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I have a frozen strut on the driver side front. I cant get it to unfreeze. I plan on replacing the fronts. I want the lifetime warranty and hear that kyb is the best on a budget, but there quick strut only has one year warranty where as there strut itself has life time.
my question is, if the strut spring is good (not broken) do they wear out? this car has 200xxx miles on it. I know the spring isolators are going bad due to dry rot.
I seen the video where eric said the honda springs break all the time.
is the life time warranty worth the hassle?
are the cheaper ones just as good?I done the push down test and all struts work but the driver front. I learned you need to replace in pairs.
so i am looking for some guidance
a soon to be premium member, you guys are great.
thanks
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With age … spring either break or sag. In your scenario they might happen to sag, especially if they are original. there is measurement that can be taken to confirm proper ride height. If you vehicle is 5 to 10 years old I can insure you that if you put front strut and spring, you will see the difference looking at the fender and realize you require rear spring as well.
if you are doing this at home, go with the quick struts. It is so much easier and safer. With that many miles it will probably need mounts too, thats 60 bucks probably for the pair, plus the struts. It’s not really much more to get the quick struts.
Plus if you are doing this at home, you dont really want to mess with compressing the springs, Those things you clamp on are not safe, even with experience they can be scary.
Your option if you really want the lifetime warranty, is to just by the parts, then take the struts to a shop and have them, compress the springs and do the change over.
Ok so now I am looking for input and answers.
so here are my pricing options on complete units
~ $368 before rebate for all 4 Monroe quick struts (lifetime warranty) rebate(~$100)
~$372 before rebate for making all 4 KYB strut assembly (lifetime warranty) rebate(~$40)
~ $400 before rebate for all 4 KYB quick struts (1 year warranty) rebate(~$40)
~$240 for all 4 FCS quick struts (New company not many reviews, lifetime warranty)
Now for the questions:
what does sagging springs do to the car ride and its components?
This goes with the question above I guess: This car has no rust, not been in a lot of salt if any. The mounts look good, but the rubber coil isolators are bad, would just replacing the struts and bad rubber parts cause issues?
what would new units on the front and old sagging units on the rear do to the car ride and its components?
would new struts on the front using old springs cause issues with the rear old struts and spring??
All the reading I have done told me to go with KYB for non oem struts. Any input on this?
anyone know of the company FCS?The springs are actually what hold the car up and give you a smooth ride the strut/shock only controls suspension movement. The rears are just as important as the front if not more. Tenneco is the company that actually makes Monroe and a lot of other brands which means it is the same strut with a different name on it (and a different price as well).
With those miles I would recommend replacing the springs along with the struts. KYB’s aren’t the greatest for Hondas, but they’re better than most. Nothing rides as good or lasts as long as the OE struts. But putting them on a 91 with 200k is just silly in my opinion. If you can get a set of quick struts for your vehicle, I think that would be best in your situation. Less work and the best result.
Good luck.
Thanks for all the input guys. I will give the FCS complete struts a try,you just cant beat them for the price. I found at max 30 different reviews and comments about them. Only two saying they had issues, one was the studs for the mount were bent, and the other was they wore out at only 7.5k.
I will be more than glad to give feed back on the parts if anyone has interest in it. This will be put on my soon to be daily driver. I plan on being around here for a while learning so I can review the build quality and then after some miles come back and update the review.
I currently don’t plan to get the FCS complete strut. I would love to give them a shot, but I feel that with 200k on the car the springs may be worn on all 4 and replacing just the fronts would mess the ride height up. I really don’t have the cash to do all 4. I plan on just getting 2 new struts and going from there.
Thanks for everything.
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