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RQ-S Shocks feature a 1.5″ steel body and mono-tube design for easy installation and superior performance. With rebound adjustability, they deliver precise tunability, ensuring an unparalleled driving experience and optimal control on road or track.
Key Features
Fitment
Use the complete application table and confirm any suspension, brake, drivetrain, and factory-equipment requirements stated for this exact part number.
| Years | Make | Model | Submodel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-1974 | Buick | Apollo | All applicable trims |
| 1970-1972 | Buick | GS | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1969 | Buick | GS 350 | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1969 | Buick | GS 400 | All applicable trims |
| 1970-1972 | Buick | GS 455 | All applicable trims |
| 1970 | Buick | GS 455 | GSX |
| 1978-1987 | Buick | Regal | All applicable trims |
| 1982-1983 | Buick | Regal | Estate Wagon |
| 1987 | Buick | Regal | GNX |
| 1984-1987 | Buick | Regal | Grand National |
| 1978-1987 | Buick | Regal | Limited |
| 1982 | Buick | Regal | Limited Turbo |
| 1978-1982 | Buick | Regal | Sport |
| 1983-1986 | Buick | Regal | T-Type |
| 1968-1972 | Buick | Skylark | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1972 | Buick | Skylark | Custom |
| 1968-1969 | Buick | Special | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1972 | Buick | Sportwagon | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1969 | Buick | Sportwagon | Custom |
| 1967-1969 | Chevrolet | Camaro | All applicable trims |
| 1967-1969 | Chevrolet | Camaro | RS |
| 1967-1969 | Chevrolet | Camaro | SS |
| 1967-1969 | Chevrolet | Camaro | Z28 |
| 1968 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | All applicable trims |
| 1970-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | All applicable trims |
| 1968 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | 300 |
| 1968-1969 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | 300 Deluxe |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | Concours |
| 1969-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | Concours Estate |
| 1969-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | Greenbrier |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | Malibu |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | Nomad |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | Chevelle | SS |
| 1968 | Chevrolet | Chevy II | Nova |
| 1984-1987 | Chevrolet | Corvette | All applicable trims |
| 1989-1996 | Chevrolet | Corvette | All applicable trims |
| 1993 | Chevrolet | Corvette | 40th Anniversary Edition |
| 1996 | Chevrolet | Corvette | Collector's Edition |
| 1996 | Chevrolet | Corvette | Grand Sport |
| 1986 | Chevrolet | Corvette | Indianapolis 500 Pace Car |
| 1995 | Chevrolet | Corvette | Indianapolis 500 Pace Car |
| 1990-1995 | Chevrolet | Corvette | ZR-1 |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | El Camino | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1987 | Chevrolet | El Camino | All applicable trims |
| 1978 | Chevrolet | El Camino | Conquista |
| 1981-1986 | Chevrolet | El Camino | Conquista |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | El Camino | Custom |
| 1979-1981 | Chevrolet | El Camino | Royal Knight |
| 1968-1972 | Chevrolet | El Camino | SS |
| 1978-1987 | Chevrolet | El Camino | SS |
| 1978-1981 | Chevrolet | Malibu | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1983 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Classic |
| 1978-1980 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Classic Estate |
| 1978-1981 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Classic Landau |
| 1979-1980 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Classic Sport |
| 1979-1980 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Estate |
| 1979 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Landau |
| 1979 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Police |
| 1979-1980 | Chevrolet | Malibu | Sport |
| 1970-1972 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | All applicable trims |
| 1979 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | All applicable trims |
| 1981-1988 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | All applicable trims |
| 1983 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | CL |
| 1986-1988 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | LS |
| 1978-1981 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | Landau |
| 1983-1988 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | SS |
| 1978 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | Sport |
| 1980 | Chevrolet | Monte Carlo | Sport |
| 1969-1974 | Chevrolet | Nova | All applicable trims |
| 1973-1974 | Chevrolet | Nova | Custom |
| 1978-1987 | GMC | Caballero | All applicable trims |
| 1981-1986 | GMC | Caballero | Amarillo |
| 1981 | GMC | Caballero | Conquista |
| 1978-1987 | GMC | Caballero | Diablo |
| 1978-1980 | GMC | Caballero | Laredo |
| 1981 | GMC | Caballero | Royal Knight |
| 1971-1972 | GMC | Sprint | All applicable trims |
| 1972 | GMC | Sprint | Custom |
| 1968-1971 | Oldsmobile | 442 | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1972 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | All applicable trims |
| 1980 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | All applicable trims |
| 1980-1981 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | Brougham |
| 1972 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | Cruiser |
| 1980-1981 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | LS |
| 1968 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | S |
| 1971-1972 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | S |
| 1978-1979 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | Vista Cruiser |
| 1979 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass | Vista Cruiser Brougham |
| 1978-1984 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Calais | All applicable trims |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Calais | All applicable trims |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Calais | GT |
