I confirmed it today with the head sales manager at Tokico.... they are no longer producing HB3068 (for reasons so far unknown). That means if you plan on going with a Tokico setup, you'll have to find a warehouse with them in stock.

I've been waiting over a month for an order of 4 Tokico struts to ship, with them saying that they're waiting on just a single part number. I decided to investigate the missing part, and found it to be discontinued.

So, for those of you looking for reliable struts to pair with a drop, you'll have to go with KYB, monroe, Gabriel, etc....

I believe the best of these options may be Monroe, since they're a shorter strut which should be better for a drop anyways.

Our performance suspension options are dropping off, fellas.... not cool. Koni and Tokico are out of the mix....

 

What did your investigation consist of? Why would they discontinue a single strut in a set of 4?

 

I understand them discontinuing the set, as the majority of these cars are close to, if not already in a salvage yard... but only one in the set? That makes no sense at all..

 

You! You stop talking! Almost every time you open your mouth its some more bad news. Next we will gr2s.

 

Bummer...The other day I thought about all the parts I have on my car that are no longer available...Just about everything but the bushings, Eibachs, and anything you can source from a junkyard (trannys, brake parts, etc.) aren't being made anymore.

The same can be said for a lot of the (mostly OEM) parts for my Corvette. I guess anything from the 90's is viewed as archaic.

 

yeah Eibachs have sure become hard to find, there always used to be a few sellers on Ebay with them for 3rd gens and now i cant find any, if some Eibachs dont pop up within a couple weeks i'm just gonna get Ksports i guess

 

well the Eibachs I found (cross fingers) are still available on the stillen website..I've got it bookmarked..

 

GR2s aren't terribly bad guys... I've ridden in Maxitech's maxima which had koni/eibachs 2-3 years ago and although it was a real nice ride, they didn't feel far superior in ride quality from GR2s, I guess it would take some everyday driving to determine that more precisely

 

i just ordered a full set of tokicos in april from shox.com and they came shipped rather quickly with no problem. I guess they must have just stopped production on the 3068 or shox still has a bunch available to ship out

 

sorry everyone, more bad news.... HB3067 is also discontinued. This makes more sense than the original thoughts that only one was discontinued. The company I ordered from had an HB3067 in stock and told me that just the HB3068 was discontinued, so when I called Tokico to confirm I didn't even think to ask about the HB3067. I should have assumed it was discontinued as well.

I have the contact info for Ms. Lou (forgot her first name), the general sales manager at Tokico, so the information is legit. Both front struts are no longer in production.

My car has been up in the air for over a month waiting for replacement struts, first because I was dealing with Koni, and now because of this Tokico fiasco. The company I initially purchased from, SFX Performance, was TERRIBLE with their customer service. They didn't call me back, their phone was constantly off the hook and returned a busy signal, and they really have no idea about their stock. I can't even tell you how many times I heard "I'll look into it for you and call the distributor, then call you back". I finally had to file a CC dispute with them to get my money back, because they tried to charge me an 8% fee for canceling my order after I had been waiting 3 1/2 weeks!!
Their website now shows that both struts are not in stock.


On a side note, Stillen was able to source both the HB3067 and HB3068 for me. They said that if I needed another set they may be able to pull a few strings since they've done business with Tokico for over 20 years. Your best bet to find a set of Tokico front struts is to source them soon, and from a store that still has some on the shelf. Good luck.

Don't consider it bad news, consider it a savior that you won't have to go through what I did and find out the hard way. I pity whoever misses this thread and waits FOREVER to get a product that doesn't even exist any more.... they're sure to be floating around on the internet for a few more years, I'll bet.

 

erm... what?
of course it's bad news.
i mean, Thank you for warning us, but it's still bad news.What are we supposed to tell noobs, our only options are a stock replacement (kyb), or a strut that costs 4x as much, and will do stuff they will never know how to use (koni)?
Tok's were the best option for most people. an upgrade that was cheap and simple. and worked.

like the 89-95 maxima coilovers?

 

Konis ftw.

 

Word

 

Yeah my Konis were awesome until I needed to replace them and found out they don't exist any more.... So now it's Koni's FTL. Yes, it's bad news. What are you gonna do, though? That's what happens to a car when the only people that mod them are pretty much limited to this forum. I really like driving car that nobody else has, can outperform lots of stuff on the road, and looks awesome while doing it. It sucks, but it's reality. Companies aren't going to product a part they sell 10 of a year.

