Struts
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Made out of 100% Chinesium.
Heck lots of oem is Chinesium now
If you go for Detroit axle just go for any white box generic part whichever is cheaper
Heck lots of oem is Chinesium now
If you go for Detroit axle just go for any white box generic part whichever is cheaper
I've heard the name but never bought their product.
Are you looking for a particular vehicle or did the name just jump out at you?
I ask because shock + strut discussions are always vehicle focused.
edit: Generally speaking, transferring your hardware to a new, bare strut of known (better) quality has always been the smarter route.
Complete ready-struts or quick-struts often effect ride height. They are "one size" only...engine size (weight) isn't considered.
I just put Bilstein H6 on my old Volvo. You inspect the hardware and replace what you need to.
Oddly, for the second time, my seats and bearings looked new! Not bad for a 21MY old vehicle with 150k.
Are you looking for a particular vehicle or did the name just jump out at you?
I ask because shock + strut discussions are always vehicle focused.
edit: Generally speaking, transferring your hardware to a new, bare strut of known (better) quality has always been the smarter route.
Complete ready-struts or quick-struts often effect ride height. They are "one size" only...engine size (weight) isn't considered.
I just put Bilstein H6 on my old Volvo. You inspect the hardware and replace what you need to.
Oddly, for the second time, my seats and bearings looked new! Not bad for a 21MY old vehicle with 150k.
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Detroit, China 
What car are they for?
What car are they for?
Propflux01
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It is a “one-of-many” different name slapped on any number of Chinese suppliers for cheap replacement parts that may or may not fit, perform, or last.
Avoidance is advised.
Avoidance is advised.
Unless you are a buy here pay here lot.
Propflux01
$100 Site Donor 2025
Yes, if you need a set to dump off a car or similar then they will be fine for that 30 days….
Yep, repoded in 35 days turn it around and sell it again.
I tried to find Sachs but no luck. It looks like OEM may only be ~$100 per corner.
Probably get new front mounts. Rear mounts probably fine unless they look bad when you get it apart.
You'll have to put on your big boy panties and find or buy a spring compressor. I'm not seeing any quick struts out there I'd dare use. Do it right and accept you'll have to compress springs.
Probably get new front mounts. Rear mounts probably fine unless they look bad when you get it apart.
You'll have to put on your big boy panties and find or buy a spring compressor. I'm not seeing any quick struts out there I'd dare use. Do it right and accept you'll have to compress springs.
To whom it may concern, I've bought struts, rotors, and brake pads for several different vehicles from them. I didn't have any complaints with anything I bought. I thought their prices were fair, and the rotor pad combo pak I bought came with a bottle of brake fluid and a can of brake cleaner. I bought the struts and a assembly, because I didn't want to put sagged out used springs back on the car. They actually raised the vehicle height about 1-2 inches, which felt fine to me. Plus the original rear coil springs on the Explorer were broken. I got 100k out of the struts before I scrapped the explorer. I couldn't tell who made the original struts, all I got out of them was 100k.,,,
I've considered their brake kits but sometimes the prices seem almost too good to be true.
I think one problem with an application like struts is that you never know exactly what you're getting. They might have been ok three years ago and now they're using a different Chinese manufacturer with lower quality. Plus on any given day the struts for one vehicle might be decent but the struts for another model are terrible.
For a relatively low mileage Avalon that the OP seems to care about, I wouldn't risk Detroit Axle. There's only one way to truly find out, but it's a lot of labor to discover you chose poorly
@oldcodger as much as I hate to promote Kilmer, you might watch this ~6:00 video
I think an Avalon ain't too far from some Lexii platforms?? Note he says as an experiment he swapped 17-yr old OEM for new quick struts and it only got worse, and claims even his wife noticed.
Again, I apologize to BITOG for mentioning Kilmer. He gives me a headache, too.
I can understand a vehicle mfgr using the same part on different models. Save's alot of extra work, and buying in volume save's the company money. But if you have a newer vehicle and it needs bland parts like struts, I don't trust that factory original parts would be the better value. When I was looking for the parts I bought, I looked for reviews on what other users said about them. And I didn't see anything that looked like the parts wouldn't work as intended. One that I found surprised me Gabriel struts had really bad reviews, so they were off the list of choices. I can't say I had Scotty's experience using any bought online part, or that I ever will. But I rolled the dice and they worked for me. Shipped to my front door was also a bonus. But alot of part dealers do that nowadays.,,,
KYB only makes their quick struts for the rear, not the front.
Monroe is the best one that makes quick struts for all 4 corners of your 2015 Avalon.
You could get Monroe for the front and KYB for the rear
Shipping is such a big part of mail order strut pricing, spend the extra $20 for a brand name from Rockauto. Monroe, Gabriel... not high end, but will last longer than 10-15k miles. And, yeah, get the spring compressor. It won't be that bad, keep your wits about you, compress each side slowly, and don't put your body in front of the spring.
I used detroit axle wheel bearings. Replaced them again in 18000 miles. Struts may be ok. Monroe are good. Depending on the vehicle, Quick struts are available from KYB. Front and rear. KYB is the OEM supplier for many brands. I used Mon roe quick struts for my 2010 F150. The spring rate was a bit high. I suspect its this is this way so it can be used with a range of engine combinations as others have mentioned. They are good though and I am happy with them, been on the truck 5 years 45000 miles without issue. The oem strut spring broke a coil around 110000. I changed them both and purchased off amazon. Compressing the springs off of struts is scary but can be done. Ive done it twice on differant vehicles.
Consider Junk yard search for good used sets. Consider asking a local shop to do the spring compression work. Consider the condition of your remaining components. Ofter the bumper stop and the upper bearing support have significnt wear within 10 years of operation. Consider how long you ill be keeping the car. Do High quality struts work as well as a good name brand? Normally not.
Consider Junk yard search for good used sets. Consider asking a local shop to do the spring compression work. Consider the condition of your remaining components. Ofter the bumper stop and the upper bearing support have significnt wear within 10 years of operation. Consider how long you ill be keeping the car. Do High quality struts work as well as a good name brand? Normally not.
I'd use KYB and go though the trouble of disassembling/reassembling the struts/springs. Use new strut mounts. I do this all the time but use caution with springs.
Scott
Scott
