plymouth horizon?? is it still on the road?
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > >> On Sep 5, 2013 6:43 PM, "Peter Frederick" <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> DO NOT use KYB! >>> >>> >> What's wrong with KYB? Not the same as OEM damping characteristics, or >> are >> they actually poor quality? The latter I'd find hard to believe since >> they >> are OE on a lot of high-end Japanese cars. >> > > > The reputation used to be Koni=good, KYB=good for a little while. > > I put a KYB on the back of my SAAB when my control arm failed and broke > the original Bilstein. At the time, you could get real Bilsteins from the > dealer for $100, HD Bilsteins from various mail order vendors for $50, or > KYBs for $20. That KYB did a reasonable impersonation of an EMS Bilstein > for 20,000 miles or so before the car finished rusting out. > > Then I put adjustable KYB struts on the front of my Horizon. The original > struts were still more or less OK at 70,000 miles when I did the switch. > IIRC, the first set of KYBs were leaking by 120-130k. They gave me new ones > for free under the lifetime warranty. Those died too, I don't remember > when, but by then they didn't make the adjustables any more, and they gave > me fixed dampers. Also told me the fixed dampers didn't have lifetime > warranty, so no more free struts for you. At 230k miles, the third set of > KYBs were still holding pressure. > > On the back, I installed Mopar HD shocks at 70k with the new front KYBs. I > replaced those once under warranty, not leaking but noticeably low on > damping, probably about halfway through the 2nd set of KYBs up front. > > Mitch. > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.com* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
