What does our cars have shocks or struts because i heard someone say that our cars only have struts,but some people say both,so does anyone really know because i wanna know what to change along with my spring swap for lowering springs?

 

struts

 

Maybe this is why you're hearing different things. The struts in the front are traditional strut assembly, but in the rear you only change the inserts (shocks) not the entire strut assembly.

 

didn't know about this! i just figured it was struts all around. When you buy struts are the shock inserts included in the $300+ price?

PJ

 

When you buy front struts for the "3rd gen" you will be getting the entire front strut assembly
When you buy rear struts for the "3rd gen" you will be getting the strut inserts (shocks) instead

Now for other make/models with 4wheel strut suspension, I'm pretty sure you get the entire strut assembly for all 4wheels whenever you have to replace them. There are a few cars out there with rear strut inserts like ours, Mitsu Starion, RWD Celica, etc.

So whatever price you're getting for the front strut assy and the rear strut (inserts) this is what they include.

 

So struts in the front and inserts in the rear ok so this means that the tokico set is the struts & inserts for $300?

 

They are technically struts all the way around. Struts, as opposed to shocks, control the suspension geometry. The rears have strut cartridges, not "shock inserts".

 

Well said

 

that reminds me , i need new struts