Anyone had stock shocks/struts setup with Ebachs before? How long did you ride them for before switching to another shocks/struts?

 

Since you have SE, you should be fine. Tokico makes struts for the some SE's. Tokico, even stock applications, are built to last.

 

Thanks . I hope they last until i get KYB's. Does anyone know when KYB GR2's coming out?

 

I suggest you beat the stock shocks to death before changing to KYB because this way, you will get the most out of your shocks before you throw them away! Good for the environment.

 

are u saying SE shocks/struts are made by tokico? or just performs the same

 

stock shocks are made by tokico, but are not as stiff as Tokico Blues.

 

So will aftermarket springs (1.7" drop) wreak havoc on these stock shocks?

What kind of lifespan are we looking at for the stock setup?

my similar question plus a few more

 

1.7" is a decent drop, so it will put more stress on them... life of the stock shocks may go down.... but then again, the springs aren't very stiff, so it may not be so bad....

 

I had my stock struts on for 40K miles. No problems at all. I recently replaced them with Tokico blues and the ride is much smoother than the stock struts. The ride sometimes felt choppy.

 

Go down significantly? Do you think i'll be as lucky as maximadave and make it go for 40,000 miles without problems or ride quality degradation?

When you say choppy, is that like "bouncy"? or you just feel all the road impurities more compared to just the 100% plain SE suspension?

Did you replace them with Tokico blues because of ride problems or you just felt it was time to go for it?

 

Mine is bouncy right now. I will get Tokico Blues soon, but i'm also looking into AGX from Cattman. I dunno how the ride quality would be compare to the Tockico blues, because i drove Blues already, but never with the AGX. Anyone out there has AGX adjustables or GR2's yet on a 2000 + MAX?

 

So you ran lowering springs on your stock shocks? How long before you noticed it become bouncy?

 

The ride was fine. I've got a friend of mine that let me borrow his 2K Max with the Eibach/Tokico's and his ride was much smoother than mine (at the time). It's not that my stock struts were bad, I felt it was time to replace them. You can tell when the stock struts are bad when they start to leak. Mine never leaked, just worn out. I guess I could consider myself lucky going over 40K miles on stock struts. If you do just the springs, replace your struts at about 10K miles or so.

 

At 10k? I've barely gone beyond 5k right now. Changing the struts in less than 5k miles from now sounds bad

 

the lowering springs kill stock shocks really fast because the lowering springs have higher compression rate. the stock shocks were never really designed to withstand that much compressing/stretching..(bound/rebound)...aftermarket performance shocks can compensate for this difference.

oh, btw..it's not just the SE..all Maxima stock shocks are made by Tokico..they're just not the blue or Ilumina...

 

i have had my eibachs on for 2500 miles....and i have stock shocks.....the ride is cool......some people actually like the bumpier ride...of course its bumpier than stock..but it aint bad at all......the shocks should last a while...eibachs dont even drop that low

 

I haven't even lowered my max yet and the struts need replacing Dealer says the struts are the one makin the noise in the engine area.

 

sorry to hear that. when i had my 2000 se max, i had hit a pot hole once and the front right shocks started rattling. the stock shocks can go fast if you live in an area with many pot holes like NYC.