# Replacment/aftermarket Shocks **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/replacment-aftermarket-shocks/4550 "2014-10-20T14:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![grantwest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/grantwest/32/15_2.png) [@grantwest](https://community.electricforum.com/u/grantwest)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/replacment-aftermarket-shocks/4550/44 "2014-12-01T16:36:17Z")
Nope, Never thought of that but that may help some people. I think 50% of my ride quality Issues are self generated. If you have normal profile tires I don’t think the ride quality is all that bad. As soon as you start bolting up Car style wheels you start having ride quality issues. #1 Car style wheels are a lot heaver then Gem wheels when you add all that sprung weight to the Suspension you can create issues. Example the stock shock was designed to move a wheel and tire that only weighed a few pounds. A car style wheel has got to be 3 or 4 times the weight of a stock gem. That extra sprung weight is going to effect you --- _[View the full topic](https://community.electricforum.com/t/replacment-aftermarket-shocks/4550)._