Owner reviews for strut assembly

If I were young again, I'd buy one of these, a 2000s Corolla, or a Saturn. They're great for learning all the high-mileage maintenance stuff that is the bulk of a mechanic's work - suspension work like struts/bushings/tie-rods/ball-joints, CV boots, fluid changes, thermostat/sensors, plugs/wires, and troubleshooting the random broken emissions (vacuum lines) and electrical issues that pop up in old cars.

Well on Rock Auto you can get OEM parts for the same price as cheap junk from Orileys or Auto Zone so most of the time I'll get a Motorcraft part for my 2015 Explorer. Just replaced the front struts with Motorcraft ones for 388 with tax and shipping.

The front I also got KYB struts. No issues with fitment but I needed to rent an extra set of spring compressors as the front coils were thicker more difficult to compress.

The duralasts feel fine and they fit good.

I've used kyb complete struts on several cars and they have always been good.

If there's still bounce when you depress the fender and no handling problems, I wouldn't change the struts. I don't think the valve cover gasket is worth fixing. Someday you will need to work on something on the head, you can replace it then. It won't leak a tablespoon of oil per year, it just spreads a lot.

Monroe quick struts... All four corners fully assembled for 67 off Amazon.

stay away from monroe.

I had B6 EDC front struts installed on my f31, and the same thing happened to me - the front was substantially higher after installation than it was with the OEM front struts.

There are some cheaper models available from Monroe and Gabriel but I've used both on customer cars and been very unimpressed. They felt harsh immediately and were clunking within 10k miles.