[CleAnGreEN]

My sister needs new struts in her Focus and I found some cheap KYB shocks and struts on ebay...are they alright???

-chris

 

[Hitokiri]

I know there's one Jetter out there who has the KYB struts too. His FJ name is Matt Wells, I bet he'll be able to answer your questions.

Here's what he said when I asked him how the KYBs felt.

I live in West Virginia, so the roads are 50% pothole and frost heave, and curvy as hell! No problem, ask as many questions as you like. I believe I have a pretty livable setup for my road conditions. My car is daily driven.

Sounds good to me, plus I think he also has Steeda springs.

 

[Egz]

I was always under the impression that they are OEM replacements.

 

[crazyhorse]

I was always under the impression that they are OEM replacements.

they are. they're not intended to be paired with lowered springs.

 

[seanmc]

They also make a performance-oriented adjustable damper (GR2), but I can't remember if it's available for the Focus. I put the 'regular' ones (prob what's on ebay) in my wife's '00 wagon a year ago, and they've been fine so far, rides/handles like stock (which is not a bad thing, btw).

 

[Nliiitend1]

They also make a performance-oriented adjustable damper (GR2), but I can't remember if it's available for the Focus. I put the 'regular' ones (prob what's on ebay) in my wife's '00 wagon a year ago, and they've been fine so far, rides/handles like stock (which is not a bad thing, btw).

The GR-2's are the "normal" ones. The adjustables are called AGX's and I don't believe they make those for the Focus.

 

[OmniFocus]

I put a set of GR-2s on one of my Omnis... Quality seemed fine, but they were definitely just a stock replacement with a little extra valving.

 

[seanmc]

They also make a performance-oriented adjustable damper (GR2)...

The GR-2's are the "normal" ones. The adjustables are called AGX's and I don't believe they make those for the Focus.

Oh yeah...right. What he said.

 

[kevin lee]

hey i was wondering cuz i'm getting KYB structs with TEIN suspension do you think its a good idea? or no?

 

[crazyhorse]

no ...definetly not. the KYBs' are no better than the stock dampers, they are only made as OEM replacements. get either koni yellows or spax ( if you want adjustability ) or get the eibach pro-dampers ( if you don't want adjustables ).