Originally Posted By: MarkM66
KYB and the other higher end brands need to get a clue and offer a complete unit.
+1 I suspect though if they use good quality springs, mounts, isolators, they are going to cost alot more than the cheap quick struts. I guess they could market them with say 1/2" lowering springs with a slightly higher rate and good long travel progressive bump stops, and have them be a matched performance upgrade.
This is basically what I did with my Neon at the rear, factory Neon ACR springs, and taller bump stops, on KYB struts and its quite the transformation. I've got the ACR springs and taller bump stops on the front stock struts and they now feel pretty weak when pushed hard on the track. The taller bumpstops make it tolerable but you can feel the car moving through the travel and onto the stops to easily. If I had the tiny factory bumpstops in, the car would hammer into them far to hard and make the outside tire break away.
KYB and the other higher end brands need to get a clue and offer a complete unit.
+1 I suspect though if they use good quality springs, mounts, isolators, they are going to cost alot more than the cheap quick struts. I guess they could market them with say 1/2" lowering springs with a slightly higher rate and good long travel progressive bump stops, and have them be a matched performance upgrade.
This is basically what I did with my Neon at the rear, factory Neon ACR springs, and taller bump stops, on KYB struts and its quite the transformation. I've got the ACR springs and taller bump stops on the front stock struts and they now feel pretty weak when pushed hard on the track. The taller bumpstops make it tolerable but you can feel the car moving through the travel and onto the stops to easily. If I had the tiny factory bumpstops in, the car would hammer into them far to hard and make the outside tire break away.
