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Need New Rear Struts

Discussion in 'Stop, Drop & Roll' started by Machinehead2k5, Oct 2, 2010.

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    Machinehead2k5 Chemosabe

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    Need New Rear Struts

    So as usual the rear struts on my 99 Corolla are now dead. I will have the car for about another 6-8months before selling it. I don't want to invest too much money into them, so what should I get?

    Should I just get some monroe struts and call it a day or is there something else I should look at?
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    you on stock springs,drop springs or coilovers? if your car is drop go with tokico blues or stock height monroe is fine.
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    Machinehead2k5 Chemosabe

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    It's dropped. What's a reputable place to buy the struts from?
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    i bought mines at ebay:D
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    kyb's should last long enough till you sell it lol.
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    So sticking some Monroe Sensatrac Struts on lowering springs a bad idea eh? Gonna try to find some tokico blues then...
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    Monroe struts are lifetime warranty anyways. If they blow you get new ones. I dont see a problem going with them.
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    its not a bad idea but wont last long like the tokico and kyb.
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    i put a set of the monroe quick struts which is i think the sensatrac shocks on mine, wasnt too hard of a swap took me and my cuz like 4 hours to do cuz my swaybar end links were shot. i recommend just buying new ones cuz ur not gonna be able to save the old ones. also i recommend taking the nuts off from the sway bar side dont even bother with the side to the strut less work and if ur gonna replace no point. ur gonna need a good impact or a really big breaker bar to get the big nuts off. there on there good and make sure u torque everything down to spec.

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