Discount Monroe 171957 Quick-Strut Complete Strut Assembly

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I installed two new quick struts in the rear of my camry, willing to pay the premium for the ease of instillation for having the entire strut preasembled for me. They went in fine, but when I took the car out for a test drive there was a terrible knocking from both sides. Not thinking for a second that it would be a problem with the struts, I removed the wheels again and checked to see if anything was tight.

After a lot of wasted time I finally found a couple posts for other cars that had similar problems that came from Monroe not properly tightening the top strut nut to anywhere close to 60ft/lbs. After fighting my way to gain acess to the top nut I found that it must have just been put on finger tight.

I would have given this product 4-5 stars if they had put it together right and not made a 1hour job take 5 hours. You pay essentially an extra $25-50 for them to compress the spring and tighten one bolt, which is apparently beyond them. Monroe should be embaressed with the quality of there assembly.

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Five of five stars! Perfect match and fit, easy install, did it in my driveway while getting my windshield replaced. Restored the ride back to new just like I had hoped. I was quoted $135 per strut plus the install and alignment which was 1,200 bucks (which wouldn't have come with new springs, mounts, isolators and boots). Got these fully assembled, brand new units for about $145 each with free shipping and I even found they apply to a $120 rebate from the manufacturer! All I have to do now is align it for $90 and I am under $600 for an all new suspension (after the rebate).

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I'm typically not one to write product reviews, but I thought I might contribute some of my thoughts on this product used on our '94 Camry LE with 139,000 miles. I didn't know that aftermarket fully assembled strut assemblies were available. The price on Amazon with included free shipping was great, even cheaper than Rock Auto's online price. The installation was relatively easy. Unlike others who've mentioned you'll need another set of hands to install them, I had no problem doing the job myself. The vehicle now rides and handles quite superbly, much more so than had been expected. I should mention that folks might take advantage of a Monroe rebate offer "Buy 3, Get the 4th Free" available from April 1st to May 31st, 2011 (we bought ours before this rebate offer), just google it, or check your local parts retailer to find the rebate form. As of this review, the final cost after rebate to outfit our vehicle with 4 Monroe Quick Struts would be around 440 US dollars. Also worth noting, these struts appear to have been manufactured using workers who are employed in the U.S.A. ("Made in USA" clearly marked on the cartons). Of all the replacement auto parts being manufactured in China, it's kinda nice to see something being made in the United States for a change.

As far as installation, there really wasn't any brute force required, with the minor exception of the removal of the lower portion of the strut from the vehicle where I used a 3lb hammer and block of wood to unseat the strut from the stronghold grip of rust and grit. Our climate region and roadway salt during winter months help to provide generous quantities rust on unprotected ferrous metals, as such the only area of difficulty came when removing the stabilizer links from the rear struts. However, there is an internal hex in the link stud that can be utilized to enable one to insert (hammer) an Allen wrench into to help keep it from turning whilst removing the nut. A dousing of penetrating oil (P-B Blaster, Kroil, etc.) on exposed fasters being removed is likely mandatory, more so for those folks residing in snow-belt regions. We reused the factory upper nuts for the struts, as others have reported them to strip out. Other earlier reviews have mentioned the strut rod "nut" not being seated correctly from Monroe, ours were checked during installation and appeared to be fine. Our torque values used (Haynes Manual): 36 ft.lbs (checking the strut shaft nut), 59 ft.lbs. (3 front upper strut nuts) & 29 ft.lbs (3 rear upper strut nuts). The 2 lower strut knuckle/carrier bolts were simply yanked super tight, but the torque values are 156 ft.lbs. (front) and 188 ft.lbs. (rear) for those folks wanting to know the real values.

Ride height of the vehicle appeared improved after the installation of 4 struts, the rear more so (maybe higher than OEM?). Before the vehicle was brought in for 4-wheel alignment (don't skip this), the rear of the vehicle exhibited an obvious positive camber condition. Like me, you might be nice and spray some penetrant oil on those rusty adjustment areas to help out the guy doing the alignment. Our cost for a 4-wheel alignment ran just under 70 bucks, your cost may vary (call around).

Why not breathe some new life into your old car and help improve America's economy (made in USA) at the same time? We did, and it feels (and drives) good.

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I put these on a 96 camry with 200 thousand miles on it and the ride feels better than new. Worth every penny and had no install issues. But air tools really help

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Installed these struts on my 1996 Camry V6 and they were fine for a while. After a couple of weeks, started hearing some minor clicking. After two months, the noise is getting worse and worse. So I called Monroe customer support and they said these parts are not made for a v6 engine and should not be used with this vehicle. This is the second time this has happened with Amazon. Although Amazon customer support is nice with dealing with issues and offer a great service, the cost of having parts reinstalled is not covered.