dependability and life expectancy of KYB's, daily driver+lowered Options

[bseaman_5]

I've been reading a whole lot about different struts/shocks from many different topics, I was looking at bilstein and monroe and the kyb's and it seems to me that kyb's are the preference of choice here.. My thing is that my celica is my daily driver and I want to lower it prolly on like Tenzo R springs.. What is the life expectancy for these shocks or even the springs fi anyone knows or can give insight that would be appreciated

B.

[hurley97]

They have a lifetime warranty. It has been said that they will honor the warranty even on lowered cars (up to 1.5").

[bseaman_5]

They have a lifetime warranty. It has been said that they will honor the warranty even on lowered cars (up to 1.5").

The springs I planned on getting drop it 1.8".... Maybe I'll go with the sportlines instead...

[soulshadow]

I had mine on some dropzone springs 1.8' front 1.5 rear. They hold out pretty good, just that you will have to insert them into your old struts in the front because the front ones are cartridges. Pretty decent but will throw out your camber.

[bseaman_5]

I had mine on some dropzone springs 1.8' front 1.5 rear. They hold out pretty good, just that you will have to insert them into your old struts in the front because the front ones are cartridges. Pretty decent but will throw out your camber.

Do you have a camber kit for your car? does it help or remove that problem??

[soulshadow]

The first time I took it in for an aliment the mech. guy said I had camber problems and he can only get it to as close as he can for the front. The rear ones are adjustable for some reason. My tires had to be replaced after 20K miles because I was having inner wear. 17x7 Enkei with some nittos.
Well after I bought some crash bolts and installed them my Mech guy was able to fix the problem and said my camber was good now. Im guessing it removes the camber problem for the front since they usually have to dial it to 0 when they align your wheels. After this I haven't been able to drive my car around since my Wiring harness broke loose so I'm not sure if the crash bolts really help.

This post has been edited by soulshadow: Nov 30, 2008 - 10:51 PM

[bseaman_5]

alright well thanks! I'll definitely look into this then

[GotToyota]

They have front inserts like soulshadow said, but you should just spend the few extra bucks and buy the sealed ones.

[bseaman_5]

They have front inserts like soulshadow said, but you should just spend the few extra bucks and buy the sealed ones.

How much more expensive are the sealed ones? Where could I find them? And whats the difference, are the sealed ones the entire shock?