yes sir, as i was taking them out, they still have gas, but are so easy to compress.....

I had to put the toyota springs today to replace the teins, and just found that i will be in the market for new shocks, no wonder my car rides like crap...

thats the first complaint i have heard on them. I installed a set on my dads Solara and they have been going good for 2 years now

Well they are not even close to stff as when new... Maybe i have bad luck

might be diffective?i think alot of ppl are runnning gr-2s. im running them on teins runs smooth had for couple of years already.i believe their lifetime....atleast the place i got them at

This post has been edited by pandakid: Oct 22, 2011 - 9:55 PM

They are not made to be used with lowering springs. So if thats what you were using them on, you can only blame yourslef.

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They only warranty them up to a 1.5" drop too.

If you're going to lower your car, don't go cheap... you regret it in the end. Pick up some Koni inserts for your OEM strut sleeves and clean up the body of the strut. Special D adjustable take a beating. On the stiffest setting, I have to be careful because my tires are actually what is absorbing most of the impact of potholes. The difference between OEM and performance like the GR-2's to Koni's is night and day. GR-2 is not a performance upgrade by any means. It's a factory replacement by a German brand. They are one of the best on the market for OEM, but when lowering, they wont last.

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teins are 1.5 drop... thanks... i researched.... too


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well im SOL because i gave away the strut sleeves, and now i need to find new ones.... darn it....

well the teins are for sale .... in the fs section...

^ Yes, but Teins are known to drop a bit more than that because they're on the softer side. The true drop is closer to 2" after everything settles, beyond KYB's warranty of the strut capability. My springs don't drop as much but are stiffer, and as far I can tell everything is still intact. I've been on this setup since the 13th of February, 2010. I'll be doing brake work soon, so I might just poke around and see how the struts are.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 23, 2011 - 12:45 AM

I have kyb in rear and bilstein inserts up front you might want to try those up front.....

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again, SOL, need to get the sleeves, but thanks for the reccomendation...

rear steins are coming out, toyota is coming in....

rear struts still holding up....

If your KYB failed and you were running them at 1.5" or less of a drop, they should be under warranty replacement.

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I've got a full set of rebuildable GT struts lying around. They come with springs too

Not that you need those, but they're still in great condition. (minus some surface rust that is an easy clean up lol)

Springs sag over time, that 1.5" turns into 2" pretty quickly, then 2.5"

KYB are made in Japan BTW

Back when I had my Celica I ran GR2s and S-techs for like 4 years with no issues. Im running GR2s in the front of my EP3 right now and havent had any issues with them even with a 2" drop. They could have been a defective batch. My sister's Mazda had the oposite issue, her GR2s seized on her and were super super stiff. Like it was as hard of a ride as my buddies track preped 350z. I'd take em to a KYB dealer and see if they can warrenty them for you. They do have a limited lifetime warrenty.

mine are fine, 1yr+ on them. All four.

started on ebay coils, those lasted about 8 months before I decided to goto sportlines...still going fine...