[Supras] Struts

[Brian Walker]

That's pretty good, are they the OEM ones? I figured there wouldn't be
too many stock pieces on your car Jobe.

I've been told before that shocks should be replaced every 30k miles or
so but I've never heard of many people doing that. The ones on my Tacoma
have ~185k now and need replacement. Much softer compared to when I
bought it w/ 135k. They appear to be original. When I replaced my old
tokicos with the current ones, one was blown and another marginal. They
only had ~3 years on them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Jobe [mailto:jjobe2 at supratech.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:10 PM
To: Jeff Mohler
Cc: Brian Walker; Supras at supras.com
Subject: Re: [Supras] Struts


which struts you running?  mine are finally showing some wear at
71k original miles.

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 09:00:59AM -0700, Jeff Mohler wrote:
> Its "best" within a given set of circumstances.
> 
> The one thing thats important, is you dont end up scraping your DP and
> framerails on the ever more common and aggressive speed bumps on stock
> springs, a low sporty ride is OK if thats what you want, but a well
> balanced and tuned rude will require linear springs.  OEMs are linear,
> OEMs are a higher spring rate than you think..
> 
> And  ya, my current project chassis is big struts only, still on OEM
> swaybars, youd have no idea that there are good stuts in the car at
> all.
>