time for new rear springs/shocks?

[timmiebe]

i was driving in the rain a few months ago and spun the car out hitting a few guard rails, damaging the front and rear bumpers. i got all the bodywork done, but now the back end is squeking alot while driving, and even worse when people are seating in the backseat, do you think that i need to replace the rear springs, shocks, or both? would it be ok to replace the rear but not the front? i have 124,000 miles on the car, so the best thing would probably be to replace everything but money is a little tight, since i just got done rebuilding the entire engine.

[Dominic]

it might be as simple as greasing the swaybar bushings and endlinks to solve that problem. My rear was squeaking badly too in the cold weather back in 2003 and I fixed it by greasing them.

Have someone push on the car and find the squeek.

[Need4Camaro]

Seeing as you had so many miles, and you also took the suspension into the extreme by spinning, I would have no doubt you would ATLEAST need to replace the Shocks... I replaced only my rear and I no longer bottom out at the rear, get squeaky noises, get bad traction or sluggish accelleration with a heavy load.

Stock shocks/struts arn't supposed to last more than 50K so you're doing good making it this far...

[timmiebe]

thanks for the advice, i will try greasing them and probably take it to the shop to get the shocks and springs replaced, any guess what it might cost for the parts and labor (500-600 dollars)?