rear shocks

I've been looking around here and found bits and pieces of answers to this but figured I would ask my exact questions. Mine has 121,000 miles. I purchased it in August with 105,000 and nearly all of my miles on it during a multi month road trip. I previously drove a Tacoma TRD for 20 years so I...

I got two different quotes on replacing the rear shocks on my Ody - dealer one $600 to replace both rear. Dealer two - $740 to replace both rear. Why is this so darn expensive? I followed on here how others replaced them and their ride was improved. No one has told me to replace them but my...

I'm working on replacing the original rear shocks on my 2003 with 196K miles driven in Illinois. Multiple attempts with a 365 ft-lb impact wrench was not able to loosen the top bolt on the shocks after 24+ hours soaking with penetrating oil. These bolts are extremely rusted. I'm thinking...