Rebuild or replace shocks

[tomtom72]

Hi guys,

Just got off the phone with my favorite chevy dealer & they told me the 90 thru 91 FX3 shocks are discontinued.....rear shocks appear to be out of the system and front shocks appear to be getting scarce. Oh, and if you could buy these shocks they look to be about $1200.00 for a set.

I know Bilstein offers a rebuilding service. I followed a few threads and let's just say that it appears that most were not too happy with the service end of the deal.....the rebuilding from a mechanical aspect seemed to be okay but the stuff came back looking like old shocks and the price was laced with a lot of extras that raised the price.

The partsladie is selling sets for like 750 and some one else is selling them for 650 for the early cars. They list them as sport valving ??? I know the prevaling wisdom w/the rebuilds is to go up to Maccoa(?) valving.

Reason I'm asking is I think mine are failing. I seem to have to use the sport setting more often to correct porposing, excessive up & down movement on undulating pavement. Heck I've even started to use the performance setting without loosing my fillings. Oh, yea I've got 27 thou miles on my 90 Z.

What do you guys think? Is it I'm just too used to the tour and sport settings? The shocks don't seem to be loosing oil at an excessive rate as I wipe them during my weekly detailing sessions.

Thanks

Tom