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Maintenance & Repair Shock and Strut Replacement -- Cheap, OEM, or Upgrade?
158 messages, Last post on Nov 04, 2009 at 7:41 AM
You are in the Maintenance & Repair Forum. Your Host is mr_shiftright
This forum is to discuss shock/strut problems and how to best deal with what is becoming a rather expensive replacement item on cars approaching 60K-80K miles. Are products sold by chain stores just too cheesy to give decent performance? Is it worth upgrading shocks and struts if you are a more or less docile driver? Is OEM a rip-off for what you get?
Let's hear your ideas and experiences.
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Replying to: dexmon (May 22, 2009 10:30 am)
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Replying to: obyone (May 22, 2009 11:02 pm) I think KYB meets the demands of a substantial number of drivers but I think the product has design limitations---and you may indeed never exceed these limitations. Both a $99 and a $1000 digital camera take pretty good pictures, but......
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 23, 2009 6:43 am) Kayaba Industry US Also a look a the types of products that they manufacture. Products All I'm saying is that due to their limited marketing efforts, the technology that this company represents is well understated. As an oem manufacturer one can understand their limited marketing efforts to the masses.
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Replying to: obyone (May 24, 2009 2:03 pm) |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 24, 2009 3:47 pm) True and Toyota doesn't offer a lifetime warranty on either. My point is that the person asking about KYB shocks has 256K on the car and doesn't want to spend $1K for replacement shocks when KYB could be had for $400. At this point any shock has to be an improvement over what is leaking now and with KYB he doesn't have to worry about shock failure for the life of the car. To me that's a deal with saving $600. |
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Replying to: obyone (May 26, 2009 12:34 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 22, 2009 1:11 pm) |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 26, 2009 1:44 pm) |
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Replying to: obyone (May 26, 2009 12:34 pm)
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Replying to: dexmon (May 26, 2009 7:08 pm) Maybe you need to cruise our Lexus forums and see if you can find someone who's made this switch? That might help you a lot to make a decision. Lexus 400/430 Topic I'll join this discussion myself and maybe I can learn more about how successful this application is. |
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