Basically, people with a drop will just have to go with an OEM replacement that has a lifetime warranty and change the struts twice as often. Oh well....

 

Don't Koni's come with a lifetime warranty? I'm pretty sure Aaron just sent his fronts in within the past month for a rebuild/replacement

 

Yes, yes they do. Send them in and Koni will rebuild them.

 

Yes, they come with lifetime warranty. No they cannot rebuild the 3rd gen strut. It's oil filled, and cannot be taken apart. Aaron was mistaken. BELIEVE ME, I called and checked. They're just refunding my money for the original purchase price, the only way they can honor the lifetime warranty.



Edit: Konis are definitely oil filled, not gas. Typo.

 

I guess I better get these rear tokicos I have on my floor warrantied and sell them.

 

You guys sure konis are gas filled? They don't come up when you push the piston down (like most gas filled shocks do)

 

yeah i thought Konis were oil filled?

 

konis are oil filled and not gas charged...110% sure.
AND they are rebuildable.

 

Konis are 110% oil filled... and mine are 110% NOT rebuildable according to every tech I've spoken with thus far. Go ahead and call, I've been on the phone with them about 10 times in the past 2 months.

 

Just thought I'd let you guys know, we got our hands on TWO HB3068 and TWO HB3067 in stock, brand new. If interested, msg me. I know these are discontinued. We bought a lot of leftovers from a warehouse bankruptcy.

200$ea + shipping

 

I'll give 200 shipped for all four. COD, only.

 

Sorry, price is firm, Paypal only.

 

kthxbye.
****ing spammer.

 

Not spamming, just know these struts are tough to get and hoping to help put them in the right hands. I know I haven't been on the board for very long.

 

you've chosen the wrong crowd to hi-ball.
New, these were about 80 each, from expensive , authorized retailers.
There's a reason (lack of demand) these were ceased.
Now, combine the cheap-*** 3rd genners, along with the lack of an authorized retailer (no manufacturer's warranty, no supply, so no seller warranrty), means you could potentially be buying air for $800 (plus shipping).
Google offers no cred for hivolume.com (in fact, I found some not-so-flattering information that I'll let others find, if they so decide to search for it).
I can go right now, buy a perfectly fine 3rd gen, and register it for the price you've posted.

my offer still stands.

 

Woah at first I thought he wanted $200 for each set of 4.

He want's $200 EACH piece? LOL

 

And now we all notice that he has not posted back huh, dont you just hate it when someone tries to get on over on us. Dont those type of people realize that we all do extensive research to get aftermarket parts for our 3rd gens? Freaking morons I tell ya....

 

I am condisering taking the rear end out of a newer maxima and fabing it up to my 3rd gen, I have a junk yard with some good stuff not far from my house and I am really interested in what I can come up with. I will post as soon as i get any positive news.

 

Of course that would also include a rear disc setup and hopefully a good coil over system. Time to dial back in the welding skills, and make sure that I do it a few times to get it right. Thank you god for junk yards and and Florida weather so that parts are completely junk.

 

sucks, about the front struts. Turns out they have been disco since 08-09. I have tokicos on mine now.

Right now, im replacing control and trailing arm bushings with whiteline poly bushings. Just for the hell of it (and the tokicos being 10 years old), i compressed them both all the way and it was like a snail race.

the front left took almost 2 full minutes to fully extend, while the front right took about twice as long (4-5 minutes).

I found some discontinued Sprint springs I was gonna throw in for the hell of it (they were $100) and now im thinking why bother using them with worn front shocks.

My only option for the front are the KYB Excel G's (blahhhh!!!). I ordered them already because i have no ****ing choice. No one out there (at least that i can find) has any of the discontinued Tokico (or Koni) Fronts.

On a more pleasant note (for me, not you guys really), I ordered the last 2 available Koni Special (adj) Rear Shocks available. I should have them early next week. They will now be discontinued.

 

I was worried, until I noticed this was in the 3rd gen section. That still sucks pretty hardcore, though :/

 

im trying to make over 3 times the original engine power and I have to use Excel-G front struts . . . whats this world coming to . . ? lol

 

I know it sucks joe. Hey do you still have my number. I was going to ask you some questions about your old setup and I havent had the chance to try and get ahold of you until today. I am worried about my suspension that I am currently working on now. I have massive body roll and I want it gone. I work at Pep boys and can get the monroe but dont want, is the KYB Excell Gs atleast better than those.
If you can call me sometime so i can shoot some stuff by you, 904-535-7889. Again names Eric