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post May 6, 2011 - 5:04 PM
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I've been lowered on Tien S-tech springs for a while now and my stock struts finally crapped out on me.
SO I'm in the market for new struts and strut mounts.
I was doing some searching on what struts everyone was running and Im pretty sure Ill be getting the KYB GR-2 struts, but what about the mounts.

I found a couple comments in threads saying that the KYB strut moutns were different from the OEM mounts, and actually made the car sit a little bit higher with the KYB mounts compared to the OEM.
Can anyone confirm this?

Should I order OEM mounts, or should KYB moutns be sufficient with Tien S-techs and KYB GR-2s?


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post May 8, 2011 - 6:28 PM
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From the pics, looks like a pair is an insert set and those are for the fronts but even at that, you can't rebuild them unless you have the non-sealed struts. IDK though on ebay I hate it when the pics don't match the description cus the description says complete. but then again their idea of complete just means it can be a set of 4 shocks and not a set of 4 complete assemblies. but according to kybs site, they are complete assemblies.

other than the mounts, you just need the strut bushings. Other things to check are your bearings, endlinks, sway bar bushings.


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post May 8, 2011 - 6:40 PM
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QUOTE (trdproven @ May 8, 2011 - 7:28 PM) *
From the pics, looks like a pair is an insert set and those are for the fronts but even at that, you can't rebuild them unless you have the non-sealed struts. IDK though on ebay I hate it when the pics don't match the description cus the description says complete. but then again their idea of complete just means it can be a set of 4 shocks and not a set of 4 complete assemblies. but according to kybs site, they are complete assemblies.


Exactly. It's best to buy by part number, not by description...the full struts have differing parts numbers from the inserts.


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Posts in this topic
- jordisonjr   Replacing Struts and Mounts   May 6, 2011 - 5:04 PM
- - SwissFerdi   I'm fairly positive they're different. How...   May 6, 2011 - 5:10 PM
- - jordisonjr   So which mounts do you have then? Just the OEM one...   May 6, 2011 - 5:22 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Exactly.   May 6, 2011 - 5:37 PM
- - jordisonjr   Is there a way to tell if the mounts need to be re...   May 6, 2011 - 5:48 PM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (jordisonjr @ May 6, 2011 - 6...   May 6, 2011 - 8:24 PM
- - trdproven   i think thats my thread you read. Let me explain,...   May 6, 2011 - 7:40 PM
- - jordisonjr   QUOTE (trdproven @ May 6, 2011 - 8:4...   May 6, 2011 - 8:35 PM
|- - trdproven   QUOTE (jordisonjr @ May 7, 2011 - 11...   May 6, 2011 - 10:00 PM
- - jordisonjr   So do you think I should go ahead and change the s...   May 6, 2011 - 11:11 PM
- - trdproven   the only thing I can tell you is it can clunk of t...   May 7, 2011 - 12:41 AM
- - jordisonjr   Sorry I'm not sure which center bolt you are t...   May 7, 2011 - 1:05 AM
- - trdproven   sorry i forgot to mention, I meant check if the sh...   May 7, 2011 - 10:10 AM
- - jordisonjr   Alright Ill do that, Im' pretty sure they are ...   May 7, 2011 - 11:34 AM
- - jordisonjr   I just wanted to confirm that this add: http://cgi...   May 8, 2011 - 1:18 PM
- - trdproven   From the pics, looks like a pair is an insert set ...   May 8, 2011 - 6:28 PM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (trdproven @ May 8, 2011 - 7:2...   May 8, 2011 - 6:40 PM
- - jordisonjr   QUOTE (trdproven @ May 8, 2011 - 6:2...   May 8, 2011 - 9:44 PM
- - trdproven   the one in the mount, the one in the wheel is pret...   May 9, 2011 - 9:44 AM
- - jordisonjr   So I should replace that one as well?   May 9, 2011 - 1:02 PM
- - trdproven   ^ Actually thats the bushing I'm mentioning.   May 9, 2011 - 5:32 PM
- - jordisonjr   Okay sounds good. Should be ordering the struts an...   May 9, 2011 - 6:28 PM


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