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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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If you are going to replace struts, this is the only way to go! Simple, fast (< 1 hour to replace both), and 10X easier than compressing springs. Five bolts: three in the engine compartment and two in the wheelwell and you are done. I just got done compressing springs on some struts on a different car and will never do that again if this product is available for the particular car (the only sadness is that Monroe doesn't offer this product for all makes and models out there).
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The product is performing as it should. I am not sure what strut assembly i did not get mounting bolts.
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Installed on a 1992 Camry with 180,000 miles on it. My trusted shop pointed out to me recently that both my left and right front springs were broken. They made me aware of these assemblies, which include the spring and the shock and literally install in less time than it would take to replace either of the two components independently. And as promoted by Monroe in their uTube video, my shop installed both the left and right front Quick-Struts in 90 minutes for a total labor charge of $130. Quick-Struts were on sale on Amazon for $130 with free shipping and Monroe had a $30 rebate going on. So out the door complete job cost $330; half of chain shops like Tuffy.
If you work on cars a fair amount you could install these yourself. If you have shop who will install customer supplied products, they can put one in within 45 minutes.
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I knew my sons car needed new front stuts & so we planned it out when I would have enough time between his classess & work when I could get them replaced. So we worked it out when I would have one afternoon to get them done. I tell you what these were the easiest ones that I have ever done before. I had the first one replaced within the first hour & the second side only took me 30 mins.
When I was all done & lowered the car down from the stands I couldn't believe how much more clearance there was from the bumper to the floor. That was the proof that they really needed to be replaced. Got new tires & an alignment & so now the car feels & drives like new again.
