Hello all,
Currently my 2007 Corolla Sport has about 160k miles on it and I think it is time to replace the struts.The car drives great, but I am the second owner and to my knowledge they have never been replaced. I will not be doing the work myself since I don't have the necessary tools, therefore I was planning on buying the KYB strut-plus which are already assembled. I have a friend who is going to do it for me at no cost so I wanted to make his job as easy as possible. I know the top strut mounts aren't good on these for some people they have failed. OEM would be the preferred choice, but would it even be worth unbolting the struts to replace the mount with an oem one? Or would it be better to just buy everything individually and assemble it? I am planning to keep this car for as long as I can, it is a daily driver and during college semesters I rack up alot of miles. With the mileage I don't want to spend a whole lot of money on just struts, oem are out of my price range.
Any inputs will be greatly appreciated.
Currently my 2007 Corolla Sport has about 160k miles on it and I think it is time to replace the struts.The car drives great, but I am the second owner and to my knowledge they have never been replaced. I will not be doing the work myself since I don't have the necessary tools, therefore I was planning on buying the KYB strut-plus which are already assembled. I have a friend who is going to do it for me at no cost so I wanted to make his job as easy as possible. I know the top strut mounts aren't good on these for some people they have failed. OEM would be the preferred choice, but would it even be worth unbolting the struts to replace the mount with an oem one? Or would it be better to just buy everything individually and assemble it? I am planning to keep this car for as long as I can, it is a daily driver and during college semesters I rack up alot of miles. With the mileage I don't want to spend a whole lot of money on just struts, oem are out of my price range.
Any inputs will be greatly appreciated.