3rd gen suspension?

Do 82 firebirds come with both struts and shocks or one or the other?

Which r the best shocks and struts for 3rd gen f-bird

Struts in the front, and shocks in the back. As far as which brand (i'm assuming this is what you mean) is better it would depend on what your looking for. Do you want to improve the ride quality, or are you looking for somthing more performance oriented?

performance. But isnt their a way to have both?

Basicly,is their a brand thats the best of both worlds?

Edelbrock makes a good set that are adjustable to suit your application.

Im going with edelbrock,thanks cd94

Do struts make a distinctive noise when they go bad besides being really bouncy?

as far as i knew mine has a strut in the back and front.Doesnt strut mean the shock has a vertical bolt on top,as oppose to a horizontal bolt like a shock>?

sky jacker air in back,and heavy duty hydraulic monroes,and spring spacers in front give it an agressive stance,and good for launchin,while giving a corvette feel to the ride(stiff ride)

i know they sell them as a shock,but what differs it from a strut.

I thought that a strut is basically the spring and shock assembly combined as opposed to the shock being a separate entity from the spring. The idea being to save space.

I called edelbrock and they said they dont make shocks/struts for third gens :wtf: I was wondering if those monroe sensomatic r any good.

Mcpherson is who originally designed the front strut system on the 82's.Im running monroes,and they dont do too bad,but they are starting to ride like used struts already,and they was put on like 3 thousand miles ago...im rude to them tho,i test the durablilty of any part that i buy,or install

well,u do like to launch railroad tracks and all........lol.so if I kick back on the railroad tracks the monroes should feel new even after 3000 miles.

lol...when i got my car it had the original shocks on it.They was so wasted that instead of being too bouncy,they was real stiff,like a log wagon.They had literally rusted into the positon of the car while it sat on blocks from 94' till around 2001 ,and since they was stuck,the car sat abnormally high until i replaced them.Ive since put two more sets of struts on it,and one pair of skyjacker shocks in back.I love my skyjackers.i can fill my car full of people and tools,and it not loose so much as a half inch in ground clearance.

thats how my car is too,my shocks r the originals and it feels bouncy on the freeway but stiff on the streets.R those skyjackers made by Gabriel?

i dunno i cant rightly remember who made them.Its been awhile since i got them. they are called skyjackers.they are 200 max psi.Im rigging up a way to make them adjustable from the dash,via pressure regulator .i also want to run each side with an independant line,so i have to figure out how to hook it all up...my car is a POS,but i have so much fun messin with it.Its not worth too much to tear up basically.im not afraid of shopping carts,and sitting a laundry basket on the hood.

When I was browsing autozone.com I saw some gabrial shocks called skyjackers but I dont know if their the same as yours.