Struts

[angelicdreams01]

I need to replace the struts in my 2000 Celica GT, but I know absolutely nothing about brands and such... any suggestions? So far I've found Tokico and KYB. Any advice would be great, thanks.

[canadiancelica]

OEM Toyota are KYB and come with lifetime warranty when installed at the dealer. What more do you want ?

[angelicdreams01]

I wasnt planning to take it to a dealer for installation...but thank you for the information.

[thousand_five]

I just replaced my struts on my 92 celica. How is it that yours only lasted 6 years.... and mine lasted 13 years??????

[canadiancelica]

Originally Posted by thousand_five

I just replaced my struts on my 92 celica. How is it that yours only lasted 6 years.... and mine lasted 13 years??????

New cars are crap. Old cars ROCK, if you've got the money to keep the runing. LOL

[jimwww]

Mine has 200,000 km on it and they are COMPLETEly shot so I don't think I would do OEM again. OEM is $2-300 per shock for a gts. :-P I am in vancouver - does anyone know of an inexpensive place here I can get them replaced- or in Seattle? KYB would be fine. I am surprised how crappy the stock ones are compared to my 93 bmw 318 which were still great after 225,000km.

Ole well..

[kamesama980]

Originally Posted by thousand_five

I just replaced my struts on my 92 celica. How is it that yours only lasted 6 years.... and mine lasted 13 years??????

depends on how you abuse them and its not like they used the same model shocks 7 years apart. if you race around over speed bumps they might last you 6 months, much less 6 years.


jimww: are you sure those are the original shocks?i find it hard to believe that the originals are still god on your bmw. and them being shot by 200k km is also harldly surpising. i bought my 132k mile cressida with blown shocks, when i took them off i compressed them by hand and they didnt expand again....still sitting on a shelf compressed months later. lol

[canadiancelica]

Originally Posted by jimwww

Mine has 200,000 km on it and they are COMPLETEly shot so I don't think I would do OEM again. OEM is $2-300 per shock for a gts. :-P I am in vancouver - does anyone know of an inexpensive place here I can get them replaced- or in Seattle? KYB would be fine. I am surprised how crappy the stock ones are compared to my 93 bmw 318 which were still great after 225,000km.

Ole well..

YOU, are being ripped off by your dealer my friend. Here in St. John's, Newfoundland at Toyota Plaza, I paid about $180 per front strut and they had a lower perch on them, unlike the GR-2 from KYB. Funny thing is, they are made KYB, are black, look identicle to the GR-2 and have the lower perch, for about the same money. I've had both sets.

GR-2's lasted all of 13 months. So far, OEM are in there for 8, not a problem and I fully intend to remove and get the new ones under warranty before the 12 month date. I didn't have them installed at the dealership, so I only got a 1 year warranty. KICKING MYSELF now however.

Buy OEM or buy a true performace strut. Stay away from Gabriel and Monroe.

Buy Bilstein or Koni

KYB GR-2 = CRAP !

[thousand_five]

Hey I like my KYB Gr2s.

[angelicdreams01]

well seeing as how I just bought the car not even 2 weeks ago and it's 6 years old.... I really have no idea of knowing how it was driven, all I know is that the shocks are shot - so therefore need to be replaced.

I do however, know how I drive the car.... and I'm a rather aggressive driver. I definitely don't race over speed bumps but I probably drive the car harder than I should if I'm trying to preserve it.

Thnx for all the info

[angelicdreams01]

One more thing I forgot.... what about the struts from www.aprperformance.com?

[AyzhenInvasion]

should've known they were shot when u got them.. that way u could've talked to the owner about it...

apr has struts ? i don't see them on the site..

[angelicdreams01]

strut bars.... my mistake
http://www.aprperformance.com/prodde...tcategoryID=69

[blur2000celica]

I would go with the KYB AGX set up.....plan on doing this set up with some tien springs in the next couple of weeks.