If you want to keep the stock ride height, you can probably save the stock springs and run Koni Yellow struts and shocks for a slightly sportier ride.
Pros: sportier ride
Vehicle:
Fiat 500
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Overall, great quality parts. Fully recommend.
Pros: great quality
Installed Bilstein B4 Struts and Shocks all around @ 80-85k miles. The car feels very planted. I drive 90-100MPH (140-160kph) daily for up to an hour, and I can tell you that it does not feel like it crashes into potholes or bumps like people say. The rebound on the struts are a tad far but that’s at high speeds and takes a quite a launch for it to rebound as far as I’m saying.
Pros: car feels very planted
Cons: rebound a tad far
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 96000 km
Part number: 22220080
I put a set of KYB on my 2007 nearly a year and 11,000 miles ago, no complaints so far. They feel comfortable enough to me.
Pros: comfortable feel, no complaints
Mileage: 17702 km
Something else to consider are Koni Reds. I coupled them with Neuspeed Sport springs. The struts are variable response so they absorb the small bumps, like the expansion joints on freeways, but stay stiff for corners.
I had one fail inside the warranty period and Koni made it an easy exchange. No other issues.
Pros: easy exchange, variable response
Cons: one fail inside warranty
New struts are on the way for my 225k 2006 Prius.
Around it for a little over 5 months and it's got to be easily one of the favorite cars I've ever owned.
Super simple to work on and so reliable I love this thing!
Only other issue I can think of is that the coolant control valve is making the noises of it being on its way out. No code yet but I'm just waiting.
Pros: reliable, easy to work on
Cons: coolant control valve
Vehicle:
Toyota Prius
Mileage: 225000 km
My Hyundai has been solid, just maintenance. My front struts failed but my dealership replaced them under warranty.
Pros: replaced under warranty
Cons: front struts failed
Vehicle:
Hyundai
Spend for the KYBs. Second choice, Motorcraft. Monroes have disappointed me lately.
Cons: Monroes have disappointed
Ive read that the rough country struts are bad quality.
Cons: bad quality
I put Monroe’s on my Outback. After a year the front passenger side went bad.
Cons: went bad after year
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
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