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Shocks

September 16, 2012, 08:06:05 PM

Who makes a good strut for a reasonable price? I'm looking for the fronts on my 84. I'm looking a nice, soft ride. It's my DD, not a racecar. Thanks!

Shocks

Reply #1 – September 16, 2012, 08:39:41 PM

Monroe Sensatrak or KYB.

Darren

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Reply #2 – September 16, 2012, 08:48:11 PM

I have Gabriels on mine, but I have heard that they don;t make them any more. Not having had to replace them in the last few years, I don't have first hand knowledge of this however and could be merely a rumor.

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Reply #3 – September 16, 2012, 09:04:43 PM

How would you guys rate the ride quality with the shocks you have?

Wow, Rockauto actually has Motorcraft struts in stock. I didn't think they were still being made.

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Reply #4 – September 16, 2012, 09:31:07 PM

Sensatracs all around here.

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Reply #5 – September 16, 2012, 10:13:06 PM

I have Motorcraft on mine, they are around 10 years old and 25k miles. Still do the job quite well!

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Reply #6 – September 17, 2012, 09:26:16 AM

I'm full coil overs but when I had the KYB's they were fine for a DD with little to no expectation for handling the curves.

Darren

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Reply #7 – September 18, 2012, 09:59:22 PM

I've got Monroe Sensatracs all around. The ride is firm and smooth but not stiff or jiggly. I think it rides nice.

Shocks

Reply #8 – September 18, 2012, 10:18:17 PM

The Gabriels do very well on my TC in her current form, though not as well as the last set of Koni's I had on her....sadly, they are no longer made. When I install the IRS and SLA, I'll be using Bilstein rebuildable coil-overs on all four corners.

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Reply #9 – September 22, 2012, 02:44:37 PM

I've only used KYB on my car so, I really have nothing to compare them to. The KYB's have been good to me.