You also have to be careful to not get sucked into all the hype about certain shocks being the cure all. A few years back everyone and their brother was telling me that my CE shocks were junk, and that brand-X front shocks would make my car 60' sooo much faster. So, I finally caved in and got the new shocks, and lo and behold, the car ran EXACTLY the same....but my wallet sure was lighter.