dear NLers,and auto experts in the house please advice me. After i bought my car, a tokunbo toyota premio corona it was soon discovered that the front shock absorbers(SA) are not good. they were changed with a second hand one as i was advised that the 2nd hand is better than the brand new ones that are available in naija.Barely a year after, the shock absorbers are bad again. A mechanic said he could repair it instead of buying another one, but someone had told me it is risky working on the shock absorbers . These are my questions:1)is it true that 2nd hand SA are better than brand new ones 2)are brand new SA available in Nigeria 3)if question 1 true, how can one get a good 2nd hand SA that will last long 4)is it wise and safe repairing a bad SA instead of changing it 5)is there any danger in using bad SA.i will be grateful if i can get helpful answers . thanks