Stock struts

by **RichD978** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:02 am

How many miles are stock struts due for replacement?

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:18 am

it really depends on how you drive (how you go over speedbumps and other bumps/pot holes on the road) and the your terrain where you drive. 99.99999% its your passanger front that needs replacement (but then again, how many people replace one stock strut only..they always do it in pairs). My celica' struts lasted till 160K miles (when my front passnager one went). Pop's cressida lasted 145K Kms (same passanger front problemo)...my es struts are on 175K babied miles. So it all depends on how you drive.

by **SolaraBlue** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:06 am

how would you know when theyre starting to go, increased road feel? increased sound? "floaty" feeling?

by **PXLpainter** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:07 am

It totally is a matter of how/where you drive.

When I had my Tundra, I went through a set of coilovers about every 30K mi (at $1700 a set!) - but that's because I took every opportunity to get the thing airborne! :lol:

I would think in "normal" conditions on a car, you should get at least 100K out of them - most likely a lot more.

by **PXLpainter** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:17 am

SolaraBlue wrote:how would you know when theyre starting to go, increased road feel? increased sound? "floaty" feeling?

You will feel like you're driving a big Caddy and your passengers will most likely turn green.

by **SolaraBlue** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:25 am

PXLpainter wrote:
SolaraBlue wrote:how would you know when theyre starting to go, increased road feel? increased sound? "floaty" feeling?
You will feel like you're driving a big Caddy and your passengers will most likely turn green.

hmmmm..... well i do have a kermit the frog doll in front of my shifter..... he's green!

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:47 am

for my celica it wasn't as much as cadi floating feel to it, as much as botomming out at potholes!

by **DaTwUnKrAziEpInOy** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:18 am

yeah...I second what Jai said... either you're bottoming out or when you go over a slight bump/dip on the road your car starts bouncing.

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