Originally Posted By: dlundblad
I used Sachs quick struts on the Volvo in my signature. Swapping was easy. 3 bolts on top and 2 on the knuckle. The front end actually sits up higher and the car sits level now.
Would have sucked using the original hardware as the bushing/ mount and bearing were toast. The bearings were actually quite noisy.
The Volvo struts I took off were made by Sachs so we'll see how these hold up.
hey Dlundblad! I put Sachs on my "project civic" car and it's going on 3 years now and no problems! I think you're going to get many years out of those. When I inspected them before installation they looked well-made, exactly like oem.. Not surprising they are OEM for Honda in europe!
Originally Posted By: newbe46
Try to do more research on what you are about to replace it with. I went for KYB assembly instead of Honda genuine parts for my Odyssey. The clunking the noise I get from it is horrible. Now I need to keep driving with this noise until the next time they need replacing, god knows how long.
yeah newbe46.. I feel sorry for ya
I was going to put KYB on my project civic car yes the struts/shocks were leaking in their box! Hadn't even installed them! People keep saying KYB but they must've gotten lucky. I tried 8 of them all leaking, no thanks.. NEXT!
The other one to stay away from is MOOG quick strut (or whatever they call it). That piece of junk died (riding on bump stops) only 6 months after it was installed! Had to go through winter with that.. this is for anyone else reading this in the future!
Originally Posted By: JustN89
Thanks for advice everyone! I was trying to do it cheap (as we don't expect to keep the car for
too much longer, but the price on the Monroe Quick Struts with their rebate was too good to pass up.
Hey you should've said you weren't expecting to keep the car! Hope the Monroes do work out for ya, mixed results lately.. some say they don't last, some say they give a mushy ride.. but price/benefit for ya, sounds like it will help ya til ya sell the car..