| 1983-1984 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Calais | Hurst |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Calais | International |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Calais | SL |
| 1982-1983 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | All applicable trims |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | All applicable trims |
| 1982-1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | Brougham |
| 1984-1985 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | Cruiser LS |
| 1983 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | ES |
| 1985-1986 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | ES |
| 1985-1987 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | GT |
| 1985-1986 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | Holiday |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | International |
| 1982-1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | LS |
| 1986-1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | S |
| 1986-1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Ciera | SL |
| 1980-1983 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Cruiser | All applicable trims |
| 1980-1981 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Cruiser | Brougham |
| 1987 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Cruiser | Brougham |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Cruiser | Brougham LS |
| 1987-1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Cruiser | LS |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Cruiser | SL |
| 1978-1980 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Salon | All applicable trims |
| 1985-1987 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Salon | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1979 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Salon | 442 |
| 1985-1986 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Salon | 442 |
| 1978-1980 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Salon | Brougham |
| 1979 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Salon | Hurst |
| 1968-1972 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | All applicable trims |
| 1987 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | 442 |
| 1978-1987 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | Brougham |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | Classic |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | Classic Brougham |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | Indy 500 Pace Car |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | International |
| 1981 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | LS |
| 1985 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | LS |
| 1988 | Oldsmobile | Cutlass Supreme | SL |
| 1968-1972 | Oldsmobile | F85 | All applicable trims |
| 1973-1974 | Oldsmobile | Omega | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1972 | Oldsmobile | Vista Cruiser | All applicable trims |
| 1967-1969 | Pontiac | Firebird | All applicable trims |
| 1967-1968 | Pontiac | Firebird | HO |
| 1967-1969 | Pontiac | Firebird | Sprint |
| 1969 | Pontiac | Firebird | Trans Am |
| 1968-1972 | Pontiac | GTO | All applicable trims |
| 1970-1971 | Pontiac | GTO | The Judge |
| 1978-1980 | Pontiac | Grand Am | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1981 | Pontiac | Grand LeMans | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1981 | Pontiac | Grand LeMans | Safari |
| 1969-1972 | Pontiac | Grand Prix | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1987 | Pontiac | Grand Prix | All applicable trims |
| 1981-1987 | Pontiac | Grand Prix | Brougham |
| 1984-1987 | Pontiac | Grand Prix | LE |
| 1978-1983 | Pontiac | Grand Prix | LJ |
| 1978-1980 | Pontiac | Grand Prix | SJ |
| 1968-1972 | Pontiac | LeMans | All applicable trims |
| 1978-1981 | Pontiac | LeMans | All applicable trims |
| 1972 | Pontiac | LeMans | Luxury |
| 1969-1970 | Pontiac | LeMans | Safari |
| 1978-1981 | Pontiac | LeMans | Safari |
| 1970-1972 | Pontiac | LeMans | Sport |
| 1971 | Pontiac | LeMans | T37 |
| 1968-1970 | Pontiac | Tempest | All applicable trims |
| 1968-1969 | Pontiac | Tempest | Custom |
| 1970 | Pontiac | Tempest | GT |
| 1968-1969 | Pontiac | Tempest | Safari |
| 1971-1974 | Pontiac | Ventura | All applicable trims |
| 1973-1974 | Pontiac | Ventura | Custom |
| 1974 | Pontiac | Ventura | GTO |
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Ridetech |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer part number | 20349846 |
| Product type | Shocks and Struts |
| Condition | New |
| Suspension Location | Front |
| Compressed Length | 8.5 |
| Length at Ride Height | 11.5 |
| Extended Length | 13 |
| Shock Stroke | 4.75" |
| Upper Mount | Stem Mount |
| Lower Mount | Tie Bar Pin Narrow – 2.250 to 2.562 Bolt Spacing |
| Actual Extended Height | 13.3" |
| Package dimensions | 2 × 2 × 2 in |
| Package weight | 3 lbs |
What's Included
Ridetech RQ-S Shocks include a 1.5″ steel body, twenty four position rebound adjustability, heavy-duty half-inch shock shafts and carry a best-in-industry 1,000,001 mile warranty.
Brand Information
Ridetech develops application-specific coilover, air-suspension, steering, and chassis systems in Jasper, Indiana, with product families engineered for street performance, ride control, and installation as complete matched systems.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will this fit my vehicle?
Match the complete year, make, model, and any listed submodel in the fitment table. Also verify every drivetrain, suspension, brake, and factory-equipment note stated by Ridetech for this part number before ordering.
What setup is required after installation?
This is a fixed-valve suspension component. Set ride height and damping only within Ridetech's specified range, verify suspension travel and tire clearance, then complete an alignment and controlled road test.
Installation Instructions
Support the vehicle and unload the suspension before removing the original dampers or springs. Install the Ridetech components in the specified position, verify hose and reservoir clearance where present, torque fasteners at the instructed suspension position, then perform alignment and controlled road testing.
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