[Mopar-Mofun]

Did you originally have Nivomats before you switched to the coil overs? Can you give me more detail on what I would need to do please?

Nope, my van had the useless shocks.
Also, the vans without Nivomats, people change up to them. So, I would assume vans with Nivomats should be able to switch away fro them.

Looking at an eBay listing for a USED set, they look very much similar to the normal shocks on the non-Nivomat vans.

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The top of the Nivomat is cylinder is flat vs a dust bell cover. Otherwise it would be difficult to tell the difference.

 

[scottloco]

I got some Monroe 40201 at a great price on eBay. Will update you all after I put them in. I'm also doing the leaf spring hangers and shackle bushings, so tomorrow will be a rear end kind of day

 

[Mopar-Mofun]

I got some Monroe 40201 at a great price on eBay. Will update you all after I put them in. I'm also doing the leaf spring hangers and shackle bushings, so tomorrow will be a rear end kind of day

IF in time those Monroes go bad, you can read this thread for other helps.

Suspension issues / questions about an 07 T&C...

Howdy all. have the van mentioned above and my mother is a big woman with a heavy duty wheelchair. The chair alone is 341lbs. The problem is, I am bottoming out quite a bit. I'm doing the same dance that many have done with stock vans. either avoid speed bumps if possible, or crawl...

www.chryslerminivan.net

I've had the best success with the Dayton Add-A-Leaf kit and the Monroe coil-over-shocks. I had considered air shocks, however there are drawbacks to them.

 

[dossdboss]

I’m going to guess that the shocks are fine but the bushings are probably shot. You can buy some on eBay from a seller in Latvia. (You used to be able to at least). I have actually cut the bushings out of old ones and have a few lying around just in case my current ones go to ****. I have a post on here showing how I did it as well.

 

[scottloco]

I’m going to guess that the shocks are fine but the bushings are probably shot. You can buy some on eBay from a seller in Latvia. (You used to be able to at least). I have actually cut the bushings out of old ones and have a few lying around just in case my current ones go to ****. I have a post on here showing how I did it as well.

Nope, the shocks were VERY much shot at 180,000 miles on the clock. I could barely compress the new ones by hand (as is said about Nivomats) but the old ones I could compress with my index finger lol

Here are the old Nivomats that I took out today.

 

[scottloco]

Nope, my van had the useless shocks.
Also, the vans without Nivomats, people change up to them. So, I would assume vans with Nivomats should be able to switch away fro them.

Looking at an eBay listing for a USED set, they look very much similar to the normal shocks on the non-Nivomat vans.

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The top of the Nivomat is cylinder is flat vs a dust bell cover. Otherwise it would be difficult to tell the difference.

Those actually look much smaller than my stock Nivomats...hard to tell from the picture, but I don't think those are real

 

[FabricGATOR]

I got some Monroe 40201 at a great price on eBay. Will update you all after I put them in. I'm also doing the leaf spring hangers and shackle bushings, so tomorrow will be a rear end kind of day

What did you find 40201 on ebay? New? How Much?

 

[Mopar-Mofun]

Those actually look much smaller than my stock Nivomats...hard to tell from the picture, but I don't think those are real

I too would agree, those look just too stubby.

Nivomats were not just made for Chrysler minivans. Other manufactures used them too, but in different sizes.

 

[scottloco]

What did you find 40201 on ebay? New? How Much?

I found (2) brand new still in the box for $324. Others on eBay were selling (1) brand new for over $400 so I figured this was the best deal I was going to get on brand new replacements. These same shocks were $233.79 each on rockauto.

 

[scottloco]

Just to update....after replacing the shocks, leaf spring bushings, and shackle hangers....the van rides like a dream. I took it for a test drive on a particularly bumpy road and it's no longer bouncing at all. Thank you to everyone who chimed in on this thread to help me out! I love this community!

 

[FabricGATOR]

I found (2) brand new still in the box for $324. Others on eBay were selling (1) brand new for over $400 so I figured this was the best deal I was going to get on brand new replacements. These same shocks were $233.79 each on rockauto.

Yeah, $162 each, I wish I had paid that a few months ago. My pair were about $500