just recieved kyb gr2 shocks

[StrutsNYC]

are they supposed to be black? i have kyb g2s on my gen 3 but theyre silver i just recieved black ones?? i ordered em off ebay ? are they official?

[ShadySport]

i always see silver KYB GR2s....never a black one.

might be worth it to give KYB a call to double check.

Also keep in mind KYB makes a lot of OEM applications so you might have an OEM strut on your hands.

[StrutsNYC]

yea i know i have silver ones in my car right now, whats kyb's number? opening the rest of the boxes turns out one is black the other front is silver and the two rear are black

[RichieRichJP]

^They should have a manufacturers site, search Yahoo!
But when you have a mismatching strut, thats not good. And as far as I know, the stock ones are black..

[StrutsNYC]

i took some cell phone pics i jut dont understand it did i get ripped off ? the numbers imprinted on the shocks/struts mathc with this other website i found http://www.kybshocksonline.com/Searc...x?AAIA=1273328

so i'm stumpped ...look at the rear sshocks ... there is a difference at the top of each one do u guys think that shit will matter when putting them on ....some one helppp!

[WhiteRabbit]

hmmm....i remember someone mentioning this before

just return them and get some blue tokicos

[Hajoca]

The black one looking at the cap?? end appears to be the same style as my OEM strut.

[darksparkz]

I think they are black on Gen4s, I think my front KYBs are black and rears are silver, don't quite remember.

[enj1108]

The black ones are direct replacements for the silver ones. I had the same question when I ordered mine from tirerack.com. I got 3 silver & one black (right rear). I had them put on my 92 camry and they ride nice.

[StrutsNYC]

Originally Posted by enj1108

The black ones are direct replacements for the silver ones. I had the same question when I ordered mine from tirerack.com. I got 3 silver & one black (right rear). I had them put on my 92 camry and they ride nice.

true...i hope so i'll go see if i can get em on tomm morn.....but ne of u guys know one rear has a gold ring on the top...n that difference will matter?

[MadDawg]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

hmmm....i remember someone mentioning this before

just return them and get some blue tokicos

i agree, i have em too

[StrutsNYC]

reposting this

i just had my " E-bay GR2's" installed,well just the front 2 ....

the shop that installed em said they ARE GR2'S and that he double checked with his place where they get theyre auto parts but they also said that i shouldnt of got em online n that they get gr2's for 80$ a piece he also said from his place they get either black or silver ....so i dunno..
..so any way the ride is stiff and no complaints so far but that guy from ebay can still go suck a fat one...

.the rear shocks/struts are official the numbers match just diff colors i'll prolly list em on ebay for sale with no reserve

[Amusing]

I had the exact same result as enj1108 ... tire rack shipped three siver and one black ( rear )
all mounted up as oem and rides more firm now ... when I called the rack service # to inquire
was told black is same spec as silver but from different factory. Hope all went well for you.
97 camry 66k at time of diy install... now 87k all is well

[RedPhoenix]

i have front silver ones and rear black ones.

[Obelix]

i got black ones as well... they work fine... they are KYB products... they made them in black and silver i think... i think they are the same...