Hello all. I was wondering how spongey does the rear on an X have to be. Mine I noticed that when I brake the back comes up quite quick, and when I gas it sags down real fast. ( I know how gravity works), but I also noticed, that when I'm on the highway and in town the rear feels real bouncey. Like the tires are bouncing when i hit the slightest bump. All my wheels are balanced and I'm not doing 100 mph. I'm thinking i should replace my rear shocks and go from there. Any input would be great thanks guys and gals..

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If you're still running your OEM shocks and you can spare the cash... shitcan your stock ones and get a set of Bilsteins. There really wasn't anything wrong with mine when I bought my Bils and I don't miss the stock ones one bit. The improvement is unreal.

If you've seen the video on youtreadtube.com of my X sliding down that hill, you can see my right rear tire actually come off the ground when I was coming to a stop. It seems (and this is only theory... I really haven't read into this at all) that the xterras are ass high and nose heavy big time. It may just be the way it handles. I don't really know. So I don't feel it's really your shocks at fault for the nosedive when braking and the launch when you accelerate.

My '00 Xterra had worn rear shocks when I bought it. The back was very bouncy. I just bought cheapy shocks from Auto Zone they worked well. I sold that Xterra with another 30K on it and the shocks were still good.

if you plan on keeping the X i would say go ahead and get the bils.... the ride is so much better.. LOL

Oh yea ! The shocks are soooo shot ! I took them out today and replaced them. Went to Autozone yesterday and ordered them. I didn't get the Bils, maybe this summer sometime I will buy them and put'em in. But the new ones cost me about $122. for the pair. and WOW ! what a difference. The old ones would just compress but never return. Thought that with only 39,000 mi the stock ones would last a little longer. Thats ok only took about 20 mins to put the new ones in....

hell for that same amount you could have just bought bils.. LOL oh well....