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KYB Shocks

Postby indiglosolara » Wed Jul 09, 2003 6:46 pm

For the past 3 weeks i have been debating on what shocks to get.. i was going to go with tokico but everytime time i tried to order them they are out of stock..

Does anyone here ride on KYB shocks....?? how is the quality??? does it ride stiff????

some feed back will be greatly apreciated.

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Postby Yanks0114 » Wed Jul 09, 2003 6:55 pm

They will be back in stock soon from jack at fasttrack.

The KYB struts are of inferior quality. A lot of guys have had trouble with them going bad. Talk to a few guys on Toyotanation, they have nothing but complaints

http://www.toyotanation.com/showthread. ... hlight=kyb
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Postby indiglosolara » Wed Jul 09, 2003 7:37 pm

Thanks for the input.. the reason why i asked is that i can get a set of the KYB for 420 installed. and the tokico from jack for 329 and i would have to pay 129 plus tax for install.... i would like to same as much money as possible.. but since there is not many good comments on KYB i rather pay the extra and get the tokico....

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Postby Yanks0114 » Wed Jul 09, 2003 7:53 pm

Do it right the first time. Also get springs done.

Thats a great price for the install though
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Postby Jackass-Jeff » Wed Jul 09, 2003 9:45 pm

he has trd springs already :)
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Postby indiglosolara » Wed Jul 09, 2003 9:46 pm

yea jeff said it.. i was planning to install with with the TRD springs.... for me it was waiting for the struts before i install springs....

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Postby 2001GoldSE » Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:28 am

How is the ride with the eibach springs and the tokico blue HP struts. right now the ride is real spongy. i did a search and the answer was not quite clear. I used to own a 2000 Max SE with the performace suspension and it was great with cornering and speed but you felt the road but it wasnt too bad. will this be simalar with this setup? Thanks for your help :usa
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Postby happy_aggies » Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:13 am

I love it, it's firmer but not sacrificing comfort too much. :D

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Postby WTF?? » Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:01 am

2001GoldSE wrote:How is the ride with the eibach springs and the tokico blue HP struts.


Happy aggies said it all...

I had a chance to take advantage of my cornering when my homeboi called me up saying his sister had an emergency and the ambulance was coming... so I cut thru downtown to help him out and mannn the cornering was sweet!!!

oh yeah his sister came out with an ankle fractured in 3 different places :oops: shes recovering now
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Re: KYB Shocks

Postby TadS » Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:37 pm

iazuncupidi wrote:For the past 3 weeks i have been debating on what shocks to get.. i was going to go with tokico but everytime time i tried to order them they are out of stock..

Does anyone here ride on KYB shocks....?? how is the quality??? does it ride stiff????

some feed back will be greatly apreciated.

Kenny


Yeah, I have them. They are holding up "ok". With that said, if I had known then what I know now, I certainly would have bought Tokicos. I guess I have gotten better with my research since then :). I imagine I will probably be switching to Tokicos by the end of the year myself, so just wait and get those.
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