Please vote on which is the best budget stock replacement strut ...

Options on ebay (prices for set of 4):
o KYB GR2 - $250
o Tokico HP (Blues) - $300
o Gabriel - $250
o Monroe - $300

 

KYB GR2.

 

should have made it a poll, easier to vote like that

i am also wondering the same thing, Monroe's are available in Canada for buy one, second half price

but i heard tokico HP blues ar ethe best stock replacements, i think you should be fine with any of them

Edit: there u go now its a poll

 

tokico blue ARE the stock replacements.

 

Thanks everyone ... it is starting to seem that it is worth the ~$50 savings to go with the KYB GR2 ... but, I guess we shall see.

 

Since I like a smoother ride I will stick with the Tokico Blues ... the cheapest I see is on ebay for $299. What is the best price you have found them for??

 

From experiance

STAY FAR Away from Monroe on a Nissan

You can pick up some Koni Yellows, great shock for arond 300 on ebay. Prob your best bet.

 

oh, yeah illuna's too

 

I doubt this ... I even looked and don't see anything.

I actually have a connection with Koni through my work (wholesale prices) and I cannot get them anywhere near that price.

 

The Monroe sensa strut were not actually bad on my max when I had them (4). Nice comfortable ride.

 

i'm sure this has been posted a ton but i can't search so can someone please post part numbers for the stock replacement or kyb struts? is there anything else that needs replaced except for the struts?

ps sorry for the thread jack.

 

Since I have to spoon feed you too

Looks like your Wholesale "buddy" is taking you
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Maxim...spagenameZWD1V

 

With stock springs, HP's
With a stiffer spring, GR2

Koni Yellow Shock/Struts - Front Pair so no they are not under $300

 

he asked for struts

I figured he knew what he wanted


Palaman, you what Struts & Shocks or Front struts only?

 

Technically rears are struts too as they hold up the car. Plus the listed prices are for a set of 4, and Im sure the OP would have specified front only.

 

Good point , no argument here.

I got burned bad a while back on some Monroe struts, 2 for $275 horrible handling, the blown stock struts were better guess that's were I got 2 for 300 from.

good luck with a full set of Tokico HP's then

 

Sorry Buck ... I hope the laughing face didn't offend you ... I second guessed it after I posted, oh well ... it was just one of those top-level smilies that kind of fit the situation. I will try to use more discernment with my smily usage in the future. Thanks for your honest attempt to help me!

I did mean to refer to a set of 4 struts/shocks ... and honestly I do not know the difference between them. I thought they were interchangable words. Are the rears considered shocks and the front struts??? Can you explain the differences?

My "buddy" is not that ... I simply work for ITT, the parent company of Koni, and we get better than wholesale prices.

Since I am not keeping the car for too long I descided to go with the Tokico Blues.

 

Just be carefull of any struts you buy off of e-bay. I bought some KYB's AGX's off of e-bay. The rears were blown a week after installation. No response from they guy I bought them from either. Ended up getting more from autozone for less.

 

Can anyone answer this question?

 

As far as I know, a strut is a loaded member of the suspension, i.e. it holds the car up and replaces some component of the suspension, like an upper arm.

A shock is purely a damper and offers no structural support to the vehicle, i.e. there are shocks attached to the rear axle of most pickup trucks because the leaf springs are supporting the weight of the truck and the shocks are purely to damp out oscillations.