people because you don’t speak their language properly. 👿 NOTE: I realize that this might be a young man/woman who never learned proper English. If so, I feel sorry for him/her and place 100% of the blame on a badly broken educational system that has spent too many years forced to comply with bad federal laws and regulations and trying to be politically correct rather than teaching our children proper English skills. To the OP, the vehicle is over 10 years old, and if these are the original shocks, new shocks might help, but upgraded shocks may not give you the results you seek. A “better” ride for some means a firmer ride, and upgraded shocks MIGHT do that for you, but a “better” ride to others means a smoother ride, and upgraded shocks will not do that for you. I’d suggest having the vehicle assessed by a reputable independently owned and operated shop. If your shocks are tired, new ones may be in order. If they’re not, I would not recommend replacements. Note that I’m using the word “shocks” to include “struts”. A more proper term might be the English term “dampers”. Both struts and shocks have dampers, and those are largely what controls smoothness and stiffness. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/upgradingoemrearshocks/17955/14 "2016-12-06T14:59:59Z")
While I agree with the sentiment, @the\_same\_mountainbik, I am unaware of any country in which keyboards do not come with spacebars. 😉