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I removed some Monroe Quickstruts on a vehicle that failed (noisy bearing) after just over 1 year. Installed some Sensen replacements I purchased on Amazon. The Sensen quickstruts seem to perform better than the Monroe. I'll never buy Monroe Quickstruts again.

Not necessarily true. A lot of Costco's "Kirkland Signature" items are nothing more the repackaged name brands. The exact same product. No cost cutting, except advertising. At most the packaging is different (like a sidewall branding on a tire). To some people paying for a name brand...

KUMHO SOLUS TA71 (A.K.A. SureDrive Touring A/S at Firestone) The Solus TA71 is Kumho's Grand Touring All-Season tire developed for sporty coupes and luxury performance sedans and the people who love to drive them. Designed to combine responsive handling with quiet comfort, Solus TA71 tires...

I think you are exaggerating a bit. Kumho is a solid brand. They are a South Korean company. The provide OEM tires on a lot of makes and models. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumho_Tire

I have them on an older car. So far they have been a great tire for the price. The SureDrive Touring A/S tire sold at Firestone is the same tire as the Kumho Solus TA71...

Wow. That's really odd. Good question.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the feedback!

Thanks. One of the outers had a small tear in the boot. Tie Rods was functioning fine, but thought I'd change them out because of the boot...just saw it. Looked fine initially until I just inspected it.

Boots aren't torn. No noticable play. They just drop down when you let go of them, is all... Thoughts?

I am changing the outer tie rod ends on a larger car (Ford Five Hundred) as preventative maintenance (a daughter will be using the car at college - car has 150K miles). After disconnecting the outer tie rods, I noticed that the inner tie rod immediately flops / drops down, with no resistance...

Similar experience. Monroe Quick Struts clunking and rattling after less than a year. Had to do the job over. And I chose Monroe over the Chinese brands to avoid going bottom of the barrel and having a more quality part. Clearly Monroe isn't that.

I generally agree. But part of the reason I replaced the struts is that one of the original struts had a sagging spring, so that it had too much negative camber. It looks like the OEM spring had worn out. Plus, the convenience / safety factor of choosing a Quick Strut. So far, not happy with...

I just put a set of KYB Strut Plus on all 4 corners of a Dodge Avenger. So far, the only thing I noticed is the ride quality is noticeably more stiff and rough...like what you'd expect from a sports car or something. I am not impressed with the ride quality. Hopefully it won't end up being a...

I had a similar experience on a large car. When I took the Raybestos E3 pads off to inspect them, while they still had a lot of pad material left, they had a lot of cracking. So I replaced them with a different brand. It was annoying to have to change the pads early.

A car of that age? I've had good luck with these tires so far: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Primewell-PS890-Touring-All-Season-205-65R15-94H-Passenger-Tire/1103247595

I've been running these for about a month now. Seem to perform well enough. A decent budget tire---priced very competitively on Walmart.com I recommend them so far.

OEM Fill for ZF 8 and 9 speed is Shell M-L12108 https://aftermarket.zf.com/remotemedia/lol-lubricants/lol-en/lol-te-ml-11-en.pdf Also, relabeled as the following: ZF LifeguardFluid 9 (ZF No. AA01.500.001), (ZF approval number ZF005946)ZF Lifeguard Hybrid 1 (ZF No. AA02.836.455), (ZF approval...

I've had great success with Redline ATFs in multiple vehicles. Better than stock fluid that has noticeably improved shifting.

I just had 2 in a size P215/60R17 installed on a car today. Honestly, I had my doubts, but they were cheap so I gambled and went with them. We'll see how they are.

Maybe order 2 more of the same tires (6 total tires), and then return 2 of them that you don't like, to Kohls or Whole Foods, or where ever Amazon accepts returns.