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so i there i was at work in autozone searching for a price for my blown out struts and I came upon the bilstein touring class struts for 100 bucks a piece!! I havent seen anything posted about them but i mean they have to be good since their bilsteins. I orderd mine allready but just wanted to know your guys opinion on them.

they used to be about 65-80 a piece but i liked them, stiffer than stock, make sure your stock fronts are non-sealed because bilsteins come in shocks

wow you work at autozone? All I know is that it blows working there since they make you work like a slave but hey at least you can get 20% off.

yeah they do make us work alot but custumers sometimes see that and give us tips or even buy us lunch lol kinda like poor orphan kids <not that thats funny or anything.

I work there too (for the time being, fed up after almost 2 years of part time slave labor), and the biggest suck factor is that stores don't stock those shocks, they're a VDP item, which we DON'T get a discount on save for two discount days a year, and even then it's only 10%. They can be found on line at various retailers for a lot less than autozone's prices too. But, beware. I did some researching and these are for stock ride height cars, and if you're lowered then you run the risk of blowing them out like most other shocks.

The only real "performance" shocks we have for our cars (USDM) are Koni yellows but they're as much as coilovers already. The bilsteins for out cars are the touring model like stated before is only for stock ride height I just installed my bilsteins and so far they're ok with my 1.8 drop but not sure how long they will last.

So KYB GR2 are for stock hight as well???

Yes.

LOL wait let me clarify, are KYB GR2 only for stock hight or can I use them without any risk when I lower my car??

KYB GR2's have a warranty that says they will be good if you have lowered your car down to 1.5inches. They feel pretty good too and i recommend you buy the shocks on ebay they are alot cheaper.