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Hi, I'm new here and this is my first post. I just recently purchased 1964 Mooney M20E. I absolutely love the plane. However, it is time to replace the shock discs on the nose wheel and mains. During the pre-buy inspection, the mechanic did mention that the shock discs can use replacement. When I inquired about the price, he mentioned about $100-$125 per shock disc. I didn't know that there is 3 shock discs for the nose wheel and 4 for the main. My model currently has 4 shock discs on the nose wheel and 5 on the each main. I was wondering if somebody know an alternative besides buying $2000 M20-139-003 and M20-139-004 kits. Lasar had an option that also runs around $1,800 for the nose wheel. Is there another "airworthy" option to retrofit to Lord shock discs without spending too much money? ------------------------------------ I know that there were some replies below on this topic, however, I want to share what I ended up doing to save a lot of money on shock disks. For the nose gear shock discs, I purchased a kit from LASAR that ended up costing about $1,000 plus installation. For the mains, I went to Faeth Aircraft (Aircraft salvage yard) and bought shock discs at $200/per side. This included the top plate, shock link, bolt, collar, etc. It was 10 times cheaper than purchasing Mooney retrofit kits. The shock discs were almost brand new and I had to use special tool to compress those discs in order to install. Since the shock discs came from two different landing gears, I mixed matched those shock discs to have equal wear on both sides. I hope this helps to save lots of money. Have fun flying!