turtleheadjoe
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Good job, good effort USPS.
This showed up on my porch like this today
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New or used? It aint always the shippers. Could very well be the packers.
MileHighDart
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My thoughts exactly, throw two heavy shocks in a box with no packing material, this is what you get.
stroked340
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turtleheadjoe
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It was full of bubbly wrap, air bags, etc.
Shocking....
Bubble wrap aint gonna hold them in the box IMO they shoulda been bubble wrapped then taped together. Looks like they were left to bounce around inside the box. Hope they are still functional
Darthomas
Ashamed to be seen in foreign cars
Definitely send photo to shipper.
bbrroowwnn
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Looks to me like they packed the shocks compressed and thought the box would contain them, but the force of the shock plus the ride itself broke through
turtleheadjoe
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They fit compressed, I'm guessing the box and tape just didn't hold them. I think this could've worked but it definitely needed more prep the more I look at it. Also usps must really chuck this stuff around
Mopar to ya
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Not using air shocks on a Mopar are you? Unless you like wheel hop ......
Alaskan_TA
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How shocking!
turtleheadjoe
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I was gonna try them. Sounds like I'll regret it?
Lustle
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Who ships shocks compressed? Definitely not anyone I've dealt with before. When I worked with race cars all our race shocks showed up individually boxed, heavy cardboard, with packing at each end to prevent rolling/sliding/etc.
That said. I've seen boxes marked glass come in with foot prints on them. Glass stove tops that are 2 feet x 2 feet and there's 3 shoe prints right across the top. And the glass inside is garbage. Boxes that you can't tell used to be square. Etc etc.
I think it's both bad shipping/packing and bad handling by the carrier.
That said. I've seen boxes marked glass come in with foot prints on them. Glass stove tops that are 2 feet x 2 feet and there's 3 shoe prints right across the top. And the glass inside is garbage. Boxes that you can't tell used to be square. Etc etc.
I think it's both bad shipping/packing and bad handling by the carrier.
dodge71demon
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I bet the mail person was SHOCKED they were still in the box
Mopar to ya
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Most Mopars don't do well with air shocks. Can't hurt to try. They aren't hard to put on or take off. Just do NOT use them to gain clearance for large tires. If the shock blows and you drop on the tire you will regret it.
Someone trying to get them in a flat rate box...
Must have been break time sniff them yet?
turtleheadjoe
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I don't make a habit of sniffing my mail, maybe I should?
hemi446
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I hope you didn't pay much for shipping it looks like they could have walked to your front porch
mopar head
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shocks are shipped compressed all the time, with special plastic restrainers. pert neat.
turtleheadjoe
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Zip ties would probably work for that
They do and boxes can and do get caught in sorting machines as well. I shipped 2 convertible latches to FL well packed in a small flat rate box with the box tapped all the way around on all sides and still only 1 latch showed up. I put a trace on it and no one remembers the box getting ripped open except the receiving post office. Hmmmm must have happened before we got it. The OP was lucky that the shocks even stayed in the box!
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