Rogersz Posted July 11, 2002 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2002 Does any one have any experiences with these two brands of strut cartridges my intended use for the car is just the occasional brisk drive through the hills and crusing around. Both brands are gas presurised. My car is an Aussie 260Z 1974 2seater 5spd manual {still pre - smog controls over here} . any opinions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mperdue Posted July 11, 2002 Share #2 Posted July 11, 2002 My car had the cheap KYB strut cartridges - around 40$ each. They were supposedly only 2 years old and one of the front ones was already dead. I can't verify how old they are but according to the PO they were new. ANyway i'm gonna stay away from them - but the more expensive ones may be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudz Posted July 12, 2002 Share #3 Posted July 12, 2002 Same here on the KYB's I have the receipt from the PO and mine fronts are dead , and they haven't been on teh car that long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenk Posted July 12, 2002 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2002 I just put in the Gabriel Gas Ryder struts front and rear, $25 each Lifetime warranty. I will let the group know how they work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doehring Posted July 12, 2002 Share #5 Posted July 12, 2002 I had problems with KYB at the front. 2years ago I switched to normal Tokykos and I#m happy with those at front and rearRolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogersz Posted July 12, 2002 Author Share #6 Posted July 12, 2002 Thanks for the info i'll try to get some prices on Tokico and Konistrut cartridges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doehring Posted July 12, 2002 Share #7 Posted July 12, 2002 Rogersz,a friend of mine favours Koni, but at the moment Konis are difficult to get.The Konis are adjustable (see the other discussion here on adjustable Tokikos, you can transfer that on Konis but to adjust Konis is not as easy). I had Konis in my 300ZXTurbo and one rear became weak. At first I thought I had always a brise from the side, the car felt slightly drunken. Here I changed to Bilstein, very good ! My 240 Z has Tokikos, as I mentioned, that I got from MSA.Good luckRolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59ghia Posted July 12, 2002 Share #8 Posted July 12, 2002 Just picked up a set of Tokico's from a place called shox.com,great prices! 250 for a set of four, and the Eibach's were/are 209my springs are on backorder.www.shox.com They don't post their prices on the web, you need to either call or get a quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zvoiture Posted July 13, 2002 Share #9 Posted July 13, 2002 For Tokico's, be sure and check out www.autocarparts.com I bought mine from them and they were really great to deal with. Last time I checked, Tokico nons were $110/pr and Illumina's were $220/pr.steve77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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