Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014 at 00:10
across all toyota models they will be either Tokico or KYB....both japanese manufacturers of both OEM and aftermarket shocks.
We have not seen much of either as aftermarket product in the country for a while.
Both where supplying OEM gas shocks on japanese car makers when munroe was still supplying old technology oil shocks to the australian manufacturers.
Both companies where right there in the early days of gas shocks.....back in the 80's and 90s a hell of a lot of competitive vehicles ran KYB gas...because it was pretty
well KYB or take out a bank loan, remorgage the house and buy Bilstine.
The one thing I can say for certain, because of the way Toyotas are sprung, they both depend on good shocks and are very hard on shocks..
As has been said...there are after market shocks and aftermarket shockers....many of the aftermarket shocks are simply badge engineered product sold for much more than they are worth.
As far as toyota shocks failing.....
well define "fail"........are we talking about spilling their guts or just not working very
well.
There are lots of toyotas running arround with buggered shocks doing bugger all.......but they have not "failed" and they are not likley to.
I have two hiluxes...one 2wd one 4wd......both where riding like drays when I baught them......when I replaced the original shocks ( myself) it was plainly obvious that there was not one properly functioning shock absorber between the two vehicles......but they had not "failed".
I have to agree that you need to buy sockabsorbers from a company that either manufactures them or at least has the capacity to design and
test them.......not just specify the paint colour and design a sticker.
My personal preference these days is EFS...they may not actually make their own shockabsorbers , but they are a
suspension company and know their business.
cheers
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