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Ordered/received the Monroe Quick Strut products for my 2000 Honda Accord. The right strut installed with few issues but the left would not fit as intended. When I removed it to compare to the original strut I saw the issue the spring was not seated with the upper plate assemply causing the entire assembly to be off a few degrees and not allowing it to fit within the intended tight area. This is entirely a quality control issue at Monroe or whichever 3rd world country factory is installing the strut within the coil. If you read other reviews this is not a unique or first-time issue. I wish Amazon vetted their suppliers as it is very frustrating to have a vehicle pulled apart only to find a defective product. I tried to buy a local product but found it is a special order with them as well let's see if the replacement part is better than the original.

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I bought two fronts.

The left one had the notch in the wrong position. You would not know this until you install it and try to insert the fork bolt. I would estimate the notch was to be 1/4" off. Original honda struts had a deeper and wider notch but Monroe's is not as deep and width is smaller. Thus if not at the exact distance from the centering slot, fork bolt will not fit. Bad quality control.

Receive replacement and second one was installed with no problems

Lesson learned, measure distance from notch to centering slot on the new struts and make sure they are the same distance BEFORE dismantling struts.

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Installed Quick-struts on all fours corners of my 2000 Honda Accord LXV6 4dr with 167000 miles on it and it was surprisingly easy! If you've ever replaced a shock absorber you can install these.

The dust boot on one of the rear struts was not attached at the top and I could not reattach it. The overall quality of the strut isn't as good as the original Honda in that the dust boot on the Honda is securely attached at both the top and bottom but on the quick strut it is (or is suppose to be) only attached to the top. It is loose at the bottom. The strut body seems to be built of a thinner material too but not enough to be concerned about.

The dust boot is not designed to be attached at the bottom on either the original Honda struts or the new Monroe struts on the FRONT struts. It is only attached at the top.

One thing I looked all over the internet for was some idea of what the ride height should be for the Honda Accord but I couldn't find it. It isn't in the Honda repair manual either. So maybe someone will find my numbers useful. With a full tank of gas, 30psi in the tires before I installed the new struts, measuring from the garage floor up to the highest point of the wheel well (on the outside body of the car) I had the following measure measurements:

Rear, both slides: 26-3/4 inches

Front, both sides: 27-1/8 inches

after installation of all four struts

Rear, both sides: 27-3/8 inches

Front, both sides: 27-3/8 inches

As you might expect after 167000 miles on the old struts, the new struts improved the ride. Hope this helps. The $100 rebate on 4 was nice too!

A thought concerning the "grief" encountered by "TM" with the misaligned cap ... first off, I think he was very generous giving 3 stars given the seriousness of the problem encountered! I would have given it 1 star since it wasn't usable. Having learned from "TM", I checked to see if the strut looked like it was going to fit BEFORE taking the car apart. You can't be 100% sure but "TM" said his was off by 45 degrees and that much would be easy to spot. Just open the hood of your car, hold the strut so the top bolts are oriented the same as the top bolts of the strut that's installed on your car. When it is oriented the same the bolt relief indentation on the quick-strut should be facing the opposite side of the car. In other words, if you're checking the driver's side strut, the indentation should be directly facing the passenger side of the car. If it isn't, there is a problem! Thanks "TM" for sharing your pain with the rest of us!

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I am very happy with the results and thrilled with the price. I bought all 4 strut assemblies and got one free with the purchase so it cost me a little more than $300 to replace all 4 struts. My Honda Accord has 232,000 and the thing handles like new. I definitely recommend these.

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My complaint was during install that the driver side stud bolts in the left strut mount were not positioned to match damper (fender) well and as a result would not line up with the chassis holes. Had to send it backdid not feel like having to find somewhere to compress springs to allow alignment/rotation of "tophat" studs about 45 degreesthese "Quick-struts" are sold as time/labor-saving ready for quick install.

Not sure if the issue was a result of shipping or a lack of manufacturing/assembly QA at Monroe. This has caused me a week of down time waiting on replacement. The other side fit like a glove.