LOL, telling everybody on the board that runs exhaust larger than 2.5" that they have small appendages is not insulting at all, is it? Back on topic, the KYB Gas-Adjusts (high pressure) are white, the low pressure versions are grey/silver. The low pressure versions are the only ones available as a set at this point from KYB. The gas adjusts are a stiffer shcok with better rebound control, and when complimented with decent springs and appropriate sway bars, they really help make your Mav handle more on par with modern cars. They are not "trick", they are not race parts, and they are not strictly for road racers. They are a better quality shock at a slightly more expensive price. I paid $100 for my set of 4, and paid similar for the sets on my Mustangs. I have been running them for years, and they never seem to leak or wear out.
Only of the "shoe fits", and apparently, I struck a nerve with you. It was nothing more than a metaphor to elaborate on "bigger is better" mentality. I hear there are products on the market now that can help you with your "condition" though. 'Never said there was anything wrong with them. I just said ya "don't need 'em" for a street-driven Maverick/Comet. It's just an unnecessary expense, and downright stupid if the rest of the suspension is not up to par...
Didn't strike a nerve with me personally, thanks for asking. I don't care for blanket judgements on people with different goals or values when spending money on their Mavericks. Rumor has it that all people who regularly use bold keys in their posts on forums are attetion starved and need viagra. Blanket enough for you? Quick question? Have you ever purchased KYB shocks? Used them? Applied them to both stock suspensions and modified ones to compare? Answer truthfully...
Obviously I don't have them on my Maverick. Personally know people who have put them on their cars (not Mavericks), and they are good shocks. One car in particular was an '80-something Shelby Daytona Charger 2.2 . Oh, and I am much too young for "Viagra"...
OK, so you have never used them. You have never tried them, you have never installed them, and you have never compared them on stock vs. modified suspensions. Not only that, the one example you list is a front wheel drive strut suspension application. Yet with all this empirical data you have amassed, you are confident telling the world that they are overpriced parts for trick suspension, only for people who road race. I am not even going to get into the magazine crap. This is what I see. You have had one car for the last 25 years, you have done precious little in the form of modification of it. And yet with this lack of personal experience, you are comfortable giving advice, and defensive when anybody, perhaps even somebody with a wealth more experience, questions your opinion. And it is still a mystery to you why you get the sort of feedback that you do? Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong. All of us can say that, I guess. I even mostly agree with you on the carb sizing and pipe sizing issues, to a point. But the way you deliver opinions as facts, the way you make blanket statements without consideration for exceptions, exceptions that you have little experience with, and the way you insult entire groups of people who may go a different path than you, has EVERYTHING to do with how people respond to you. The more emphatic you are on the internet, the more pushback you will get. Judging from your sig, you seem to embrace that. Just keep in mind, one man's "politically incorrect" is another mans insensitive ignorant blowhard. The advice you have given on this thread is ill-informed, based on no real personal experience, and flat out inaccurate. You will deserve whatever response you get.
I bought my Gabriel gas shocks on eBay for less than $40 and am very happy with them. Search for 81076 Gabriel and 82130 Gabriel on eBay (make sure you check the search title and description check-box).
You're a fool. I don't need to have them to know about them. They are totally unnecessary for most Maverick applications, especially considering the suspension design---pretty primitive. Of course there are going to be exceptions. You should be advising people to rebuild their suspensions fresh before telling them to slap on a set of expensive KYBs. Also; the inexpensive Monroe gas-charged shocks out-perform the original equipment as it is. If anyone here is a "blow-hard", you are one of them, so that comment means squat to me. There is nothing "inaccurate about my statements.
