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147 messages, Last post on Aug 24, 2009 at 11:14 AM
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Replying to: toxman (Feb 11, 2008 7:43 am) |
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I have a '98 Toyota Avalon bought new and early on I experienced rattling in the passenger front wheel area. Ultimately, a Toyota dealer diagnosed it as a defective strut and replaced the right front strut under warranty. So, 10 years later, my Avalon, which drove like JELLO ON WHEELS since day 1, is driving the same as always. It was always fine with me as I bought it to drive to a job down an interstate. These days, I drive to work in the city and with no problems. It's a mushy car, and always was. I took my Avalon to CarX because of issues with my lifetime warranty replacement brakes (of course they couldn't hear the problem I described but that will be dealt with). They pointed out that my '98 Toyota Avalon XL with 72K miles needed new struts and mentioned the wear and tear risks of not fixing them. The CarX manager quoted a price of $1,200 to $1,500 to replace my struts! Needless to say, I declined. This has been a FANTASTIC car with no problems, although I did replace brake rotors, etc. once at CarX. This car was mushy out of the lot. I presume it had original struts/shocks that were poorly designed, but I see no reason to replace them given current mileage of under 7k per year.
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Replying to: abc222001 (Aug 21, 2008 9:39 am) However, if you are experiencing no control issues, no cupping or feathering of your tires, and no excessive bouncing/bottoming out, then I guess you're good to go for a while longer. |
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Replying to: abc222001 (Aug 21, 2008 9:39 am) If you back up to Avalon forums, and search on abfisch and 55396, you will see all the details of what an upgrade will do for you. There are cheaper ways to do it too. We are very satisfied and the end result is that we will keep a car we like much longer, making the outlay worth it. Trading ain't cheap. Neither is the ongoing extra expense of license, insurance, depreciation etc. on a newer vehicle. Your local salvage yard may have a cheap labor rate too. Then only drive it straight to an alignment shop if they can't do it. Mine is going there for a wheel bearing replacement soon. I will buy the part online at half price.
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Replying to: 55396 (Aug 21, 2008 12:51 pm) |
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My 2000 Avy was among the firsts produced of the new generation and had short front springs. I noticed recently that front end seems lower that before. I want to check ride height, but couldn't find any specification nor proper way to measure standard curb ride height for the 2000 Avalon. As anyone information regarding those measurements. I have read somewhere that ride height may be measure from center of the wheel to lower lip of fender. Mine reads 14 3/8 inches.
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Replying to: par_pa (Aug 12, 2009 7:22 pm)
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Replying to: 55396 (Aug 12, 2009 9:10 pm) PA
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Replying to: par_pa (Aug 13, 2009 3:33 pm) |
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| I have a 99 XLS Platinum edition. How do I remove the back seat so I can get to the rear struts? Thanks. | |
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