I waited until 9 years/138K miles to replace all four struts on my Subaru and it was too long. One rear strut could not be pushed down beyond the half way mark. the other rear could be pushed beyond the half way mark but would not return beyond half way. The two fronts could be pushed down and would return but at about half the speed of the new ones. The ride is now much nicer and the excessive rear camber appears to be corrected (still haven’t gotten the alignment done quite yet).
Shocks / Struts
- Thread starter WyrTwister
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Before I changed out my 29 year old shocks, i pushed down on each corner, it was some what easy to push down, the suspension rebound back without bounce. I swapped new shocks and it became much harder to push down on each corner. What a difference. The main reason i changed them is they were making a dragging noise everytime it rebounded from more than half stroke.
Year?
2012 9 years old this month.
Around where I'm at I have 2 cars that they wore out by 160k (Corolla and Integra). I also have one stop and go local grocery car (Escort) worn out by 90k.
I decided to go ahead and replace
What if one has an air suspension? The air shocks hold air so IDK? It definitely feels floaty, but then again it is a Lincoln.
In an air suspension the air is just providing the spring. There still has to be some damping provided and 99.9% of the time that is by a gas charged hydraulic shock/strut.
The rest of the story--there's a shortage of right front strut cartridges nationwide for this model car. Backordered
I think the issue is that my car is the 6 MT model, they didn't sell many of them and they do have stiffer struts than the ones with autos.
Be prepared to replace to sway bar end links while your in there.
Just installed quick struts on our Chevy Traverse and the passenger side strut was leaking and toast. It took the sway bar end link with it. So I replaced both end links when doing the struts. Had to make a extra trip to the parts store during the job.
Just installed quick struts on our Chevy Traverse and the passenger side strut was leaking and toast. It took the sway bar end link with it. So I replaced both end links when doing the struts. Had to make a extra trip to the parts store during the job.
Update: My indy mech was able to source the struts. The Acura dealer where I bought the car told me they stopped manufacturing the rears, and they were out of stock with the fronts. What am I going to do 100,000 miles from now?
It took 9 years to go the first 107k; how long for the next 100k? While living in NY? I’m wondering if there is a good chance that the car will be gone by then.
I changed my shocks in my 3/4 to. at 200,000 miles because I was wondering if the suspension was two stiff to fail a bounce test. There wasn’t much of a difference to be honest.
That car should have good aftermarket support for a long time. id be almost certain kyb will have struts available for it, and they have a good performance feel without being harsh for vehicles like yours.
This is how it should be done, almost every Euro garage (I believe Japan has a similar system) not just dealers and inspection stations have the brake dyno at a minimum.
Monroe makes quick struts for the 2012 TL
If the TL uses the same struts as the Accord, then you have lots of aftermarket support
Thanks but Monroes are just not going to be in the same league with the factory strut cartridges. This is the TL 6MT--Acura's attempt to compete with the Germans. And I have had bad experience with KYBs. Would only consider factory or Konis.
