I have had my service done today and been told that my NSR shock absorber is misting. Can someone please advise how I can look for the price of a new shock absorber so I can tell if the price I get quoted is right?

Plus if I wanted to lower my car would this impact on which shock absorber I was to choose?

I have a MK3.5 Octavia vRS estate. (Apologies for the dealer photo, it's all I can add at present)

2 hours ago, 64VRS said:

I have had my service done today and been told that my NSR shock absorber is misting. Can someone please advise how I can look for the price of a new shock absorber so I can tell if the price I get quoted is right?

Don't bother wasting your time. Misting is a normal function of dampers.

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I would assume 3/4 of VAG cars on the road have 'a light misting of oil' - it's nothing to worry about. Sure, they aren't fresh, but they still have plenty of life in them.

Lowering springs will have a different compression rate, and ideally the shock will need a different rebound rate to suit. Some people don't change them but really, you should.

Keep an eye on it as it will be a to do job at some point in the future (that's entropy for you).

After that have a look on any Car factors site and cross reference with the manufacturers parts catalogue or if you're stuck after that I've always found the technical depts are always helpful.

On 27/06/2025 at 21:34, OccyVRS said:

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I would assume 3/4 of VAG cars on the road have 'a light misting of oil' - it's nothing to worry about. Sure, they aren't fresh, but they still have plenty of life in them.

Lowering springs will have a different compression rate, and ideally the shock will need a different rebound rate to suit. Some people don't change them but really, you should.

you thing on mine front right shock this is normal situation, after a month, i cleaned it all around and its again little leak..

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