I like Monroe Quick struts, have used them on 3 different vehicles and I am running them on 2 vehicles currently. I bought them from Rockauto. No regrets.
I purchased my 98 with ~200k miles in 2017 and had my mechanic replace all struts with 5100s. I'm currently at ~275k miles and the 5100s appear to be in good shape so holding off on replacing those again.
Bilstein 5100 struts, they’re absolutely fantastic. Have them on my FJ.
I'd keep stock springs and go with some nice Bilstein struts/ shocks with new mounts. Wheels, tires, brakes, sound deadening, and a headunit would make a big quality of life improvement.
On my 13, I have bilstein with RCE yellows. Those are nice.
I just bought Monroe "heavy duty" struts for my Crown Victoria. The shocks are way too soft compared to oem, and they're leaking at only a year and a bit of age. Less than 15,000km on them. They also don't seem to have the same amount of travel compared to the oem, and I feel them slamming into the max extension bump stops. Done that since new.
The Monroe and kyb are both good products. I've had failures with both brands but it's not very often. The main difference I've personally noticed, is the Monroe quick struts trend to ride a bit stiff.
Don't buy B4s unless you are selling the car soon. Extremely high failure rate past 1 year.
I tried Bilsteins B8 because they said AWD and FWD compatible, but nope and the holes won't align and same for some from Monroe. The spindle that accepts the struts won't align properly.
I had them on my 07 Acura TL for about a year and had to replace them.
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