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    Default Struts breaking and trying to escape thru bonnet

    Is it common on lowered crumbledores? i popped the bonnet on my ute , and the passenger strut has broke and trying to punch through the bonnet ( the shock absorber ) Already got a replacement set of struts from the wreckers , complete with lowered springs for $30 the set , but is it a common thing for these to fail?
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    thats your strut tome mounts breaking the rubbers
    They begin to crack then one pot hole and "pop"

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    top strut bearings, almost happened to me, but i sorta heard the loud banging noise, like my front end was gunna fall off and become my back end. didnt u hear any warnings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver_bullet View Post
    top strut bearings, almost happened to me, but i sorta heard the loud banging noise, like my front end was gunna fall off and become my back end. didnt u hear any warnings?

    get diff noise and have a sub behind passenger seat . No , didnt hear anything , or if i did , i was concentrating on something else ( ute tows alot , so mind is not listening for noises )
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    Just had mine done last week.. Yes it is very common on lowered commodores. First sign i had was a vibration in the wheel, that progressively got worse ( only over 1 day ), harder steering would be another good one from what i have been told...

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