Got an extra strut layin around? - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

JonnydaJibba · 2005-08-10, 07:36 AM

So I installed AGX's on my car recently. I like em and all, but my right rear strut is blown already. I dunno why, factory defect or something. KYB has a lifetime warranty for these, which my car meets their standards, but in order for them to send me a new strut, they need to inspect the bad one.

So does anybody have an extra strut that they don't need? I'll buy it or whatever, I just need something to use while my bad strut is away. I don't have another vehicle to drive.

Oh yeah I don't have the stockers because they were blown and I just threw them away, I know I know, <----moron.

Help a brotha out?

Kostamojen · 2005-08-10, 01:36 PM

Is the right rear strut clunking?

Aparently they all do that now (mine does a little, but its been getting better over time). Try different settings to see if it stiffens up properly.

JonnydaJibba · 2005-08-10, 02:12 PM

Well the thing is, the ride is fine (w/ the setting on

, but when I took off my wheels to check on em a couple weeks after the install, that one strut had no resistance. I could compress it myself and then would have to pull it to it's normal length. But I can't notice it when I'm driving... it's weird.

Kevin M · 2005-08-10, 02:58 PM

Sorry dude, I just gave my stock struts to S-Squared to prop up the coupe. Maybe Matt R will loan you one of his stock struts that's sitting naked in the garge...

Kostamojen · 2005-08-10, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonnydaJibba

Well the thing is, the ride is fine (w/ the setting on

, but when I took off my wheels to check on em a couple weeks after the install, that one strut had no resistance. I could compress it myself and then would have to pull it to it's normal length. But I can't notice it when I'm driving... it's weird.

That usually does mean its blown.... Did you try to adjust the setting then compress it?

JonnydaJibba · 2005-08-11, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kostamojen

That usually does mean its blown.... Did you try to adjust the setting then compress it?

Well I had it soft at first to see how it would ride, but even on 2 or 3, the piston at least has resistance. If it's not all blown it's close, its not doing the "popping" noise yet though.

2005-08-10, 07:36 AM	#1
JonnydaJibba EJ207 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Reno/Sparks, Nevada Posts: 3,482 Car: 2000 2.5RS Class: RestNPeace Master Slurper.	Got an extra strut layin around? So I installed AGX's on my car recently. I like em and all, but my right rear strut is blown already. I dunno why, factory defect or something. KYB has a lifetime warranty for these, which my car meets their standards, but in order for them to send me a new strut, they need to inspect the bad one. So does anybody have an extra strut that they don't need? I'll buy it or whatever, I just need something to use while my bad strut is away. I don't have another vehicle to drive. Oh yeah I don't have the stockers because they were blown and I just threw them away, I know I know, <----moron. Help a brotha out?

2005-08-10, 01:36 PM	#2
Kostamojen EJ22 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Roseville, CA Posts: 380	Is the right rear strut clunking? Aparently they all do that now (mine does a little, but its been getting better over time). Try different settings to see if it stiffens up properly. __________________ K-man

2005-08-10, 02:58 PM	#4
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	Sorry dude, I just gave my stock struts to S-Squared to prop up the coupe. Maybe Matt R will loan you one of his stock struts that's sitting naked in the garge... __________________ FWD is the new AWD

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2005-08-10, 02:12 PM	#3
JonnydaJibba EJ207 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Reno/Sparks, Nevada Posts: 3,482 Car: 2000 2.5RS Class: RestNPeace Master Slurper.	Well the thing is, the ride is fine (w/ the setting on , but when I took off my wheels to check on em a couple weeks after the install, that one strut had no resistance. I could compress it myself and then would have to pull it to it's normal length. But I can't notice it when I'm driving... it's weird.