Miata Mailing List: February 1999, Message #210

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I was speaking with a client of mine yesterday who is the manager of a
garage/body shop. He told me that the stock Miata has front struts, which
he said are more expensive to replace than shocks. I told him AFAIK, the
stock Miata just has shocks and springs. It's very possible I'm wrong. 

Another question-why do the stock shock absorbers only hold out for
30,000 miles or so? Is this because of the stiff sport suspension set-up
our cars have?
In all of the cars I've owned or driven, I don't recall ever having to
replace shocks or struts. It could be that I should have done so, but
didn't give it much thought. Do aftermarket shocks hold up for more miles
than the stockers do?

TIA:

Tina C.
"Workin' Woman's Porsche"
'95 Miata
tinabee3@juno.com
"To Bliss: Top down, turn key, drive fast, pick the bugs out of teeth
later. Repeat."

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