{"id":170,"date":"2016-09-04T00:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T04:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/?p=170"},"modified":"2016-09-04T00:45:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T04:45:44","slug":"strut-and-shock-absorber-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/strut-and-shock-absorber-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Strut and Shock Absorber Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Strut or Shock Abso<span id=\"rpe_service_type\">rber Replacement<\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shockandstrut-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"shock and strut\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shockandstrut-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/shockandstrut.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shock and Strut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Common Symptoms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Struts may need to be replaced due to oil leaks, knocking noises, or poor ride quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gabriel_ultra_shocks-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"gabriel_ultra_shocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gabriel_ultra_shocks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gabriel_ultra_shocks.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Best Practices<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We recommend that struts be replaced in pairs.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to replacement of the struts\/shocks, a full inspection of the steering and suspension should be performed to identify any needed repairs. This will cut down on the labor costs when compared to replacing the worn parts separately.<\/li>\n<li>We recommend a four-wheel alignment when struts are replaced. The new struts can change the vehicle&#8217;s ride height, which will change the wheel alignment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1145-sport-lowering-shock-kit_6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"1145-sport-lowering-shock-kit_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1145-sport-lowering-shock-kit_6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1145-sport-lowering-shock-kit_6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1145-sport-lowering-shock-kit_6.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strut or Shock Absorber Replacement Common Symptoms Struts may need to be replaced due to oil leaks, knocking noises, or poor ride quality. Best Practices We recommend that struts be replaced in pairs. Prior to replacement of the struts\/shocks, a full inspection of the steering and suspension should be performed to identify any needed repairs. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/strut-and-shock-absorber-replacement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strut and Shock Absorber Replacement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,47],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-alignment","tag-shock","tag-strut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elstonauto.com\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}