Shocks

Shock absorbers keep the car’s tyres in contact with the road and enable you to keep control of it. Worn shocks are life threatening and can also cause costly repairs and maintenance on your vehicles.

The Dangers of worn shocks are:

• Poor Road Control: Worn shocks are unable to keep the tyre in contact with the road and the car becomes more difficult to control on the road. 
• Worn Tyres: Not being able to keep the tyre in contact with the road, it bounces on the road causing worn flat spots on the tyre which reduces the life of the tyre by a huge margin - expensive. 
• Poor Braking: When a car brakes with worn shocks the tyres tend to bounce causing the tyre to loose contact with the road and extends the stopping distance by an extra 2.6m from 80km/h in the dry ! The difference between hitting someone or not. ABS braking systems are even more affected. 
• Aquaplaning: Normally this happens when there is some water on the road and your car's tyres are worn. As you go over the water the tyre lifts off the road and you have complete loss of control. 
• Component Wear: Due to the extra movement of the suspension with worn shocks other suspension and steering components to wear out quicker - expensive. 
• Headlight Dazzle: Your car will bounce more causing the headlights to blind oncoming traffic 
• Fatigue: With the long distances we have to travel in Nigeria it's easy to tire on long journeys –even worse when your car's shocks are worn as you now have to concentrate more, tiring you more easily