Hi everyone, I'm trying to identify what type of rear shocks I have. They are white with no branding that I can see on them. They look rather new and are in good condition. The odd part is they are joined by a piece of hose coming from a nipple located near the top of each shocks. The installer has routed this hose (eventually as it seems to be a very long hose)to the bumper where it tees off to an air valve (like your tire stem) just behind the license plate. I never noticed it before because the valve cover on it looks just like a rubber stopper for the plate. Since I don't know the brand I can't look up any information. Brand aside what kind of shocks are these and how do I utilize them properly? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you ---------- Post added at 10:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:56 PM ---------- Posted this and had things finally click together. I'm fairly certain they are Monroe Pump Up Air shocks.
There was a brand of air shocks that was quite common in the 60's - 80's. They were made by Gabriel, called Hijackers, were white + very popular. All air shocks are about the same, they will raise your car, but really don't ride or handle well when "jacked". They were popular because you could use them to put big tires on your car, or tow. Monroes are usually yellow, I don't know about the color of their air shocks.
We've come a long way when a car guy sees a pair of air-shocks and has to ask what the heck they are:eek2: And thats not a bad thing, when I first got into cars I had to take those silly things off of almost every car I boughtou:
They were the most common way to a give car that gawd-awfull stink-bug stance that was the big thing in the late '70s and early '80s. They made cars ride crappy and if a line got a leak you basicly had no shock dampining at all. They did have a legitiment use in towing applications, but that was rare. I just replaced them with normal shocks.
