[Supras] Struts

[Jim Jobe]

stock original 14 yr old TEMS struts with 71kmiles.

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 12:59:08PM -0400, Brian Walker wrote:
> 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.
> > 
>