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Re: What Is All Needed To Replace Shocks..
Typically, any name-brand shocks, even cheap ones come with all the necessary new hardware, such as rubber bushings.
The old mounting bolts and nuts should be easily reused, unless your car is severely rusty.
To install them you will need an assortment of quality wrenches or sockets, a decent jack (NOT the tire jack from the trunk), 2 jackstands, a prybar and hammer and some penetrating oil (for rusty bolts).
If you have never changed shocks before, get a service manual.
Note, after the car is on jackstands, you need to raise the rear axle (or front control arm) up just a bit with the jack, before unbolting a shock. This is because the shocks take the weight of the suspension and the spring tension when the car is raised in the air.
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